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HMT Magdalena Sept 1916 British West Indies Regiment
HMT Magdalena Sept 1916 British West Indies Regiment
Remembering the 5th Battalion (the remainder of 4th Jamaica War Contingent - 36 officers, 726 men and the 2nd Barbados Contingent) who sailed from Barbados on HMT Magdalena on 15 September 1916 and Bahamas/Jamaica 30 September. All of the men were volunteers. 14 men died of disease before they arrived at Alexandria, Egypt on 2 November 1916 and are commemorated on the Hollybrook memorial. The 5th battalion became the base depot of the regiment in Egypt, and in February 1917 some of the men were transferred to the 3rd battalion in France. For those who died extra information has been collected from the Soldiers' Effects records, but for lots of these men there are only medal records because they managed to survive; (the medal rolls are however split by island and show their original battalion). So they sailed from home, served in the war and then sailed home again, with the regiment not invited to the Peace (Victory) Parade held in London July 1919 // incomplete.
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Born 1894
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 4921 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 6395 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1896
British Army 5495 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1896
Other Empire Force 4617 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 5975 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1897
British Army 6098 Private British West Indies Regiment
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British Army 5413 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1895
Other Empire Force 4186 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 5658 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army 5658 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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British Army 5451 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1896
British Army 6084 Private British West Indies Regiment
Other Empire Force 4266 Private Jamaica War Contingent
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Died 1918
British Army 5429 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 5429 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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British Army 5547 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1880
Other Empire Force 4116 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 5978 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 6401 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force 4608 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 6392 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1888
Other Empire Force 2286 British Honduras Territorial Force
British Army 5809 Private British West Indies Regiment
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British Army 6172 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1890
British Army 6374 Corporal British West Indies Regiment
British Army West India Regiment 2nd Battalion
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