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The West India Regiments were reformed in 1958 as part of the West Indies Federation. The dissolution of the Federation resulted in the establishment of the JDF. The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) comprises an infantry Regiment and Reserve Corps, an Air Wing, a Coast Guard fleet and a supporting Engineering Unit. The infantry regiment contains the ...
Up-Park Camp (often Up Park Camp) was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to independence in 1962. From that date, it has been the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force. It is located in the heart of Kingston. There is a heliport there which is used by the Jamaica Defence Force.
The Jamaica Regiment was initially formed in 1954 as a unit on the British Army colonial list. In 1958, the Federation of the West Indies was founded, and the regiment passed from the control of the War Office to the new Federation government, where it, and the other infantry regiments of the various Caribbean islands, were disbanded and reorganised into the West India Regiment.
Formerly a military hill station for the British Army it is now a training centre for the Jamaica Defence Force. The Blue Mountain and John Crow Mountain National Park in which Newcastle is located was established in 1992. Newcastle lies on the Kingston to Buff Bay road through the National Park.
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band, at Nelson Street Army Reserve Centre, Bolton [22] Lancashire Artillery Pipes and Drums [21] 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery, at Brigadier Philip Toosy Barracks, Liverpool [23] Isle of Man Troop, at Lord Street Army Reserve Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man [24] – formed in 2018
Army Reserve bands are not part of the Corps of Army Music. They are under the direct command of their parent corps or regiment. There are currently 20 Army Reserve bands located across the UK with one in Gibraltar: [3] Band of the Honourable Artillery Company; Regimental Band (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) of the Royal Yeomanry
The British West Indies Regiment (1915 - 1921) (BWIR) was a unit of the British Army during the First World War, formed of volunteers from British colonies in the West Indies. The regiment was fifteen thousand strong, with fifteen hundred losing their life in the war.
[60] [61] Also at the Army Reserve Centre having been at the Silverwell Street drill hall is a framed roll of honour listing the 15 members of the Bolton Artillery's Sergeants' Mess who died in World War II. [62] A small plaque to the members of the Bolton Artillery who died in the two world wars was erected in St Peter's Church, Bolton, in ...