The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison. Renamed the Bermuda Rifles in 1951, it was amalgamated into the Berm
Badges of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (left), the Bermuda Rifles (as the BVRC was retitled between 1951 and 1965, right), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (top), and its successor, the Royal Anglian Regiment (bottom-centre)
Establishment and Strength of the British Army (excluding Indian native troops stationed in India) prior to August, 1914.
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps cap badge
BVRC officers attached to 2/4th Btn East Yorkshire Regiment in 1918
World War I
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World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. One of the deadliest conflicts in history, World War
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
…soldiers in the British Army—but that same Order did not benefit the British West Indies Regiment, which was treated as being "native". At the end of the First World War, both the BVRC and BMA were demobilised and disembodied, though both were soon rebuilt through new recruitment. Many former members of the BVRC…
Bataille de Verdun 1916
British 39th Siege Battery RGA Somme 1916
American troops going forward to the battle line in the Forest of Argonne. France, September 26, 1918. NARA 530748
Arab Camel Corps