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Saturday, August 31, 2024

World War One and World War Two soldiers from British Guiana

Please point M'Lilwana Osanku to where he may be able to locate a listing of the soldiers from British Guiana , members of “The British West Indian Regiment”, and “South Caribbean Force” who participated in World War One and World War Two?

M'Lilwana Osanku is particularly interested in sources of materials. Osanku  needs the dates soldiers were enlisted, transported out of the colony and the dates they returned. 

How about reports concerning soldiers published in the Daily Argosy (British Guiana), and  Daily Chronicle (British Guiana) and other such newspapers?

Such data will be fine with Osanku. The information  would likely identify folks now unknown.

M'Lilwana Osanku is aware The Most Honorable Leopold Duncan Sarrabo (1864-1961), tells us, in his Historical Review of Golden Grove Village: Events, Improvements and Achievements, 1848 -1948, twenty five men from Golden Grove served in Egypt , France and Belgium in World War 1 of 1914-18. Mr. Sarrabo listed twenty-one of twenty-five soldiers from Golden Grove.  Their names are Matthias Harding; Arthur Pompey who rose to be Corporal; Arthur Rodney; John De Souza; Arnold Thomas; John Graham; Jimmy Hercules; Lionel Waterman; Tommy Kendall; Samuel Charles; Augustus Toney; Iris Lopes; Joseph Lopes; George Wilson; Thomas Lewis; Sway Sydney; B. Sydney; Willie Franklin; Reggie Rodney; Jephtah Glasgow; and Thomas Eversley. Mr. Sarrabo there is four others whose names he could not now recall.

 M'Lilwana Osanku is interested at this moment in the heritage of Willie Franklin; Jephtah Glasgow; Jimmy Hercules, Thomas Lewis, Arnold Thomas, George Wilson and Thomas Eversley. Please facilitate soonest.  Who are the folks M'Lilwana Osanku need to consult who ought to be able to advice him on the methods and/or approaches necessary to accomplish the goal? 

M'Lilwana Osanku  would love to be made aware of the names of the four others and those from the villages of the East Coast of Demerara. They are more than likely to be relatives of Campbell , Sancho and Young/e.

Thanks a million.

Are you aware of the following publications?

  1. Race, War and Nationalism: a social history of West Indians in the First World War  (Glenford Deroy Howe)
  2. ·The British West Indian Regiment, 1914-1918, Journal of Caribbean History, Volume 7 November 1973.  (C. L. Joseph)
  3. ·The British Caribbean who, what, why (Lloyd Sydney Smith) 1st- ed.; 1955/56 and 1965.   [It is likely several editions have survived]

 Newspaper Articles

  1. ·        ‘Rogue or Recruit? The British Guiana Daily Argosy (27 January 1916), p. 4.  
  2. ·        ‘Decamps after promising to enlist', The British Guiana Daily Argosy (6 May 1916), p. 4.  
  3. ·        “Bobo” Reece recalled', The Barbados Globe (31 May 1916), p. 3. ...
  4. ·        ‘Teasing BG recruits', The British Guiana Daily Argosy (4 May 1916), p. 4.

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