Barbados Defence Force Assists
Double Amputee Eustace Forde
BDF Media Release | 16 AUG 18
Photography credit: Lt S Gollop, Cpl Maynard D, Lcpl Bellamy C
The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) embarked on a transformation of the living conditions of double amputee, Mr. Eustice Forde
Mr. Forde has been living in very challenging conditions at his Lot 3, Pipers Avenue, Lodge Hill, St Michael, residence. The chattel home consists of two bedrooms and a kitchen/dining room but had no bathroom facilities, forcing Mr. Forde to use an exposed outdoor facility.
Major Lubin Maxwell, BDF’s Building Rehabilitation Projects Manager, explained that the home accessibility project’s main aim was to convert one of the existing bedrooms into an indoor bathroom. The project commenced on 11 June 2018, and during the transformation works, the project teams provided improved outdoor accessibility to the home, clean and secure immediate environs, in addition to providing other remedial works.
Chief of Staff presents Mr Eustace Forde with the keys to his remodeled home as Major Maxwell looks on.
Major Maxwell expressed his delight in the support corporate Barbados rendered to the project. Sincere thanks and appreciation must be extended to the companies and persons listed here under who willingly partnered with the BDF in this worthwhile community humanitarian venture: –
- Alcar Cleaning Enterprises | Aliton Pest Control | Berger Paints Barbados Limited | Blades & Williams Limited
- Brothers Woodworks Inc | Clemco Electrical Services Inc | O.Williams Construction Ltd
- Creative Renovation & Finishes Inc. | Francine Gaskin | Frontline Trading | Grimes Electrical & Plumbing
- H & B Hardware & Lumber Inc. | Innotech Equipment Inc. | Jones Carpentry | Jubliee Suppliers Ltd
- Keystone Products Limited | Lammy’s Wrought Iron Works Inc. | Marshall Trading Limited
- Norgrove Construction Inc. | Odoll’s Aluminum & Glass (1986) Limited | Oran LimitedPreconco Limited
- Project Source Depot | Ready-Mix Limited | Regal Furniture Manufacturing Company Ltd | Sanitation Service Authority
- Seamless Gutter Company | Trowel Plastics Barbados Limited | Williams Drilling Services Limited |
- World Bedding & Furniture Inc.
Commodore (Cdre) Errington Ricardo Shurland was appointed Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 1 September 2021. He enlisted in the BDF in February 1984 and in a military career spanning over 34 years, has served in various operational and administrative appointments.
Colonel Glyne Grannum joined the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 18 October 1985 and underwent career development training at the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School, Chilliwack and the Combat Training Centre, Gagetown New Brunswick, Canada. He subsequently attended the Infantry Training Centre and the Signal Wing in Warminster, UK (PCBC and RSO Courses respectively), the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy; the Lester Pearson Canadian Peacekeeping Centre, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto, the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army People’s Republic of China and the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies, National Defence University, Washington. He also attended a Defence Resources Management programme at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. In addition to being a qualified infantry officer, Col Grannum is a qualified Regimental Signals Officer and a former Operations Officer and Finance Officer of the BDF.
Colonel Banfield joined the Barbados Battalion of the South Caribbean Force in 1941 having just left the Cadet Corps at Combermere School, and was granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1942. He was a Platoon Commander and a Company Commander during the war and served in Barbados, Dominica (as part of the Gale Force), St Lucia and St Vincent.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Marshall is a graduate of the St Michael, and was born on the 5 November 1969 and enlisted in the Barbados Defence Force on 16 August 1994. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal in August 1997, Corporal in 1999, Sergeant in 2007, Color Sergeant in 2014, Warrant Officer Class Two in 2017 and Warrant Officer Class One in 2020. He was Most Outstanding Student on Junior Leadership Course in 1998, the Most Outstanding Student on Junior Non Commissioned Officer Cadre in Jamaica in 2000, best at Leadership on the Search Adviser Course in Jamaica in 2007 and the Most Outstanding Student on the Warrant Officer Course in Jamaica in 2015.
