Caribbean

The Caribbean (/ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ or /kəˈrɪbiən/; Spanish: Caribe; Dutch: French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean), and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.
Britain maintained more than a dozen colonies in the Caribbean during the two world wars. These territories maintained their own forces. During the First World War, the British formed the British West Indies Regiment for overseas employment. It saw limited service in the Middle East, and was subject to extensive racism. In 1916, a contingent from Jamaica aboard the SS Verdala suffered about 600 frostbite cases, and five died. Tucker, Spencer C. & Roberts, ‎Priscilla Mary (2005), Encyclopedia Of World War I: A Political, Social, And Military History, p. 508.
When the Second World War broke out, there was no attempt to form a new regiment. Instead, the local colonies funded two battalions of the Caribbean Regiment, which was eventually brought under British command. Additionally, at least 6,000 men from the Caribbean served in the Royal Air Force, mostly as ground crew, while the Trinidad Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was also created.Rush, Anne Spry (2011), Bonds of Empire: West Indians and Britishness from Victoria to Decolonization, pp. 129-30.
==Units==
*Antiguan Defence Force
*Barbadian Volunteer Force
*Bermuda Militia
*Bermuda Militia Artillery
*Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
**Bermuda Volunteer Engineers
*British Guiana Militia  
*British Guiana Militia Artillery
*British Honduras Defence Force 
*British Honduras Volunteer Guard 
*The British West Indies Regiment - active during the First World War 
*The Caribbean Regiment - active during the Second World War
*Dominica Defence Force 
*Dominica Defence Reserve - active during the First World War
*Grenada Volunteer Corps
*Jamaica Corps of Signals 
*Jamaica Engineer Corps
*Jamaica Militia Artillery
*The Kingston Infantry Volunteers 
*Montserrat Defence Force
*North Caribbean Force 
**comprising units from the Bahamas, British Honduras, Jamaica, and the Leeward Islands
*South Caribbean Force 
**comprising units from Barbados, British Guiana, Trinidad, and the Windward Islands
*St. Kits and Nevis Defence Force
*St. Lucia Volunteer Corps
*St. Vincent Volunteer Corps
*Trinidad Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - encompassed recruits from much of the Caribbean
*Trinidad Volunteers
**Trinidad Light Horse
**Trinidad Light Infantry
**Trinidad Volunteer Reserve of Europeans
*Trinidad Volunteer Artillery
*West India Regiment - disbanded 1927
==People==
*Arthur Andrew Cipriani, Trinidadian labour leader
*Ulric Cross, Trinidadian attorney and RAF squadron leader
*Cy Grant, Guyanese actor, musician, and RAF officer
*Samuel Alfred Haynes, author of Belize's national anthem
*Norman Manley, MM, second prime minister of an Independent Jamaica.
*Victor Tucker, Jamaican RAF fighter pilot 
==Notes==
Category:Barbadian military personnel
Category:Guyanese military personnel
Category:Jamaican military personnel
Category:St. Lucian military personnel
Category:Trinidadian military personnel