British West Indian Imperial Force

[AileenA]

Hello
I'm trying to help a friend who's researching men who are named on the war memorial in WW1 Crail, Fife. The local history group are trying to put a background to the men and build up a picture of who they were and a bit about their lives. One of the men served with the British West Indian Imperial Force, has anyone idea on where I could find info on this force?
Had so much help from this group in the past so hoping you can help.
Many thanks
Aileen

[nelmit]

Hello Aileen,

Why don't you start by browsing www.scottishwarmemorials.com which is run by one of our members, Adam.

Regards,
Annette

[apanderson]

This is a direct link which will take to to the Craill Civic Memorial Thread: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtop ... warmemscot

Not a lot of information about any of the men in particular, but some nice photos.

If you go to this link: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtop ... warmemscot you will find a complete list of all Fife's memorials and it looks as though Craill Church and a few others (Royal British Legion Memorials) have not yet been added to the forum.

Anne

[Montrose Budie]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_India_Regiment .

As we're talking WWI, you should have a look at, and maybe make a post on the Great War forum at http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forum ... hp?act=idx .

mb

[Currie]

Hello Aileen,

There are assorted references to the regiment in Google News Archive. Just click the period of interest in the timeline.

West India Regiment.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as ... _scoring=a

West Indian Regiment.
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q= ... s_price=p1

A search of the Commonwealth War Graves site will bring up some, but probably not all WW1 deaths. http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22we ... mages&tbs=

Alan

[AileenA]

Hi everyone, as usual you have all come up trumps, thanks ever so much =D>
I'll pass the info to my friend I'm sure she'll be really pleased.
Many thanks
AileenA