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  1. Currencies of the British West Indies

    standard to the British West Indies , putting the West Indies about two hundred years ahead of the East ... 16 fractional Anchor dollars in 1822 for use in Mauritius and the British West Indies , but not including ... shillings and 4 pence. Remedial legislation was introduced for the British West Indies in 1838 with a new and more realistic rating of 1 4s 2d. And from around 1840 until 1955 most of the British West ... West Indies territories joined the sterling area in 1939, including even British Honduras ... on independence in 1966, was the only one of the territories in the British West Indies to use ... 1840 until 1969. But unlike the rest of the British West Indies , Jamaica had its own special varieties ... coin groat coins that were specially minted for the British West Indies , and later for British Guiana only, the rest of the British West Indies just used exactly the same coinage that was circulating ... of the British West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras ... last2 Committee first2 West ... in the British West Indies to continue with a descendent unit of the pound sterling . See ... union with British Guiana in 1949 and the currency was known as the British West Indies dollar ... union in 1966 and Barbados withdrew in 1972. See the main articles at British West Indies dollar ... and later US dollars . When the British West Indies dollar was introduced to the British Virgin ...., A History of Currency in the British Colonies 1893 refend Category British West Indies Category Currencies of the Caribbean British West Indies ...TOCright This article examines the monetary systems that prevailed in the region known as the British West Indies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The territories covered in this article include ... West Indies during this period, there was a mixed usage of sterling accounts and dollar accounts, and there was an eventual ... West Indies that were bought by the USA in 1917 thence becoming the US Virgin Islands . Pound ...   more details



  1. British West Indies Regiment

    File British West Indies Regiment Q 001202.jpg thumb Battle of the Somme On the Somme , September 1916 In 1915 the British Army formed a second West Indies regiment from Caribbean volunteers who had made their way to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Britain . Initially, these volunteers were drafted into a variety of units within the army, but in 1915 it was decided to group them together into a single regiment, named the British West Indies Regiment . The similarity of titles has sometimes led to confusion between this war time unit and the long established West India Regiment . Both were recruited from Caribbean blacks and a number of officers from the WIR were transferred to the BWIR. Initially the new regiment was made up of men from British Guiana A Company Trinidad B Company Trinidad and Saint Vincent island St Vincent C Company Grenada and Barbados D Company. The British West Indies Regiment played a significant role in the First World War especially in Palestine and Jordan where they were employed in combat roles against the Turkish Army. ref Encyclopedia of World War I By Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts p.508 ref During the Palestine Campaign. General Allenby sent the following telegram to the Governor of Jamaica I have great pleasure in informing you of the gallant conduct of the machine gun section of the 1st British West Indies Regiment during two successful ... Mary Roberts ref A total of 15,600 men of the British West Indies Regiment served with the Allied forces ..., Barbados, the Bahamas, British Honduras, Grenada, British Guiana now Guyana , the Leeward Islands ... from Jamaica , British Honduras and Barbados before the regiment was able to begin training. The regiment totalled twelve battalions, and engaged in a number of roles and theatres. The British West Indies Regiment was finally disbanded in 1921. Battle honours The Great War 11 battalions Messines ... mentioned in despatches. ref name caribbean Notes Reflist Category Regiments of the British Army ...   more details



  1. British West Indies

    Image Roadtown, Tortola.jpg thumb 250px right Roadtown , Tortola The British West Indies was a term used ... As of 1912, the British West Indies were divided into eight colonies The Bahamas , Barbados , British ... nations of the British West Indies, except the Dominica Commonwealth of Dominica , Guyana and Trinidad ...?id 4 Islands in the Caribbean Lists islands still classified as British West Indies ref Territories The territories that were part of the British West Indies were date of independence, where applicable ... Turks and Caicos Islands British overseas territory History main History of the British West Indies ... in the British West Indies in 1674. Stapleton set up a General Assembly of the Leeward Islands in St ... is traditionally the main sport in the British West Indies though others sports such as football ... cricket level. The British West Indies hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup of ODI Cricket and the 2010 ... by various parties claiming to be issued by the British West Indies, playing on the confusion with the British ... ref ref http www.credentialwatch.org reports bwimc.shtml The British West Indies Medical College Scam ... An Overview for Law Enforcement Officers Bot generated title ref The British West Indies is not a country, nor is there any official British West Indies governmental authority using that name, and any ... mwd gallery bwi1.gif A fake British West Indies Driver s License ref Native nationals of the British West Indies are considered as either British Overseas Territories citizen s BOTC or British Overseas ... of the Americas British North America British overseas territories BWIA West Indies Airways Crown ... of the West Indies British West Indies Regiment References reflist Category Geography of the Caribbean Category Politics of the Caribbean Category British Empire Category British West Indies ... United Kingdom relations de British West Indies fr Antilles britanniques it Indie Occidentali Britanniche ... organised into the West Indies Federation . It was hoped that the Federation would become independent ...   more details



