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| Gravell migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 1
Gravell Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
- John Gravell, who settled in Jamaica in 1685
- John Gravell, aged 16, who settled in Jamaica in 1685
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gravell (post 1700) | + |
- Karl Mander Gravell GC (1922-1941), Canadian airman posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he showed on the 10 November 1941 in Calgary, Alberta
- Raymond William Robert Gravell (b. 1951), former Welsh rugby union player
| Historic Events for the Gravell family | + |
HMS Prince of Wales
- Mr. Jack Gravell, British Able Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 2
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| Sources | + |
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html
