British West Indies Regiment

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British West Indies Regiment
Years active:	3/11/1915 –
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Service:	British colonial forces
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Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry regiment (administrative)
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Created:	3/11/1915. Authorised as a corps by Royal Warrant, to be recruited 'from contingents of the inhabitants of the West India Islands' enlisted in the UK. Subsequently listed among Overseas Contingents in the Monthly Army List.
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Alternate names:	BWIR
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Affiliation
Parent unit:	Warley Infantry Record Office, UK
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	3rd Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	4th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	5th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	6th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	7th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	8th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	9th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	10th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	11th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

These war diaries need moving to battalion pages:

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5318 (01/07/1916–30/11/1916)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5370 (01/12/1916–28/02/1918)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4262 (01/01/1918–31/01/1919)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4262 (01/01/1918–31/01/1919)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5318 (01/03/1918–30/09/1918)

Other official documents

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal	Officers	Other ranks
1914 Star	none	none
1914-15 Star	none	none
British War and Victory medals	WO 329/2303	WO 329/2326, WO 329/2327, WO 329/2373
Territorial Force War Medal	WO 329/3272	none

Other sources

• Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail: British West Indies Regiment
• C. L. Joseph, 'The British West Indies Regiment 1914–1918', Journal of Caribbean History, vol. II, May 1971, pp. 94–124.
• Wikipedia:British West Indies Regiment

References

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