Report on Mr Ulric Cross. Kumasi, April 1, 1957 Mr. Cross arrived in Kumasi to start work at the Solicitor General's Office here in Kumasi. He is a very fine gentleman, extremely handsome and always well put together. He speaks very nicely with a kind of English accent, and is always polite.

In World War Two, some 250 Trinidadians served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF), of whom 52 were killed in action, their names now displayed on a memorial at Chaguaramas. Among the servicemen marking yesterday’s Remembrance Day was former Justice Ulric Cross, who flew on 80 bombing missions to

There were 252 Trinidadians in the RAF during the war, 50 of whom died. Cross, a black squadron leader, attained the highest rank. He was decorated with the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) and DSO (Distinguished Service Order). How could any member of the RAF have forgotten him, his tunic emblazoned

About HERO FILM Ltd. This project was conceived and commissioned by the late Desmond Allum, […]

Ulric Cross: A Hero for All Time is a feature documentary film, directed by international award-winning filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, that tells the story of Trinidadian icon Ulric Cross.

Picture right: A mixed group of RAF-officers. Ulric Cross (front row, 3rd from right) and Johnny Smythe (from Sierra Leone, front row, 2nd from right) are the only persons identified in this photograph so far. We invite our visitors to share the names of any person they recognise.

Ulric Cross joined the Royal Air Force as a navigator in Bomber Command. The “Mosquito” […]

The Independence Movements in Africa echoed his own dissatisfaction. So when he was called to service by his childhood friend, Malcolm Nurse, now George Padmore, a central figure in the Pan-Africanist movement, to help build the independent Africa, Cross jumped at the opportunity.