West India Regiment - Battle Honours

Battle Honours

  • Dominica, Martinique 1809, Guadeloupe 1810, Ashantee 1873–74, West Africa 1887, West Africa 1892–93 & 94, Sierra Leone 1898
  • The Great War (2 battalions): Palestine 1917–18, E. Africa 1916–18, Cameroons 1915–16.

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