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The British West Indies Regiment was a unit of the British Army during the First World War, formed from volunteers from British colonies in the West Indies. ==Formation== In 1915 the British Army formed a second West Indies regiment from Caribbean volunteers who had made their way to Britain. Initially, these volunteers were drafted into a variety of units within the army, but in 1915 it was decided to group them together into a single regiment, named the British West Indies Regiment. The similarity of titles has sometimes led to confusion between this war-time unit and the long established West India Regiment. Both were recruited from black Caribbean volunteers and a number of officers from the WIR were transferred to the BWIR. The 1st Battalion was formed in September 1915 at Seaford, Sussex, England. It was made up of men from: *British Guiana—A Company. *Trinidad—B Company. *Trinidad and St Vincent—C Company. *Grenada and Barbados—D Company. A further ten battalions were formed afterwards. High wastage led to further drafts being required from Jamaica, British Honduras and Barbados before the regiment was able to begin training. In total 15,600 men served in the British West Indies Regiment. Jamaica contributed two-thirds of these volunteers, while others came from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Bahamas, British Honduras (now Belize), Grenada, British Guiana (now Guyana), the Leeward Islands, Saint Lucia and St Vincent. Nearly 5,000 more subsequently volunteered.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caribbean participants in the First World War )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British West Indies Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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