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West Indians serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force
West Indians serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Owing to the colour bar of the British military services at the beginning of the war, the only option available was for West Indians living in Canada to enlist with the CEF, who did not operate such a bar. This community consists of both black and white servicemen and women. It is true that many of those who enlisted were from the white colonial families, but the widely-held view that black soldiers were only used as labourers in France is wrong; the British West Indies Regiment fought against the Turks with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, under the command of New Zealand Forces. Incorporates Bermuda.
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Born 1894
Canadian Expeditionary Force Sergeant 4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
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Born 1896
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3230768
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Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1081017 Corporal Canadian Railway Troops
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Born 1880
Died 1959
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 148th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion
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Born 1898
Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteer Defence Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force 842328 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1885
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2606959
Other Empire Force Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2606959 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 Training Depot
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Born 1889
Died 1974
Canadian Expeditionary Force 229 Gunner Borden's Armoured Machine Gun Battery
British Army Lieutenant / Acting Captain Royal Engineers 179th Tank Company
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 410960 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 38th Battalion
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet
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Born 1873
Canadian Expeditionary Force 332817
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Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force 83665
Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteers
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Born 1892
Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteers
Canadian Expeditionary Force 5507 Sapper
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant
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Born 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1096059
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Born 1890
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 670032
Canadian Expeditionary Force 670032 Private Canadian Pioneers
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Born 1888
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 316050
Canadian Expeditionary Force 316050 Driver Canadian Field Artillery
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Born 1882
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 410965
Canadian Expeditionary Force 410965 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1897
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2728030
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