  1. British West Indies dollar

    The British West Indies dollar BWI was the currency of British Guiana and the Eastern Caribbean territories of the British West Indies from 1935 to 1965, when it was largely replaced by the East Caribbean ... Regimes for Jamaica The monetary policy of the currency was overseen by the British Caribbean Currency Board BCCB . The British West Indies dollar was never used in British Honduras , the Cayman ... of 1704 introduced the gold standard to the British West Indies , putting the West Indies about ... and the British West Indies but not Jamaica . A few years later copper fractional dollars were coined for Mauritius , Sierra Leone , and the British West Indies . The first move to introduce British Pound ..., the British West Indies territories began to enact local legislation for the purposes of assimilating .... In the years immediately following 1873, there was a fear that the British West Indies might ... Kingdom British government to form a uniform system within their British West Indies territories ... was known verbally as the Beewee slang for British West Indies dollar. In 1951, the British Virgin ... support. In 1965, the British West Indies dollar of the now defunct West Indies Federation was replaced ... of currency in the region see Currencies of the British West Indies . Coins Coins were ... in the British West Indies were issued by private banks, including the Colonial Bank, Barclays Bank ... history of money in the British West Indies Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago http www.centralbank.org.bb ... in the British West Indies , Central Bank of Barbados dollar state collapsed Category History of the Caribbean Category Modern obsolete currencies Category British West Indies Category 1935 establishments ... drove the silver dollar out of the West Indies, but it returned again with the great depreciation ... West Indies dollar BWI at the already existing conversion rate of 4.80 per pound sterling or 1 .... In 1958, the West Indies Federation was established and the BWI was its currency. However ...   more details



  1. Emancipation of the British West Indies

    Unreferenced date December 2009 The Emancipation of the British West Indies was proposed as early as 1787, but was not achieved until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 effective 1834 . The United Kingdom British were the first to attempt to abolish slavery in the Caribbean during the early 19th century, but complete abolitionism emancipation took a lot of time and effort to achieve. Many people, primarily in England , began to view slavery as cruel and unjust as The Enlightenment swept across the nation. The global economic changes taking place during this time period created a decline in the need for slavery in the Caribbean as the industrial revolution and free trade began to take shape and products could be created more cheaply elsewhere. Religious efforts aided in this oppositional movement by taking a strong stance against slavery during the Methodist movement and New Protestant Evangelism . The Roman Catholic Church also played a crucial role in slave uprisings, mainly because it was the primary ... such as the Haitian Revolution and the Baptist War reinforced the British attempt to abolish slavery ... to gain momentum, a large group of British politician s, businessperson businessmen and bishop churchmen ... in the early 19th century. Despite British naval support, and treaties with other nations, thousands of slaves were illegally imported into the region after 1808. Additional British intervention ... slaves in the British Empire were emancipated, but still indentured to their former owners in an apprenticeship ... century Citation needed date November 2010 . See also Abolitionism United Kingdom and British Empire Abolitionism United Kingdom and British Empire Beilby Porteus DEFAULTSORT Emancipation Of The British West Indies Category Abolitionism in the United Kingdom Category British Empire Category History of the Caribbean Category British West Indies Category Slavery in the New World Category Slavery in the British Empire ...   more details



