Collecting those servicemen of West India Regiment and British West Indies Regiment who have service (pension) records. A great many relate to the men of the 4th Battalion (3rd Jamaica War Contingent) of the British West Indies Regiment who sailed on HMT Verdala on 6 March 1916 under sealed orders, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in the middle of a blizzard.
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Born 1888
British Army 1033 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 5th (Service) Battalion
British Army 1033 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
Born 1894
British Army 6155 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion
Born 1877
British Army 6655 Company Serjeant Major West India Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 5073 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Born 1888
British Army 5035 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
Born 1889
Died 1921
British Army 2147 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 2147 Lance Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 2147 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1881
British Army 3206 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1886
Died 1917
British Army 4893 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
Born 1891
Died 1920
British Army 5585 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion
Born 1885
Other Empire Force 517 Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers 3rd Battalion
British Army 1427 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1874
Died 1956
British Army 1270 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 2587 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 2587 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1884
Other Empire Force 7263 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 8209 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion
British Army 8209 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion