Bermuda Volunteer/Territorial Army Units 1895-1965

Bermuda Volunteer/Territorial Army Units 1895-1965

The Volunteer (later, Territorial) Army units raised in Bermuda were created as part of an Imperial military garrison that existed primarily to protect the Royal Naval base, centred about the HM Dockyard on Ireland Island.

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