West India Regiments
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The West India Regiments were a group of line infantry regiments of the British Army raised and normally stationed in the British West Indies between 1795 and 1927. In 1888 the two West India Regiment
c. 1803 painting of an 8th West India Regiment private
The 3rd West India Regiment engaging French troops during the 1809 British invasion of the Îles des Saintes
1812 illustration of the 5th West India Regiment
1861 illustration of West India Regiment soldiers in Jamaica
Corps of Colonial Marines
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The Corps of Colonial Marines were two different Royal Marine units raised from former black slaves for service in the Americas at the behest of Alexander Cochrane. The units were created at two separ
West India Regiments
…companies of the First WIR repulsed a French attempt to recapture the island of Marie-Galante in August–September 1808, together with members of the first Corps of Colonial Marines recruited from local fugitive slaves. The Regiments were later involved in the War of 1812, both on the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, taking…
A British Colonial Marine in a light coloured fatigue uniform, worn for performing ordinary duties and a common sight on Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay but on the battlefield, the red coat of the service uniform would have been worn
Alexander Cochrane, responsible for raising the Corps of Colonial Marines