  1. History of the British West Indies

    Use dmy dates date November 2010 The term British West Indies refers to the former colonies and present possessions of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean . In the history of the British West Indies there have ... Kingdom in 1958 from most of the British West Indies. Britain intended that the Federation would ... English Revolution in the Colonies DEFAULTSORT History Of The British West Indies Category ... British West Indies ... would re appear during the life of the Federation of the West Indies . The West Indies Federation of 1958 was not the first attempt at a British Caribbean federation nor would it be the last , but it was the most ... was unpopular but was not dissolved until 1956 to make way for the Federation of the West Indies ... the new Federation of the West Indies as a separate province s. Jamaica and its dependencies The remaining ... obtained independence in 1962. West Indies Federation main West Indies Federation The West Indies ... 300 years, from 1627 to 1958, and were carried out, or sometimes imposed, first by the English and then the British ... government. The initial federal attempts never went so far as to try to encompass all of the British West Indies BWI , but were more regional in scope. The historical regional groupings were the British Leeward Islands , British Windward Islands and Jamaica with other nearby English British colonies such as the Cayman Islands, British Honduras and the Turks and Caicos Islands. note the original ... Islands, Turks and Caicos which remained grouped under Jamaica until 1959 as well as British Honduras and the various other colonies or territories attached to British Honduras while British Honduras ... of each colony, even after Abolitionism United Kingdom and British Empire emancipation . All these factors ... the failure of the 1958 Federation. Leeward Islands main British Leeward Islands Colonial period .... Kitts, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands . St. Kitts and Nevis however opposed sharing their government ...   more details



  1. British West Indies Study Circle

    The British West Indies Study Circle exists to promote interest in and the study of the Postage stamps stamps and postal history of the islands that comprise the British West Indies and in addition Bermuda, British Guiana Guyana and British Honduras Belize and the postal history and postal markings of other British interests in the Caribbean, and Central or South America. ref http www.bwisc.org index.html BWISC Welcome , British West Indies Study Circle, 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012. ref The Circle publish a Quarterly Bulletin and other books and monographs relating to the area. Selected publications Montserrat by L.E. Britnor, revised by Charles Freeland. The Encyclopaedia of Jamaican Philately . Various authors. Trinidad A Philatelic History to 1913 by John Marriott philatelist Sir John Marriott , Michael Medlicott and Reuben A. Ramkissoon. See also British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group References Reflist External links http www.bwisc.org Official website. Philately stub Category Philately of Jamaica Category Philatelic organizations Category British West Indies Category Organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Philately of Trinidad and Tobago Category Philately of British Guiana Category Philately of Bermuda Category Philately of the Bahamas Category Philately of Montserrat Category Philately of Barbados Category Philately of St. Lucia ...   more details



  1. British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics

    Ol mpicos de Ver o de 1960 ru simple British West Indies ...Infobox Country Olympics NOC BWI NOCname West Indies Olympic Association oldcode ANT flagcaption Flag of the West Indies Federation games 1960 Summer competitors 13 sports 5 flagbearer gold 0 silver0 bronze 2 total 2 rank 39 summerappearances 1960 seealso flagIOC JAM 1948 1956, 1964 br flagIOC TRI 1948 1956, 1964 br flagIOC BAR 1968 Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles ANT ref http www.aafla.org 6oic OfficialReports 1960 OR1960v1.pdf page 230 ref at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , Italy . The short lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 , and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Games . Medalists class wikitable style width 6em Medal style width 15em Name style width 6em Sport style width 13em Event bronze medal flagathlete George Kerr athlete George Kerr JAM 1957 Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletics Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Men s 800 metres Men s 800 metres bronze medal flagathlete George Kerr athlete George Kerr JAM 1957 br flagathlete James Wedderburn athlete James Wedderburn BAR 1958 br flagathlete Keith Gardner JAM 1957 br flagathlete Malcolm Spence Jamaican athlete Malcolm Spence JAM 1957 Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletics Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Men s 4x400 metre relay Men s 4 400 metre relay Results by event Image Athletics pictogram.svg 30px Athletics details Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics class wikitable Event Name Result Men s 100 metres Dennis Johnson athlete Dennis Johnson Heats 10.4 2nd in heat br Quarter finals 10.4 4th, did not advance ... in the Caribbean Category 1960 in the Caribbean Category West Indies Federation de Olympische Sommerspiele ... hu Brit Nyugat India az olimpiai j t kokon nl West Indische Federatie op de Olympische Zomerspelen ...   more details



  1. West Indies (disambiguation)

    The West Indies includes the islands bordering the Caribbean Sea , plus the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands , which are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean . Historically, the term West India was sometimes used to mean all these islands as well. It is often divided up by association with European countries British West Indies Dutch West Indies French West Indies Spanish West Indies Danish West Indies It may further refer to Dutch West India Company , a chartered company of Dutch merchants, founded in 1621 West Indies cricket team West Indies Federation , a short lived federation of former British colonies in the Caribbean West India See also Indies The West Indian , a 1771 play by Richard Cumberland disambig de West Indies fr Indes occidentales mk tl Kanlurang India paglilinaw th uk es Indias Occidentales ...   more details



