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The Cayman Islands is a British overseas territory (BOT). Its defence is therefore the responsibility of the United Kingdom. The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the Crown's (Charles III) Representative on the islands. Consequently, the Cayman Islands Regiment is under the control of the Governor, who acts as Commander-in-Chief of the Regiment.
The British Government is currently (2020) working with the local governments of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands to raise reserve military units in those territories, also, with recruitment for the new Cayman Islands Regiment starting in January 2020. [3] [4] [5]
Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Regiment is the home defence unit of the Cayman Islands. It is a single territorial infantry battalion of the British Armed Forces that was formed in 2020. [93] Turks and Caicos – The Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos ...
Cayman Islands Cadet Corps; Cayman Islands Coast Guard; Cayman Islands Regiment This page was last edited on 6 June 2023, at 05:51 (UTC). Text is ...
During World War II, a company of the Jamaican Home Guard was established in Grand Cayman in 1942. The Home Guard consisted of 44 officers and men. [2]Dobson Hall, the main barracks for the Home Guard in Cayman, was located in the capital George Town.
Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 1 + 0 battalion [42] Royal Bermuda Regiment - 0 + 1 battalion [43] Royal Montserrat Defence Force - 0 + 1 platoon [44] Cayman Islands Regiment - 0 + 1 company [44] Turks and Caicos Regiment - 0 + 1 platoon [44] Falkland Islands Defence Force - 0 + 1 company [45]
The Cayman Islands (/ ˈ k eɪ m ən /) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population.The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
In 2023, the Royal Montserrat Defence Force was one of four Caribbean British Overseas Military forces that took part in King Charles III Coronation Parade. The RMDF was joined by Royal Bermuda Regiment, Cayman Islands Regiment, and Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment from the Caribbean.