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	West India Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West India Regiment (WIR) was a British colonial infantry regiment.
		The WIR was unique amongst units serving in and recruited from the colonies, in that it was an integral part of the British regular army.
		The West Indies had long been a peaceful backwater with limited defence requirements and the substitute role under which the WIR had provided a single battalion as part of the garrison in Britain's West African pocessions had become obsolete as local forces were raised and expanded there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_India_Regiment (818 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment has its origins the late 19th century, though it was directly spawned from the break-up of the Federation of the West Indies in 1962.
		At that time, the two battalions of the West India Regiment were split and came under the control of the main nations formed by the split.
		The 1st Battalion became the 1st Battalion, Jamaica Regiment, while the 2nd Battalion was transferred to Trinidad and Tobago to become the 1st Battalion, Trinidad and Tobago Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Regiment (400 words)

	JamaicaandtheGreatWar
		The British West Indies Regiment (BWIR) was known as a "coloured" regiment and as such was often the victim of racial discrimination.
		The 1st West India Regiment was formed in 1795 in the Windward Islands of the Eastern Caribbean.
		An adaptation of this became the full dress uniform of the West India Regiment until the last of regiment was disbanded in 1926 for reasons of economy.
	www.angelfire.com /stars3/eaglefl/JamaicaandtheGreatWar.htm (1939 words)

	Last Fight for Napoleon
		was the Island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies.
		A detachment of the West India Regiment was therefore ordered to counter this design, which task they succedssfully accomplished; lining the River Gallion and the woods about it ins such a way that the Commandant of Grande Terre found it quite impossible to break through.
		West India Regiments were entirely separate and distinct from the Royal West India Rangers.
	www.geocities.com /moriancumerb/Napoleon.html (1071 words)

	WIR Uniforms
		From their foundation in 1795 the West India Regiments (at this time named Whyte's and Myer's regiments of Foot) were dressed the same as other line regiments in the British army.
		The facings of the regiment were reflected in pointed cuffs of the waistcoat and the large tassel which hung from the fez.
		As the Band of the West India Regiment, it gave its final performance at a reception at Trafalgar House in Kingston in early 1927, before Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the present Queen Mother).
	website.lineone.net /~bwir/wir_uniforms.htm (808 words)

	South Carolona History
		The new South Carolina Regi- ment had a short life as such, however, for in 1795 it was amalgamated with another Regiment to form Whyt's Regiment of Foot, a title which was changed shortly afterwards to The West India Regiment.
		Battalion of the new Regiment of a "South Carolina Company." It is not known whether the Founders of the Lodge were members of the Company or whether they were merely Brethren with a nice sense of history.
		In 1927 the West India Regiment was disbanded and the Warrant of the Lodge was surrendered to Grand Lodge.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/4572/history.html (2776 words)

	Caribbean Occupations - History of the West India Regiments
		The West India Regiments were raised in 1795 as a fl corps to compliment the European regiments, composed primarily of European officers and non-commissioned officers and fl soldiers, although some did rise to non-commissioned ranks.
		Between 1798 and 1806 the army bought 6,376 slaves for the West India Regiments (an estimated 7% of all slaves sold in the British West Indies during this period).
		The West Indies Regiment was disbanded in 1927 after having seen action in the West Indies, West Africa and in the USA during the War of 1812.
	www.movinghere.org.uk /galleries/roots/caribbean/occupations/wiregiments2.htm (307 words)

	BHFNP: History
		The Fortress thus regarded as impregnable is, thereafter referred to as 'the Gibraltar of the West Indies'.
		West India Regiments (WIR) were stationed at Brimstone Hill from time to time, including the 4th WIR in the mid- 1790s and the 2nd WIR in 1851.
		The last West India Regiment was disbanded in 1927, but the uniform of the 2nd survivors as the ceremonial dress of the Barbados and Jamaica Defence Force Bands..
	www.brimstonehillfortress.org /History/1700.html (784 words)

	WIR History
		Twenty -one were killed during the mutiny and the rest captured by the reminder of the regiment.
		Originally raised in Guadeloupe in 1794 as a French regiment, known as the Guadeloupe or Drault's Rangers; became a British Regiment in 1798.
		Formed from the amalgamation of the 1st and 2nd West India Regiments in 1888 and consisted of the 1st and 2nd Battalions.
	website.lineone.net /~bwir/wirhist.htm (652 words)

	Military Cemeteries
		Monument erected by the Officers of the Regiment.
		Wife of George Allan, 1st West India Regiment and third daughter of Joseph and Mary E. Thompson of the Island.
		Alexander Hope Pattison, Lieutenant, 2nd West India Regiment, fifth son of John Pattison, Esq., of Glasgow, N.B. and the nephew of Lieutenant-Colonel Pattison K.H., Commanding the Troops in this Colony, died of Yellow Fever at Nassau, 28th September 1834, aged 21.
	website.lineone.net /~bwir/cemeteries.htm (746 words)