  1. History of cricket in the West Indies

    The history of cricket in the West Indies is covered in the following articles History of cricket in the West Indies to 1918 History of cricket in the West Indies from 1918 19 to 1945 History of cricket in the West Indies from 1945 46 to 1970 History of cricket in the West Indies from 1970 71 to 1980 History of cricket in the West Indies from 1980 81 to 1990 History of cricket in the West Indies from 1990 91 to 2000 History of cricket in the West Indies from 2000 01 disambig ...   more details



  1. West Indies Squadron

    West Indies Squadron can refer to one of the following West Indies Squadron United States , a US Navy formation North America and West Indies Station West Indies Squadron United Kingdom , a Royal Navy formation disambig ...   more details



  1. University of the West Indies Press

    The University of the West Indies Press or UWI Press is a university press that is part of the University of the West Indies . External links http www.uwipress.com University of the West Indies Press Caribbean university stub publish company stub Jamaica stub Category University of the West Indies Press Category University book publishers West Indies, University of ...   more details



  1. Cricket in the West Indies

    The West Indies cricket is a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies . Cricket is traditionally the main sport in the West Indies though others sports such as football soccer football and basketball have challenged its dominance from around the 1990s onwards . The British West Indies hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup . The West Indies consists of Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Barbados , British Virgin .... Governing body seemain West Indies Cricket Board The West Indies Cricket Board WICB is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies. It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control and is still sometimes referred by that name , but changed ... of Americas Cricket Association . It operates the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket ... Regional Four Day Competition WICB Cup Caribbean Twenty20 The West Indies two major domestic ... Stanford . Other domestic competitions include the TCL Under 19 West Indies Challenge three day first class competition , TCL Under 19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series one day limited overs competition , CLICO West Indies Under 15 competition and the WIWCF women s cricket Women s Senior ... which participate, while for the CLICO Under 15 West Indies tournament it is the Under ... the West Indies sporting confederation, but within the Caribbean, also compete including the Bahamas ... team seemain West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team , also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies , is a multi national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the West Indies. The Windies is one of the ten elite international teams that play at the Test match cricket level. External links http www.WindiesFans.com WindiesFans.com Portal site for West Indies cricket fans http www.windiescricket.com West Indies Cricket Board http zimbabwe.cricketcircle.com ...   more details



  1. Church in the Province of the West Indies

    Portal Anglicanism Infobox Anglican Church show name Church in the Province of the West Indies image caption primate John Walder Dunlop Holder headquarters territory Barbados , Belize , Guyana , Jamaica , the Bahamas , the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago , and the Windward Islands population website The Church in the Province of the West Indies is a member Ecclesiastical province province in the worldwide Anglican Communion . The church comprises eight diocese s spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present position of Archbishop of the West Indies Archbishop and primate religion Primate of the West Indies is held by The Most Rev. John Holder. The Most Rev. Drexel Wellington Gomez was the previous primate until 2009, and has retired. The church is also part of the Global South Anglican Global South . History The West Indies became a self governing province in 1883 because of the Church of England missions in territories that became British colonies. It is made up of two mainland dioceses and six island dioceses, including Antigua , Barbados , Belize , Guyana , Jamaica , the Bahamas , the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago , and the Windward Islands . Great emphasis is being placed on training personnel for an indigenous ministry. The island locations and scattered settlements make pastoral care difficult and costly. Mission ... Diocese of Jamaica Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies ... also Archbishop of the West Indies Anglican Churches in the Americas External links http www.anglicancommunion.org ... Church of England history in the West Indies http anglicanhistory.org wi Anglicanism in the West Indies and Caribbean from Project Canterbury http www.stkittsanglicanchurch.org about.php About St ... Church In The Province Of The West Indies Category Anglican Communion church bodies West Indies ... in the Province of the West Indies fr glise dans la province des Antilles ...   more details



