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  2. Bermuda Militia (1612–1815) - Wikipedia

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    Captain John Smith's 1624 map of Bermuda, showing contemporary fortifications.. Bermuda has organised several different forms of militia between the 1612 and 1815. The roles of the militias included defence of the colony in complement with the activities of the British Army and Royal Navy.

  3. Bermuda Militia (1612–1687) - Wikipedia

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    Captain John Smith's 1624 map of Bermuda, showing contemporary fortifications. Between 1612 and 1687, Bermuda had a series of militias under the Virginia Company, the Somers Isles Company, and the British Crown. In 1687, the first Militia Act was enacted.

  4. Bermuda Militia (1813–1815) - Wikipedia

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    With the start of the American War of 1812, an Act of 1813 re-organized the Military of Bermuda's nine-company regiment of foot into two battalions.The total strength of the local militia was, by then, nominally 450 men, but, as always, this was, at any moment, effectively reduced by half due to the seafaring occupations of the better part of the colony's men.

  5. Military of Bermuda - Wikipedia

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    Captain John Smith's 1624 map of Bermuda, showing contemporary fortifications.. The defence of the colony against an expected Spanish attack was the first concern of the first Governor of Bermuda, Richard Moore, when he and fifty-one other settlers arrived at Bermuda aboard the Plough on the 11 July 1612, to join the three men left behind in Bermuda from the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture.

  6. Outline of Bermuda - Wikipedia

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    Bermuda's role in the War of 1812, chronicles Bermuda's little-known role in the American War of 1812; Economy and business. Association of Bermuda International Companies. Media. US Department of State Post Report for Bermuda. Bermuda Sun, a twice-weekly newspaper. The Royal Gazette, a daily newspaper, published since 1828. Travel and transport

  7. 38th Battalion (Ottawa), CEF - Wikipedia

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    38th Battalion on Queen Street, City of Hamilton, Bermuda in 1915 38th Battalion parade on field in Bermuda in 1915 38th Battalion at Prospect Camp, Bermuda, in 1915. The unit was welcomed to the Bermuda Garrison by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief (or General Officer Commanding) of Bermuda, Lieut. General Sir George Bullock.

  8. Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

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    Starting from settlement of St. George's Town in 1612 (the permanent settlement of Bermuda had begun with the wreck of the Sea Venture, the flagship of the Virginia Company, but the three men who remained from that ship had lived on Smith's Island, prior to the arrival of more settlers in 1612), the colony's militia built and garrisoned a range of fortifications, mostly protecting the ...

  9. Bermuda Garrison - Wikipedia

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    The Bermuda Garrison was the military establishment maintained on the British Overseas Territory and Imperial fortress of Bermuda by the regular British Army and its local militia and voluntary reserves from 1701 to 1957. The garrison evolved from an independent company, to a company of Royal Garrison Battalion during the American War of ...