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Leeds Windrush pioneer Alford Gardner dies aged 98

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Jamaica -born Alford Gardner served in the RAF as a motoring mechanic during World War Two .

He returned to the UK in 1948 on the HMT Empire Windrush and settled in Leeds .

Mr Gardner founded Britain 's first ever Caribbean cricket club in the city.

His children said his "laughter and larger-than-life personality were infectious".

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English

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