  1. Flag of the West Indies Federation

    File Flag of West Indies.svg right 250px br File Naval Ensign of the West Indies Federation.svg thumb right 250px Naval Ensign The flag of the West Indies Federation was used between 1958 and 1962. It bore four equally spaced narrow white stripes with a large orange gold disc over the middle two lines in the center of the flag, undulating horizontally across a blue field representing the Caribbean Sea and the sun shining upon the waves. The flag was originally designed by Edna Manley . The flag is shown as 1 2 the upper two white stripes reflect the lower ones. The official description given in the West Indies Gazette is Flag approved has blue ground with four white horizontal wavy bars the top pair of bars being parallel and the lower pair also parallel and an orange sun in the centre. Blue , unless qualified, usually means the same blue as in a Blue Ensign , however, whatever the establishing resolution called for, many copies were made that were at variance with it, as variants often ... is symmetrical about both axes. The flag of the West Indies Federation was flown at the cricket test match between Australia and the West Indies held in Barbados in 1999. Despite the dissolution of the Federation in the 1960s, the Caribbean nations still compete together as one West Indian team , but under a West Indies cricket team Flag different flag . References Reflist Observer s Book of Flags, I.O. Evans 1959 The Book of Flags, I.O. Evans 1960 Flags of the World, G. Carr 1961 West Indies Gazette ... FOTW id gb carib title West Indies Federation http www.rbvex.it ameripag cubaetc.html io West Indies Federation flag Flags of North America Lists of flags nationalflags DEFAULTSORT West Indies Federation Category National flags Category Obsolete national flags Category West Indies Federation caribbean ... British white ensign with the federal flag in the canton.. ref cite web url http www.rbvex.it ameripag ... the usual British flag flying days, and Federal Days January 3, Inception of the Federation February ...   more details



  1. West Indies Cricket Board

    ref improve date February 2009 Infobox Sport governing body assocname West Indies Cricket Board abbrev WICB logo West Indies Cricket Cap Insignia.svg sport Cricket category image caption jurisdiction National ... regionyear headquarters St. John s, Antigua and Barbuda location president br West Indies Women s br ... br West Indies Women s br Michael Seepersaud coach Ottis Gibson womenscoach key staff operating income sponsor year closed replaced West Indies Cricket Board of Control prevfounded Start date 1926 url ... countryflag19 countryflag20 The West Indies Cricket Board WICB is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that formed the British West Indies . It was originally formed in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control and is still sometimes referred ... the West Indies cricket team and West Indies A cricket team , organising Test tours and one day internationals with other teams. It also organises domestic cricket in West Indies, including ... associations of the various countries and territories which contest the West Indies first class and limited ... Hilaire is the Chief Executive Officer. Since 2005, as per an ICC mandate, the West Indies Women ... The West Indies two major domestic competitions are the Regional Four Day Competition First class ... Under 19 West Indies Challenge three day first class competition , TCL Under 19 West Indies Challenge Limited Overs Series one day limited overs competition , CLICO West Indies Under 15 competition ... Islands cricket team For the TCL Under 19 West Indies Challenge both the first class and limited overs ... 15 West Indies tournament it is the Under 15 squads for these teams which pariticipate. In the 2004 ... 20 20 competition teams from outside the West Indies sporting confederation, but within the Caribbean ... edition of the Stanford 20 20 . See also Cricket in the West Indies External links http www.windiescricket.com ...   more details



  1. Birds of the West Indies

    About a field guide the birds Endemic birds of the West Indies Deleted image removed Image Birds of the West Indies Book.png thumb right Cover of Birds of the West Indies Italic title Birds of the West Indies ISBN 0 618 00210 3 is a book containing exhaustive coverage of the 400 species of birds found in the Caribbean Sea , excluding the ABC islands Lesser Antilles ABC islands , and Trinidad and Tobago , which are considered bio geographically as part of South America . Written by ornithologist James Bond ornithologist James Bond , the book was first published in 1936 in literature 1936 by the Academy of Natural Sciences as part of the International Series . It has been reprinted several times since then, including as one of the Peterson Field Guides series PFG 18 , a September 1, 1999 edition from Houghton Mifflin and a March 4, 2002 edition from HarperCollins Collins . The book contains approximately 256 pages. The book was the only text exclusively devoted to the avifauna of the region for many decades until A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies ISBN 0 691 08736 9 , by Herbert Raffaele et al. ., was published in 1998 . James Bond Birds of the West Indies is known not only for its exhaustive study of Caribbean birds, but also for its author, whose namesake became famous as the fictional Agent 007 of Her Majesty s Secret Service. The name of the book s author, the ornithologist James Bond, was used by Ian Fleming for the name of his popular United Kingdom British secret agent, Commander James Bond . Fleming, a keen bird watcher while living at his estate in Jamaica , owned the book. He later explained that the author s name was brief, unromantic, Anglo Saxon, and yet very ... 2&cad bottom 3results A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies by James Bond, published by HMCo ... http books.google.co.uk books?id CnYMX70y1oAC&dq birds of the west indies&pg PP1&ots cewqVEyxp2&source citation&sig zj gcUd 9LxcLb6Ku55X12B8TT0&hl en&prev http www.google.co.uk search?q Birds of the West ...   more details



