Hi All. I am researching a chap who apparently joined the 2nd Battalion of this unit c.1940, and am wondering if anyone can tell me anything about it. All thoughts and information welcome. TIA Andrew
Found some records, looking for more, first page included (to give you the date of records) Source: Fold3.com
Quite a few volunteers from Trinidad named on this website, minus which unit though: Caribbean Roll of Honour Likewise only one dead on CWGC listed as 1st Battalion, all others no specified unit: Search Results | CWGC Try a journal article, 21 pgs., 'The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force: Origin, Structure, Training, Security and Other Roles' available on JSTOR (free when registered): https://www.jstor.org/stable/40653996 Ancestry has something: Juana Perez De Correa - Public Member Stories - Ancestry.com From an odd place: Link:https://neotropicalanimalsblog.file...-2014-xicimfauna-conference-final-version.pdf
Thank you to all, especially Temujin, for the very helpful replies. Can anyone confirm the date on which the Volunteers were established, or is it stated in one of the documents posted and I've missed it? Many thanks again. Andrew
I’m not sure exactly when they were formed, but they existing during WW1 1913-1919 - Quarterly Army Lists (First Series) 1879-1922 (611) - Army lists > Quarterly Army Lists (First Series) 1879-1922 > 1913 > Fourth quarter > Volume 2 - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland More information on their use in WW1, info says they were in “existence” BEFORE 1914? Trinidad and Tobago - The National Archives
Link to a slide show about British Armed Forces in both Wars. Includes Trinidad Troops https://capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commonwealth-Service-Personnnel3-BHM-2.pdf Found this: Trinidad Volunteers, formed on 3 June 1879, later called "the Trinidad Regiment", was disbanded in 1948. Hence, Trinidad and Tobago unlike Barbados and Jamaica, did not have an existing regiment when it became independent in 1962. The Regiment was actually started out of the St. James Barracks https://www.jstor.org/stable/40653996