Bermuda Regiment
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Royal Bermuda Regiment |
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 Badge of the Royal Bermuda Regiment |
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| Lineup | 1965 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom of Bermuda |
| Armed forces | United Kingdom Armed Forces |
| Armed forces | British Army |
| Type | infantry |
| structure | 1 battalion |
| Location | Warwick Camp, Warwick Parish, Bermuda |
| commander | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Foster-Brown | Commanding officer |
| HRH The Duchess of Gloucester | Colonel-in-Chief |
| Colonel Eugene Raynor | Honorary Colonel |
The Royal Bermuda Regiment is the local defense unit of the British overseas territory of Bermuda and the only remaining unit of the Bermuda garrison of the British Army .
Since 1995 Bermuda has maintained the Bermuda Regiment as the only armed unit.
history
After the end of the American War of Independence in 1783, the British Royal Navy replaced its lost naval bases with the Bermuda base in order to attack the USA from there. The naval facilities included an admiralty , a shipyard and a sea squadron.
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps and Bermuda Militia Artillery
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC ) was set up in 1894 and the Bermuda Militia Artillery (BMA) in 1895 as a reserve for the regular army units stationed in the colony . The BVRC only recruited members of the shooting clubs. Since their membership in these was limited to whites, no colored people could be recruited. The BMA, on the other hand, mainly recruited blacks who were commanded by white officers.
First World War
In both world wars, BVRC and BMA were deployed abroad. The BVRC provided two contingents in the Lincolnshire Regiment during the First World War. The first contingent fought from June 1915 within the First Battalion of the Lincoln near Ypres . In the Battle of the Somme , during the attack on Gueudecourt on September 25, 1916, more than half of the soldiers of this contingent still operational were killed or wounded. A second contingent was shipped to France in September 1916.
In 1916 the BMA sent a total of 201 officers, NCOs and men. The commandant was Thomas Melville Dill , the grandfather of actor Michael Douglas . They served in the Royal Garrison Artillery (BCRGA) and supplied ammunition to the artillery batteries on the Western Front . A second contingent was sent to France in 1917.
Second World War
During World War II, the BVRC sent two contingents to the Lincolnshire Regiment in June 1940 and 1944. The BMA served as part of the 1st Caribbean Regiment in Italy , North Africa , and Palestine . A BMA officer, Major Patrick Purcell, became press spokesman for the British occupation forces in Germany at the end of the war; he was responsible for controlling the media in the British zone .
post war period
In 1951, most of the Royal Navy ships were withdrawn from Bermuda. The British Army moved all units back to the mother country. The coastal artillery guns were out of date and were decommissioned. The BMA was converted into an infantry unit, but retained the right to continue to wear the Royal Artillery's insignia and uniform.
On September 1, 1965, the BVRC and the BMA were merged to form the Bermuda Regiment. The majority of the soldiers in the Bermuda Regiment are conscripts . The regiment currently has 409 soldiers. However, the nominal strength will decrease in the future because the government has lifted conscription.
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward C. Harris: Bermuda Forts 1612-1957 . Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, Bermuda 1997, ISBN 0-921560-11-7 .
- ^ Roger Willock: Bulwark Of Empire. Bermuda's Fortified Naval Base 1860-1920 . Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, Bermuda, 2nd ed. 1988, ISBN 0-921560-00-1 .
- ↑ Bermuda's Royal Navy base at Ireland Island from 1815 to the 1960s
- ↑ Ian Strannack: The Andrew And The Onions. The Story Of The Royal Navy In Bermuda, 1795-1975 . Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, Bermuda 1990, ISBN 0-921560-03-6 .
- ↑ Jennifer M. Ingham: Defense, not Defense. A History of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps . The Island Press, Bermuda 1992, ISBN 0-9696517-1-6 .
- ↑ Seán Ó POL Creachmhaoil: The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Royal Anglian Regiment and the Bermuda Regiment, 1914 to 2014
- ^ History of the regiment. Accessed December 1, 2019 .
- ↑ BBC: Colonies, Colonials and World War Two, by Marika Sherwood (The Caribbean Regiment wasn't recruited until 1944, when it was posted to Egypt to guard PoWs.)
- ↑ Bermuda Regiment