ABOUT US
The Forgotten Generations
Past | Present | Future
Profile:
Donald Campbell, Warrant Officer Royal Air Force (Retired), founder, Director and trustee of The Forgotten CIC. Other trustees includes Albert Jarrett World War II Veteran and Barbara Campbell
trained dietitian and Psychiatric Nurse (retired).
The Forgotten Generations(TFG), founded June 2021, is a not-for-profit organisation with aims and
objectives to provide historical and current information of British African and Caribbean people for
educational purposes.
TFG will document important evidence of individual life stories and contributions via research,
visual, audible and written recordings, including military, other professions, personnel life
experiences locally, nationally and internationally.
The path of life is often intriguing and a wonderment of our existence. The reality of positive and negative live experiences, when noted and knitted together, can be simply amazing and wholesome.
TFG aims to bring such stories to the fore from individuals of all ages, covering past, present and
future generations.
Points of Light Award
The Forgotten Generations
1933rd. Albert Jarrett – 1934th. Donald Campbell
Albert Jarrett, aged 98, and Donald Campbell, from Birmingham, are RAF veterans who founded ‘The Forgotten Generations’, a charitable archive and resource highlighting contributions by British African and Caribbean people to the UK and Armed Forces.
Mr Jarrett speaking with PM Boris Johnson, VJ Day August 2020, National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
Mr Jarrett proudly displaying a laptop which was donated to him by Mr Bevil Williams, Managing Director, IT Refurb Ltd
Donald meeting the Duke of Kent, RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Mr Jarrett meets Prince William, 2019, at the National Memorial Arboretum
Mr & Mrs Jarrett, Donald Campbell and Air Marshall Sir Julian Young, VJ Day Remembrance Service August 2020, National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
Mr Jarrett meets Ben Wallace MP, Defence Secretary, VJ Day August 2020, National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
Panoramic view of the “Forward Together” monument at Victoria Square, Birmingham 4th July 2021
Most of the 25 participants plus the FAB5. Image by Jas Sani
Friends and colleagues of Donald at the unveiling of the monument 4th July 2021
Panoramic view of the “Forward Together” monument at Victoria Square, Birmingham 4th July 2021
Three generations, Donald Campbell with son Gavin and Grandson Treyvan at the unveiling of the monument 4th July 2021
Mr Albert Jarrett World War 2 Veteran RAF, Mrs Shirley Jarrett and Donald Campbell Veteran RAF, Victoria Square, Birmingham
Veteran Donald Campbell, retired Warrant Officer RAF, next to his effigy as one of 25 people making up the monument 4th July 2021
Donald and wife Barbara at the factory in Cradley Heath, Birmingham, May 2021
Forward Together plaque story of the monument