When what is today known as World War I broke out, Britain was still a colonial power. And her domin
When what is today known as World War I broke out, Britain was still a colonial power. And her dominions were eager – in most cases – to help their mother country. Many British West Indians, descendants of the enslaved people whom Britain had brought to their Caribbean islands, volunteered to fight for Britain. Enough wanted to go that a special British West India Regiment was created. By the end of the World War I over 15,500 West Indians had joined the BWIR and had experienced military service in England, Italy, Egypt, India, France, Belgium, Palestine, Mesopotamia (Iraq) and East Africa. -- source link
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