After World War II, he went back to Trinidad and then returned to England in 1948 on the MV Empire Windrush, the ship which carried the first boatful of West Indian immigrants to Britain.
After World War II, he went back to Trinidad in 1947, where he started to sing calypso. He returned to England in 1948 on the MV "Empire Windrush", the ship which carried the first boatful of West Indian immigrants to Britain.