Price, George

Price , George  E C (20), 7 Northfield  St, Willowbrae, Edinburgh, mattress worker, Church of Scotland member, British citizen born Edinburgh with West Indian father & Danish mother, rejected by RAF  & Navy in 1936 & so hurt he would not fight for Britain, father served with Navy on HMS Reindeer for 4 years in WW1, 1st encountered colour bar when refused at 14 by tennis club near home at Willowbrae, Edinburgh, thankful many Scots less narrow minded than the authorities, not had trouble with his church or with current employers & colleagues, EDT 10/1/40 rejected – tribunal sympathised & said decision was not unanimous,  EEN 10/1/40 p3  +11/1 p12, DR 11/1/40 p5, SCO 11/1 p12, GH 11/1 p11; House of Commons  24/5 Arthur Woodman asked about the case, AM Hudson for Admiralty claimed he did not apply to Navy but brother applied on his behalf, Price said ‘I will go to jail before they will get me’, DR 25/1/40 p4; EAT 11/4/40 Rev C A Smith, Church of Scotland minister St David’s Church, Viewforth, Edinburgh said the RAF recruiting officer at Glasgow he contacted in 1936 had been ashamed of the ‘Nazi regulation’ against those ’not of pure born parentage’, appeal refused, tribunal sympathised but could do nothing about regulations, DC 12/4/40 p4, SCO 12/4 p5, GH 12/4 p8, EEN 11/4 p8