  1. Dutch West Indies campaign

    Infobox military conflict conflict Dutch West Indies campaign partof the American War of Independence image caption date place Dutch Antilles , West Indies br Dutch colonies in South America result Status quo combatant1 flagcountry Kingdom of France br flagcountry Dutch Republic combatant2 flagcountry Kingdom of Great Britain commander1 Charles Hector, comte d Estaing Comte d Estaing br Fran ois Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse Tilly Comte de Grasse br Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen Comte de Guichen commander2 Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Rodney br Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Samuel Hood strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 campaignbox Campaignbox Fourth Anglo Dutch War Campaignbox American War of Independence West Indies The Dutch West Indies campaign was a series of minor conflicts in 1781 and 1782, in the Fourth Anglo Dutch War and the American War of Independence . Following Great Britain s declaration of war on the Dutch Republic in December 1780, British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney George Brydges Rodney , the commander of the Royal Navy in the West Indies , was notified by a fast sailing packet ship packet of the declaration. He immediately acted to gain control over as many of the Dutch colonies as possible, Capture of Sint Eustatius seizing Sint Eustatius , a vital entrepot of French and Dutch trade with the Americans, in early February 1781. He also captured Saba and Sint Maarten , and orchestrated the seizure of the Dutch colonial outposts of Berbice , Demerara , and Essequibo colony Essequibo in South America . A planned ... Revolutionary War Dutch West Indies Category Naval battles of the Fourth Anglo Dutch War Category ... taken by the British, although Sint Eustatius never recovered its importance as a trading ... Nations From The Subversion Of The Roman Empire In The West, To The Abdication Of Napoleon ... of British Guiana , Volume 1 UK battle stub France battle stub Netherlands hist stub AmericanRevolutionaryWar ...   more details



  1. West Indies Campaign Medal

    Infobox Military Award name West Indies Campaign Medal image File WICAMPMEDAL.jpg 115px caption awarded by United States Armed Forces United States military type campaign medal eligibility for service in the West Indies campaign of the Spanish American War campaign status description clasps post nominals established June 27, 1908 first award May 1, 1898 last award August 16, 1898 total posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 File West Indies Campaign Medal ribbon.svg 106px caption2 ribbon The West Indies Campaign Medal was a Awards and decorations of the United States military military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps Marine Corps which was issued for service in the West Indies campaign theater of the Spanish American War . The decoration was established on June 27, 1908 and the first recipient of the award was Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury . To be awarded the West Indies Campaign Medal, a service member must have performed sea duty in the West Indies between the dates of May 1, 1898 and August 16, 1898. The award was a one time decoration only and there were no devices authorized for multiple engagements or combat participation. The decoration was rarely bestowed, since most Navy and Marine Corps personnel received the Sampson Medal for West Indies service, and Navy regulations prohibited the bestowal of both the Sampson Medal and West Indies Campaign Medal for the same period of duty. The West Indies Campaign Medal was declared obsolete by the U.S. Navy in 1913, following a diplomatic request by Spain that the United States discontinue service medals which displayed Spain s national colors. As a result, those who had previously received the West Indies Campaign Medal were permitted to exchange the decoration for the Spanish Campaign Medal . External links http www.history.navy.mil medals wicm.htm Navy History Site Category United States campaign medals ...   more details



  1. French West Indies

    Unreferenced date December 2009 The term French West Indies or French Antilles lang fr Antilles fran aises refers to the seven territories currently under French sovereignty in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean the two overseas departments of Guadeloupe Basse Terre Island Basse Terre and Grande Terre and Martinique , the two overseas collectivities of Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint Martin and Saint Barth lemy , and finally the islands of Les Saintes , Marie Galante and La D sirade , which are dependencies of Guadeloupe and surround it. Image Les Saintes Pompierre.jpg thumb 800px center Les Saintes In addition, some of the islands of the present and former British West Indies were once ruled by France . On some of them, a Antillean Creole French based creole language is spoken specific words and expressions may vary among the islands. Former French West Indian islands Hispaniola which includes Dominican Republic and Haiti Dominica Grenada The Grenadines U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent island Saint Vincent Tobago from Trinidad and Tobago See also British West Indies French Caribbean Spanish Caribbean Coord missing France Category Geography of the Caribbean Category Overseas departments, collectivities and territories of France br Antilhez gall ca Antilles Franceses cs Francouzsk Antily de Franz sische Antillen es Antillas francesas eo Francaj Antiloj fr Antilles fran aises hr Francuski Antili it Antille francesi ku Ant l n Fransay lt Pranc zijos Vakar Indijos nl Franse Antillen ja frr Frans sk Antilen pl Antyle Francuskie sr sv Franska V stindien ...   more details



