Barbados
MILITARY HISTORY
BARBADOS MILITARY HISTORY
June | Barbados Volunteer Force’s first Ceremonial Parade with the troop from Leicester for the King’s birthday.
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January | West Indian Regiment left Barbados for service abroad
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Barbados Volunteer Force provided aid in St Lucia.
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3rd May | Colonel of Regiment Parade
2nd June | Queen’s Birthday Parade
27th October – 3rd November | Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Barbados Regiment
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March | First Barbadian appointed Adjutant of the Barbados Regiment; Major Leonard C Banfield.
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29th November |Major Banfield courageously climbed a flagpole to free a stuck halyard, after the fire and police could not ascend.
30th November | First parade as an Independent Country, Garrison Savannah.
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Barbados Regiment called to assist with the Greneda Intervention. Brigadier Rudyard Lewis led the assisting troops.
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July | Decompression Chamber was commissioned into service. It was the only one in the English speaking Caribbean at the time.
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THE BDF aided in relief for Hurricane Gilbert relief aid to Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and St Lucia
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THE BDF aided in relief for Hurricane Luis relief aide to Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and St Lucia
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