Lives of the First World War
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West Indians who enlisted in the United States of America
West Indians who enlisted in the United States of America
Those from the West Indies who were recruited in America to join British forces. Many of these were engineers and carpenters and were enlisted towards the late stages of 1918 from Boston, Philadelphia and New York.
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Born 1893
British Army 62842 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion
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Born 1890
British Army 62848 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion
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Born 1884
British Army 59913 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps
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British Army G/40106 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1895
British Army 46536 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers
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Born 1871
British Army 12722 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 62506 Private Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1900
British Army 64529 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
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Born 1896
British Army M/408934 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport
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Born 1884
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Grenada Defence Force
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3324139 Private Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment)
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3324139 Sapper Canadian Engineers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1919
British Army 61067 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1919
British Army 44686 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 3rd Leinsters
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Born 1892
British Army 110415 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
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Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army 47324 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) Depot
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British Army G/35861 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
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Born 1890
British Army G/40116 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1885
British Army WR/339034 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport
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Born 1890
British Army 62849 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion
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Born 1886
British Army 51778 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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