David O'Connel (later Connell by Deed Poll) born in England in 1921. Joined the RAMC as a Territorial and served with 132 Field Ambulance (Croydon) from 1939-1946. Later worked for the Imperial War Museum as a Museum Warder from January 1966 to May 1973.
When protesters in Bristol pulled down a prominent statue of slave trader Edward Colston as part of the Black Lives Matter protests against the killing of George Floyd, it prompted a nationwide debate. How should we memorialise controversial aspects of our past? Watch a live debate on this topic, part of the IWM Institute's Hindsight in 2020 series.
