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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
Died 1917
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Flying Corps 59th Reserve Squadron
Canadian Expeditionary Force McG152 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2nd McGill Reinforcements
British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 4th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant
More about Frank Dobree Mccrea -
Born 1898
Canadian Expeditionary Force 931058 Private No.2 Construction Battalion
More about Frank Bowers -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force 107425 Lance Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 16th Reserve Battalion
More about Hugh Christie Manning -
Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force 931059 Private No.2 Construction Battalion
More about Evan Kirton -
Born 1888
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 349367
Other Empire Force Royal Scots, Montreal
Canadian Expeditionary Force 349367 Gunner Canadian Garrison Artillery 3rd Siege Battery
More about Jocelyn Maynard Payne -
Born 1887
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 65304
Canadian Expeditionary Force 65304 Private Canadian Infantry (Victoria Regiment) 24th Battalion
More about Hilton Burnley Eccles -
Born 1893
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 113165
Other Empire Force Jamaican Militia
Canadian Expeditionary Force 113165 Private Central Ontario Regiment 1st/4th Battalion Mounted Rifles
More about Percy H Winn Davis -
Born 1883
Died 1919
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 4th Brigade
More about John Percy Hume Atkin -
Born 1890
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 294 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 4th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force 294 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
More about Walter George Birkett -
Born 1890
Died 1971
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Reserve
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Louise Blanche Peat Later Welch -
Born 1879
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1049222
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1049222 Staff Sergeant Canadian Forestry Corps
More about James Alexander Elder -
Born 1890
Died 1938
Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteers
Canadian Expeditionary Force 14914 Sapper Canadian Engineers
More about Charles Allen Bailey -
Born 1894
Died 1981
Canadian Expeditionary Force 327964
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