Barbados
MILITARY HISTORY
BARBADOS MILITARY HISTORY
1902
The Barbados Volunteer Force came into existence.
1904
June | Barbados Volunteer Force’s first Ceremonial Parade with the troop from Leicester for the King’s birthday.
1905
English Leicester Regiment left Barbados.
1906
January | West Indian Regiment left Barbados for service abroad
1907
Barbados Volunteer Force provided aid in St Lucia.
1911
Two officers and eight sergeants attended King George’s Coronation.
1927
1937
1948
1953
1955
1957
February | First Trooping of the Colours.
1959
16th April | Trooping of the Queen’s Colour.
1961
1st January | Barbados Regiment was reorganized.
1962
3rd May | Colonel of Regiment Parade
2nd June | Queen’s Birthday Parade
27th October – 3rd November | Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Barbados Regiment
1963
March | First Barbadian appointed Adjutant of the Barbados Regiment; Major Leonard C Banfield.
1966
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.
1979
The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) was established August 15, 1979, and has responsibility for the territorial defence and internal security of the island. The headquarters for the Barbados Defence Force is located at St. Ann’s Fort base at The Garrison, Saint Michael.
1983
Barbados Regiment called to assist with the Greneda Intervention. Brigadier Rudyard Lewis led the assisting troops.
1984
July | Decompression Chamber was commissioned into service. It was the only one in the English speaking Caribbean at the time.
1988
THE BDF aided in relief for Hurricane Gilbert relief aid to Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and St Lucia
1995
THE BDF aided in relief for Hurricane Luis relief aide to Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and St Lucia