	EVANS, CHRISTMAS - LoveToKnow Article on EVANS, CHRISTMAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He was educated at Woolwich Academy, and entered the army in 1806 as a volunteer, obtaining an ensigncy in the 22nd regiment in 1807.
		His early service was spent in India, but he exchanged into the 3rd Light Dragoons in order to take part in the Peninsular War, and was present in the retreat from Burgos in 1812.
		He was still a substantive captain in the 5th West India regiment, though a lieutenantcolonel by brevet, when he went on half-pay in 1818.
	56.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EV/EVANS_CHRISTMAS.htm (1849 words)

	String of Pearls - OBV in conjunction with String of Pearls London Jubilee Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ideally, these foreign-raised regiments were to be formed of local volunteers, combined with a similar number of bought slaves, under the command of a cadre of white officers and senior non-commissioned officers.
		The 6th WIR's Description Book for the period notes "purchased" next to the name of almost every African soldier (who formed 75% of the total force) while none of the African-Americans are noted as being "purchased", suggesting that they were all volunteers.
		By the time the 6th WIR was disbanded in 1817, it had served in Belize (1798), Surinam (1803) and in the pivotal capture of Guadeloupe (1810).
	www.obv.org.uk /sop/army.htm (2335 words)

	Ch 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Other West Indian islands followed Jamaica's lead in sending men to fight, so the British War Office resolved to regard all West Indians as one unit to be known as The British West Indies Regiment.
		It was attended by representatives of the West Indian colonies and its object was to provide a place where representatives of the different Governments could meet and discuss their problems.
		During the latter part of last century it was frequently engaged in operations on the West Coast of Africa, notably Ashantee (1873), West Africa (1887, 1892-1894), and Sierra Leone (1898), and in the Great War (1914-1918) the Regiment saw service in Palestine, the Cameroons and East Africa.
	www.discoverjamaica.com /gleaner/discover/geography/history6.htm (4492 words)

	Journeys in Time: Hector Macquarie
		At this stage Macquarie had returned from India and was stationed in London, and he became desperate to disguise the true ages of the boys as well as to mislead army officials concerning their real whereabouts.
		Hector entered the army as an Ensign in the 86th Regiment on 26 September 1811 and joined his regiment in India in January 1813.
		Hector's movements become unclear after this date; however, he joined his regiment at the Cape of Good Hope until 'some flguard conduct' lost him the chance of the command of a company and he retired at his own request as Lieutenant (on half pay) in 4th West India Regiment on 15 March 1827.
	www.lib.mq.edu.au /all/journeys/people/profiles/hector.html (1300 words)

	West Indies Papers - UF Special and Area Studies Collections
		Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies, together with financial accounts and pay warrants, during the latter part of the 18th and the early half of the 19th centuries.
		The house of Dominico Scarfi was occupied by part of the 21st Regiment.
		Return of the hire of fl servants employed by the officers of the 85th Regiment of Foot.
	web.uflib.ufl.edu /spec/manuscript/guides/WestIndies.htm (835 words)

	Jean Lafitte NHP: Historic Resource Study (Chapter 7)
		West India Regiment under Colonel Creagh to be formed on Major General Keanes left, and considered as belonging to his Command.
		Regiment will ascertain where these requisites are this Evening, so that there may be no delay in taking them forward tomorrow to the Old Batteries; whatever the Soldiers get in charge they must not separate from without orders.
		Regiment on the advance—When the advance has taken up its ground and placed a few Sentries, the Picquets should join their Corps.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/jela/hrs7.htm (5733 words)

	Jahleel Brenton Carey 1847 - 1883 : Portrait and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The deceased officer was the son of the Rev. Adolphus Frederick Carey, Vicar of Brixham, and was born in 1847.
		His first commission in the army was that of ensign in the 3rd West India Regiment, to which he was gazetted in 1865 and three years later he attained his lieutenancy in that corps.
		In 1879, Captain Carey accompanied the Prince Imperial on the reconnoisance which proved fatal to the latter, and the conduct of the former on that occasion underwent the scrutiny of a court-martial, the result of which was that his sword was returned to him.
	www.careyroots.com /hd1.html (478 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| Black presence \| Work and community
		In 1799 all the individual units operating in the West Indies were combined, and called the West India Regiment.
		Black soldiers of the West India regiments still had to sign up for life, although from the previous year White soldiers had been allowed to join up for seven-year terms.
		Muster rolls and pay sheets for various regiments reveal that in these circumstances Black soldiers were trained and paid the same as their White peers.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/blackhistory/work_community/fighting.htm (1049 words)

