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July 1916 British West Indies Regiment (Belize)
July 1916 British West Indies Regiment (Belize)
Remembering the 5th Battalion of the British West Indies Regiment who sailed from Belize (formerly British Honduras) on 14 July, collected men in Jamaica on 15 July and arrived in Alexandria, Egypt on 17 August 1916. All of the men were volunteers. 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 1896
Died 1978
British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
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Born 1881
British Army 5076 Private British West Indies Regiment
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British Army 5138 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1890
British Army 1154 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army 1159 Private Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial)
British Army Surgeon Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached British West Indies Regiment
More about Arthur Ambrose Hearne -
Born 1891
Other Empire Force 2636 British Honduras Territorial Force
British Army 5366 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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British Army 5032 Private British West Indies Regiment
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