  1. West Indies Associated States

    of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category British West Indies Category British Leeward Islands ...The West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being Crown colony British colonies to states in associated state free association with the United Kingdom in 1967. These states included Antigua and Barbuda Antigua , Dominica , Grenada , Saint Christopher Nevis Anguilla , Saint Lucia , and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent . Associated Statehood between these six territories and the UK was brought about by the Associated Statehood Act 1967 . Under the Act each state had full control over its constitution and thus internal self government , while the UK retained responsibility for foreign policy external affairs and National security defence . The British monarch remained head of state , but the Governor now had only consititutional powers, and was often a local citizen. Many moved to change their flags from modified versions of the Blue Ensign , to unique designs with three, St. Vincent, St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla and Grenada adopting blue, green and yellow flags. ref http www.worldstatesmen.org Grenada.html World Statesmen Grenada ref ref http www.worldstatesmen.org Saint Kitts and Nevis.html World Statesmen Saint Kitts and Nevis ref ref http www.worldstatesmen.org Saint Vincent.html World ... West Indies Associated States ref During the period of free association, all of the states participated in the West Indies Associated States Council of Ministers , the East Caribbean Common Market ... Caribbean states continued after the West Indies Associated States achieved separate independence ... States West Indies Federation Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court References references Category History ... reversion to British rule as a separate colony. During the 1970s, Nevis local council had wished ..., except for Anguilla within the former St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla, which is still a British ...   more details



  1. West Indies Federation

    the West Indies Associated States and CARICOM . The Federal Supreme Court would also be succeed by a British ... The Federation of the West Indies was not the first attempt at a British Caribbean federation ... to encompass all of the British West Indies BWI , but were more regional in scope. The historical ... colonies. See History of the British West Indies . See also Governor General of the West Indies .... British Historians and the West Indies . P.N.M. Publishing Company, Port of Spain. cite journal last ... CARICOM Secretariat, The West Indies Federation http hansard.millbanksystems.com acts british caribbean ... Archives Centre , at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Territories of the British ... Indies Federation common name West Indies continent North America region Caribbean status Federation ... Flag of West Indies.svg flag Flag of the West Indies Federation image coat Coat of arms of the Federation of the West Indies.svg symbol Coat of arms of the West Indies Federation image map Map of the West ... Chaguaramas br de jure br Port of Spain, Trinidad Port of Spain br de facto currency British West ... General of the West Indies Federation Governor General deputy1 Grantley Herbert Adams title deputy1 Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation Prime Minister stat year1 1962 stat area1 20239 stat pop1 3264600 footnotes ¹ West Indies Federal Labour Party utc offset 5 to 4, Summer UTC 4 to 3 calling code 1 809 The West Indies Federation , also known as the Federation of the West Indies , was a short ... The total population of the West Indies Federation was between 3 and 4 million people, with the majority ... the East Indian population . The West Indies Federation or just West Indies consisted of around ... of latitude and Spain extends across almost 20 degrees of longitude. Even though the West Indies was spread ... of the West Indies Federation align left Image label begin image Map of the West Indies Federation.svg ... BFD7FF style text align center style background bfd7ff File Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg ...   more details



