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A sizeable percentage of Bermuda's volunteers who served in the war joined the CEF or the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), either because they were resident in Canada already, or because Canada was the nearest and easiest other part of the British Empire and Commonwealth to reach from Bermuda (1,239 kilometres (770 miles) from Nova Scotia).
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Bermuda Militia, under Militia Acts 1687–1813. Although the Bermuda Parliament had been formed in 1620, prior to 1687, the Bermudian Militia was raised and organised without reference to a Militia Act. The Crown took over the administration of the Colony from The Somers Isles Company in 1684.
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.
HMS Bermuda (1795) HMS Bermuda (1813) Bermuda Cadet Corps; Bermuda Garrison; Bermuda Militia (1813–1815) Bermuda Militia (1612–1687) Bermuda Militia (1687–1813) Bermuda Militia Artillery; Bermuda Militia Infantry; Bermuda Militia (1612–1815) Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps; Bermuda Volunteer Engineers; Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps; Royal Naval ...