 the bermuda regiment is the home defence unit of the british overseas territory of bermuda. it is a single territorialoxford english dictionary: definition of territorial army infantry battalion that was formed by the amalgamation in 1965 of two originally voluntary units, the all white bermuda volunteer rifle corps (bvrc) and the mostly black bermuda militia artillery (bma). ==history==  the original bermuda militia had existed from 1612 to 1815, and all military-aged males were required to serve. this militia ceased to exist after the american war of 1812 as the government of bermuda saw it as an unnecessary expense, given the buildup of regular army units following the 1795 establishment of the royal naval base in bermuda. short-lived militias were raised without the contribution of the local parliament (bermudians who enlisted in this way probably included robert john simmons, who later served as first sergeant in the 54th massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment during the american civil war as, in recommending simmons as a valuable recruit, prominent abolitionist william wells brown described him as ''
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