  1. Danish West Indies

    conventional long name Danish West Indies common name Danish West Indies continent North America ... type year start 1754 year end 1917 event start Sold by the Danish West India Company date start event end Treaty of the Danish West Indies date end March 31 stat area1 400 stat year1 ref name cap cite ... image map caption Location of the Danish West Indies capital Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin ... List of Governors of the Danish West Indies Governor General The Danish West Indies Danish ... West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917. Jomfru erne Virgin Islands ... Virgin Islands St. John in 1683 a move disputed with the Kingdom of Great Britain British until 1718 , and purchasing Saint Croix St. Croix from the French West Indies Company in 1733. In 1754, the islands ... Franc coin of the Danish West Indies, depicting Christian IX of Denmark . In the 1850s Danish West ..., and the chief station of the steam packets between Southampton, in England, and the West Indies. St ... in the former Danish West Indies The United States had been interested in the islands for years because ... and postal history of the Danish West Indies Denmark issued stamps for the Danish West Indies from ..., United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie Religion The Danish West Indies were inhabited by many ... West Indies there had always been a great deal of religious freedom. Danish authorities ... rights Slaves and property Laws and regulations in the Danish West Indies were based on Denmark ... also List of Governors of the Danish West Indies Danish colonization of the Americas U.S. Virgin Islands ... disestablishments Category Former Danish colonies West Indies, Danish Category History of the United ... 21 May 2010 ref stat pop2 27000 stat year2 1911 ref name cap p1 Danish West India Company flag ... West Indian rigsdaler Rigsdaler 1754 1849 , Danish West Indian daler daler 1849 1917 leader1 Frederick ... States Virgin Islands The Danish West India and Guinea Company settled on Saint Thomas, United ...   more details



  1. University of the West Indies

    about the West Indies University in the English speaking Caribbean the University of the French West Indies University of the French West Indies and Guiana Infobox university name University of the West Indies image name UWI Coat.jpg motto Oriens Ex Occidente Lux br A Light Rising From The West established ... The University of the West Indies UWI , often pronounced you we , is an autonomous regional institution ... growth in the West Indies , thus allowing for improved regional autonomy. The University was originally ... was founded in 1948 as the University College of the West Indies UCWI at Mona in Jamaica, in special ..., became the first Chancellor of the University of the West Indies then the University College of the West Indies . Sir William Arthur Lewis was the first Vice Chancellor under the UWI s independent Charter. A native of St Lucia , he served as the first West Indian Principal of the UCWI from 1958 ... Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center See also Commons category University of the West Indies ... http www.uwi.edu University of the West Indies Official Web Site Campus websites http www.cavehill.uwi.edu ... of the University of the West Indies http groups.yahoo.com group universityofthewestindies UWI Student ... 76.744566 region JM type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT West Indies, University Of The Category University of the West Indies Category Education in Barbados Category Universities in Trinidad ... Commonwealth Universities Category Association of Commonwealth Universities Category British West Indies University Category Educational institutions established in 1948 de University of the West ... , the British Virgin Islands , the Cayman Islands , Dominica , Grenada , Guyana , Jamaica , Montserrat ... and Caicos . Each of these countries is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British .... The Commission was established in 1943 and reviewed higher education in the then British colonies ... of the Jamaican Order of Merit , co inventor of Canasol ref M E West and J Homi. Cannabis as a medicine ...   more details



  1. Archbishop of the West Indies

    Portal Anglicanism Infobox Anglican Church show name Archbishop of the West Indies image caption primate John Holder bishop John Walder Dunlop Holder headquarters territory Barbados , Belize , Guyana , Jamaica , the Bahamas , the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago , and the Windward Islands population website The Archbishop of the West Indies is the Anglicanism Anglican primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies Province of the West Indies , part of the worldwide Anglican Communion . History The West Indies became a self governing province of the Church of England in 1883, when William Austin bishop William Piercy Austin who had been Anglican Diocese of Guyana Bishop of Guyana since 1842 was appointed as the first Primate. The title was changed from Primate to Archbishop and Primate in 1897. The title of Archbishop is invariably held concurrently with that of bishop of one of the eight dioceses of the province, and it is common for the most senior bishop in the province to be elected as archbishop. Primates William Austin bishop William Piercy Austin 1883 1892 Enos Nuttall 1893 1897 Archbishops Enos Nuttall 1897 1916 Edward Parry Archbishop of the West Indies Edward Parry 1917 1921 Edward Hutson 1922 1936 Edward Dunn bishop Edward Arthur Dunn 1936 1943 Arthur Anstey Arthur Henry Anstey 1943 1945 William Hardie Archbishop of the West Indies William George Hardie 1945 1949 Alan Knight bishop Alan John Knight 1950 1979 Cuthbert Woodroffe George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe 1980 1986 Orland Lindsay Orland Ugham Lindsay 1986 1998 Drexel Gomez Drexel Wellington Gomez 1998 2009 John Holder bishop John Walder Dunlop Holder 2009 Bishops The bishops within the Archbishop s province are from two mainland dioceses Belize and Guyana and six island dioceses ... hist Church of England history in the West Indies Archbishops of the West Indies Anglican Churches DEFAULTSORT West Indies, Archbishop Of Category Archbishops of the West Indies Category Anglican Church ...   more details




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