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created 1 December 2002. Corrected and updated
28.07.2005
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The Jamaica
Regiment
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Jamaica
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1662 | Jamaica Militia | |
| ? | disbanded | |
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| 1732 | Jamaica Militia | |
| 1832 | disbanded | |
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| 1850 | Jamaica Militia | |
| 1906 | disbanded | |
| 1906 | Kingston
Infantry Volunteers reorganised on a different liability basis from the disbanded Militia |
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| 1939 | Jamaica Infantry Volunteers | |
| 1942 | mobilised The Jamaica Battalion, North Caribbean Force | |
| 1954 | The Jamaica Regiment | |
| 1958.04.01 | transferred from War Office to Federation of West Indies control | |
| 1958.02.31 | disbanded, and personnel absorbed by The West India Regiment | |
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| 1962.07.31 | The Jamaica
Regiment re-formed, absorbing personnel of The West India Regiment |
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The Jamaica Regiment (official JDF site) | |
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| 1st Battalion [1962-present] | ||
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| 2nd Battalion [1962-??, 1979-present] | ||
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| 3rd Battalion [1962-present] | ||
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Colours of The Jamaica Regiment (JDF site). | |
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| 1962 | Gen. Sir Gerald William Lathbury, GCB, DSO, MBE, KStJ [from West India Regt; also Col. Cmdt. 3rd Green Jackets, Para Regt; Gov. & C-in-C Gibraltar 1965-69] | |
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2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment | 1965-present | |
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