Raleigh Prince, son of Meyor Prince, Wesley , Dominica was a young Kalinago man who was educated and raised in Roseau in the care of a Dr Shillingford . He was known to have beautiful penmanship . Before signing up for the war, he was employed as a scribe to write official letters on behalf of the governors to Britain . Family oral history recalls that he scribed letters to King George V.
Raleigh was stationed in North Africa with the British West Indies Regiment . His status there was nothing compared to what he had enjoyed as a scribe . He remained as a private during his war career , which would have most likely frustrated such an ambitious man . Records held at the National archives show that his war medals were returned uncollected , but further records show that they were collected in 1924.
Family accounts of Raleigh recall his post-war disillusionment . He had been outspoken and critical about the war and this could have been interpreted as being unpatriotic. He felt that there was little for him in Dominica and left two small sons in the care of relatives and he migrated to Cuba to seek his fortune . He never returned to Dominica and might have eventually made his way to the United States. Grandchildren remember seeing chickens in the yard drinking water from the helmet .
Today , in 2024, the contribution of African , Caribbean and Asian soldiers to the war effort is finally being acknowledged .