British West Indies Regiment

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Commonwealth military unit infantry regiment military unit

The British West Indies Regiment was a unit of Caribbean soldiers who served in the British Army during World War I, notably in the Middle East and European theatres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth military unit ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedToMembers 1914–15 Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
British War Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victory Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties suffered significant battle and disease casualties in World War I ⓘ
composition Black Caribbean soldiers ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded 1919 ⓘ
engagement East African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
formed 1915 ⓘ
garrison Seaford, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy commemorated in Caribbean war memorials ⓘ
contributed to growth of Caribbean nationalism ⓘ
motto British imperial forces (informal association) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Taranto mutiny NERFINISHED ⓘ
officerCorps predominantly white British officers ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
recruitedFrom Antigua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belize (British Honduras) NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
British West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cayman Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grenada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras (British Honduras) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montserrat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Kitts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Vincent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
labour and pioneer duties ⓘ
serviceBranch infantry ⓘ
theatreOfOperations African theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jerusalem British War Cemetery → hasGravesOf → British West Indies Regiment ⓘ
British colonial forces → hasPart → British West Indies Regiment ⓘ