Black WWI hero who was born in Trinidad and served in British Army

Rifleman George Roberts was born in Trinidad in 1890. However, in 1914, he enlisted for Army service in Britain, which he saw as his 'mother country', and joined the Middlesex Regiment. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8693535/Black-WWI-hero-born-Trinidad-served-British-Army.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490