The British West India Regiments Heritage Trust

🌍🇧🇪🇬🇧Join us in honouring the 15,600 West Indian soldiers who bravely served in WWI 🌹 Join our live stream tomorrow at 2pm GMT / 3pm CET to watch the grand unveiling of the plaque commemorating the soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment. #BWIRHT

1) Want to know more about the West Indian soldiers who served in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during WWI?  Here’s our top book and documentary picks!  #BWIRHT

As we do so, we remember the 15,600 West Indian soldiers who valiantly served in WWI defending Britain and its allies.  Without them, we wouldn’t be here today. 🌹🖤🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth

There is so much to be proud of in our History.  Today, we honour all our Black Heroes and Sheroes from the past who fought to make the world we now live in a better place.  #BlackHistoryMonth

4) On the 8th November 2006 – 89 years after his execution – he was pardoned along with 306 other soldiers executed for desertion and other offenses. 🇯🇲🇬🇧🇧🇪

3) He was executed on 20 September 1917 by the British Army after being accused and tried for desertion. He was 17 years old. Morris is buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium where he lies with 680 others, 16 of whom were also ‘shot at dawn’.

1) Private Herbert Morris was born in 1900 in the parish of St.Catherine below the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, thirty miles from the capital Kingston. He was the son of William and Ophelia Morris of Riversdale.

4) His brother survived the conflict, going on to become a noted lawyer and Jamaica’s first and only Premier who led the country to independence. Manley is buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. 🇯🇲🇬🇧🇧🇪

3) With his brother Norman, he volunteered for the British Army in 1915, joining the Royal Field Artillery. He sadly died on 26 July 1917 on the Western Front.

1) With one week to go until we unveil the plaque commemorating the British West Indies Regiment, we remember the 1,500 brave West Indian soldiers who valiantly fought and died in WWI.

3/ As one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit organisations on West Indian military history, we are dedicated to ensuring that these soldiers, and their contributions to history, are remembered and celebrated for generations to come.  🌹 #BWIRHT

2 / These brave soldiers served in some of the most hard-fought battles on the western front in Europe, the Middle East and in Africa. Hundreds of soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment are buried across western Europe, including France and Belgium.

1 / Did you know that 15,600 men from across the Caribbean took up the call to fight in the Great War? The vast majority of volunteers were enlisted into various battalions of the British West Indies Regiment, a unit of the British Army.

We’re proud to announce that on 5th October, we will be unveiling the first-ever plaque at the historic St George’s Memorial Church in Ypres, Belgium commemorating the 15,600 West Indian heroes who valiantly served in World War I 🌹

We are thrilled to announce that we've been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2024 @SoldierOnAwards ! 🎉 Honoured to be recognised among so many who have made significant contributions to the #ArmedForcesCommunity Thank you everyone for your support 🙏  #SoldieringOnAwards