West India Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_India_Regiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:West_Africa gptkb:Cameroons_1914-16 gptkb:East_Africa_1914-18 gptkb:Guadaloupe_1810 gptkb:West_Indies gptkb:Martinique_1809 gptkb:Ashantee
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1927 1962
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	Zouave jacket
gptkbp:formed	1795
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Jamaica
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West India Regiment
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Pro_Aris_et_Focis
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Buffs
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Sir_John_Scott_Lillie gptkb:Sir_Benjamin_d'Urban gptkb:Sir_Ralph_Abercromby gptkb:Sir_John_Keane gptkb:Sir_Alexander_Woodford gptkb:Sir_Charles_MacCarthy gptkb:Sir_George_Beckwith gptkb:Sir_John_Harvey gptkb:Sir_William_Maynard_Gomm gptkb:Sir_John_Hope gptkb:Sir_Charles_Grey
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:Ashanti_Wars gptkb:Second_Maroon_War
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:British_Colonial_Forces
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:reformed	1958
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Guyana_Defence_Force gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago_Regiment gptkb:Royal_Anguilla_Police_Force gptkb:Royal_Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force gptkb:Royal_Montserrat_Defence_Force gptkb:Royal_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_Police_Force gptkb:Royal_Virgin_Islands_Police_Force gptkb:Royal_Saint_Lucia_Police_Force gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_Defence_Force gptkb:Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force gptkb:Barbados_Regiment gptkb:Jamaica_Regiment gptkb:Royal_Grenada_Police_Force
gptkbp:type	Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_West_Indies_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6