	AIM25: Institute of Commonwealth Studies: West India Committee: Acquired Papers, 1750-1988
		Administrative/Biographical history: The West India Committee was formed in the 18th century by a permanent association of London merchants engaged in the West Indian trade, and absentee owners of West Indian estates who lived in London and its environs.
		The West India Committee was instrumental in mounting a strong anti-bounty campaign, as well as seeking alternative markets for West Indian cane sugar in the United States.
		In 1977 the West India Committee moved to smaller premises and the Crown Agents arranged for the Library to be housed in ICS instead.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/16/4590.htm (971 words)

	Significant Scots - Alexander Gordon Laing
		Having obtained the ensigncy in the York light infantry, he immediately joined his regiment in Antigua; in two years he was made a lieutenant, and shortly after, on the reduction of the regiment, he was put on half-pay.
		Dissatisfied with the inactivity consequent on such a measure, as soon as the necessary arrangements could be made, he exchanged into the 2nd West India regiment, and proceeded to Jamaica.
		During the eighteen months he remained at home, the division of the 2nd West India regiment to which he belonged, was reduced, and he was again put on half-pay.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/laing_alexander.htm (4098 words)

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		It is the financial backbone of India, and one of the finest metropolitans in the world.
		India's largest and the first amusement park of its kind, to open in the country, it is spread over a sprawling 64 acres at Gorai, Mumbai.
		Mumbais most famous landmark, the Gateway of India is an exaggerated colonial marker, conceived following the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to India in 1911.
	www.holidays-unlimited.com /bombay-west-india.htm (2916 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		He followed his father into the army, becoming a lieutenant in the 2nd West India Regiment in 1828.
		Hill served with the West India regiment in West Africa, and in 1851 he was appointed governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana).
		Hargreaves, Prelude to the partition of West Africa (London, 1963).
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40285 (810 words)

	Community History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It took two army regiments, the local militia and the use of marines from a British warship allied with Maroon mercenaries to quell the rebellion.
		He lead 70 slaves who within 24 hours had managed to kill 57 whites and march on the county seat town of Jerusalem where they were met by a local armed unit and forced to give ground as their ammunition started to give out.
		This was the largest rebellion in the British West Indies involving some 20,000 slaves and was lead by Sam Sharpe whose main plan was a 'General Strike' against slavery.
	www.cems.uwe.ac.uk /~rstephen/livingeaston/local_history/slavery.html (3574 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| First World War \| Glossary
		West African Frontier Force First formed in 1900 to administer the regular colonial forces in British West Africa, the West African Frontier Force was composed mainly of African troops and consisted of the Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment; the Gold Coast Regiment; the Royal Sierra Leone Regiment; and the Gambia Regiment.
		It was re-named the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1928 and finally disbanded in 1960.
		West India Regiment A regiment of long standing when war broke out in 1914, the West India Regiment was deployed only in Africa during the First World War.
	nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/firstworldwar/glossary/glossary_w.htm (627 words)

	The West India Regiment
		The 1959-62 regiment inherited all the battle honours of its predecessors.
		Note: Until presented with its own Colours in 1960, The West India Regiment of 1959-62 carried the Colours of the predecessor Jamaica Regiment.
		Uniforms of the West India Regiment, by Frank Goodwill
	www.regiments.org /regiments/westindies/regts/wi-wir.htm (217 words)

	Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - Campbells
		He was slightly wounded while crossing the Pyrenees, and later was selected with Capt. Patterson for the Forelorn Hope at the Seige of Bayonne but owing to the sortie made by the French Garrison and its repulse, the storming of the place was not undertaken.
		Again sent to West Indies as a Brevet Lieut.-Colonel on the staff and in that capacity was present at the capture of Guadaloupe.
		In February 1813 was sent to Russia by the British-Government and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador at Petersburg to accompany a corps of the Russian Army and report on its force and military operations.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/minibios/c/campbells.htm (1006 words)

	Samuel Hodge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Hodge was a West Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		26 years old, and a Private in the 4th West India Regiment, British Army during The Gambia when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 30 June 1866 at Tubabecelong, near the River Gambia, Gambia, at the storming and capture of the stockaded town, Private Hodge and another man, who was afterwards killed, volunteered to hew down the stockade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Hodge (209 words)

	Newspaper Abstracts
		Captain Stoddart is appointed to the Primrose, 18 guns, at Plymouth, for the West Indies; Lieut.
		Major Carthew, of the 39th, with a strong party of his Regiment, the Police from Askeaton, were immediately on the spot, but could not be of any assistance in extinguishing the flames, or tracing the perpetrators.
		LIMERICK, FEB 23- Forty men, for offences committed in the west of the country, were sent off from gaol this day, under a strong escort of the Lancers, to be tried at the Rathkeale Sessions, under the Insurrection Act, which commences on Monday next.
	www.irelandoldnews.com /Galway/1824/FEB.html (9081 words)

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