Key Figure of Windrush Generation Honoured in New Exhibition

Johnny Henry Smythe, QC, MBE, OBE – the former senior officer in charge of the well-known boat Empire Windrush and a pivotal figure in the Windrush Generation will be celebrated in a new permanent exhibition which opens at the Thame Museum on Saturday (26 October).

Johnny Henry Smythe was a hero of the Second World War. He was one of the first black barristers in England, and Attorney General for Sierra Leone. He spent his last years in Thame, and is buried in St Mary’s churchyard.