Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (died 2013)

Ulric Cross

Philip Louis Ulric Cross was a Trinidadian jurist, diplomat and Royal Air Force (RAF) navigator, recognised as possibly the most decorated West Indian of World War II. He is credited with helping to prevent some two hundred bombers from being shot down in a raid over Germany in 1943. He subsequently studied law at London's Middle Temple, and went on to fulfil a distinguished international career as a jurist across Africa and within Trinidad and Tobago. He also served as a diplomat for Trinidad and Tobago to the United Kingdom.

Born

1917

May 1

Died

2013

Era

1910s

Country

—

About

Ulric, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1917 Born
2013 Died

Also on May 1

What else happened on this day, through history

305 Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
418 A synod in Carthage condemns Pelagianism.
880 The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
1169 Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.

See all of May 1 →

The world in 1917

When Ulric arrived

april 12 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
april 16 Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
april 2 American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
april 6 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.

Read the year 1917 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 1

Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Anna Jarvis 1864–1948 American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas 1934– Mexican politician Herbert Backe 1896–1947 German agronomist and politician (born 1896) Ignazio Silone 1900– Italian journalist and politician (died 1978) John Woo 1946– Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter Joshua Rowley 1730–1790 English admiral (born 1730) Katya Zamolodchikova 1982– American drag queen

See everything on May 1 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1917

Augusto Roa Bastos 1917–2005 Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917) Cleveland Amory 1917–1998 American author and activist (born 1917) David Tomlinson 1917–2000 English actor and comedian (born 1917) Dinah Shore 1917–1994 American actress and singer (born 1916) Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917) Domenico Bartolucci 1917–2013 Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013) Donald Davidson 1917–2003 American philosopher and academic (born 1917) El Santo 1917–1984 Mexican professional wrestler (born 1917) Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 American activist and philanthropist (born 1917)

Read about the year 1917 →

Keep going

More to explore

Ulric's birthday May 1 Ulric's zodiac Taurus When Ulric arrived 1917