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Holness leads Battle of Britain Day commemoration ceremony in Kingston

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left), lays a wreath at a monument at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Friday, September 15, 2023, to commemorate Battle of Britain Day. Battle of Britain is observed each year to mark the great victory won by the Royal Air Force, which helped save Britain from invasion in 1940. (Photo: JIS)

Prime Minister Andrew Holness led a wreath-laying ceremony last Friday (September 15) to commemorate the Battle of Britain at the National Heroes Park in St Andrew.

The prime minister was joined by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF, his deputy Dr Horace Chang and Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, who each laid wreaths at the monument.

A ceremony for the Battle of Britain is observed by Jamaica each year to mark the great victory won by the Royal Air Force, which helped save Britain from Nazi invasion in 1940 during World War II.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. Horace Chang, lays a wreath at a monument in National Heroes Park on September 15, 2023, to commemorate Battle of Britain Day. Battle of Britain is observed each year to mark the great victory won by the Royal Air Force, which helped save Britain from invasion in 1940. (Photo: JIS)
Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen pays his respects after laying a wreath at a monument in National Heroes Park on September 15, 2023, during the Battle of Britain wreath-laying ceremony. Battle of Britain Day is observed on September 15 each year to commemorate the great victory won by the Royal Air Force, which helped save Britain from invasion in 1940. (Photo: JIS)

Jamaica, which was a crown colony under British rule at the time of the global conflict, fielded combatants and money for the war effort on land.

The island has only one soldier, Herbert Capstick, listed as a Battle of Britain participant.

Capstick, a pilot officer, served in No. 236 Squadron RAF of Coastal Command—a squadron equipped with Bristol Blenheims and participated in anti-submarine operations in the English Channel.

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