The West India Regiment was a British colonial infantry regiment. It was formed initially in 1888 by the amalgamation of two existing regiments in the West Indies:

• 1st West India Regiment - 1st Battalion
• 2nd West India Regiment - 2nd Battalion

A third battalion was raised in 1897, but was disbanded in 1904. The regiment saw service in West Africa in the latter years of the 19th Century, and in the Middle East during the First World War. After the war, the 1st and 2nd battalions were amalgamated into a single 1st Battalion in 1920. This was disbanded in 1927.

In 1958, with the foundation of the Federation of the West Indies, it was decided to raise the West India Regiment once again. Initially, the 1st Battalion was formed from the nucleus of the Jamaica Regiment. The 2nd and 3rd battalions were also formed by 1960. However, the Federation was short lived, and the regiment again disbanded by 1962, with the constituent battalions becoming the infantry regiments of the two largest islands:

• 1st Battalion - 1st Battalion, Jamaica Regiment
• 2nd Battalion - 1st Battalion, Trinidad and Tobago Regiment
• 3rd Battalion - disbanded

• Battle Honours
  • Dominica, Martinique 1809, Guadeloupe 1810, West Africa 1887, West Africa 1892-93-94, Sierra Leone 1898
  • The Great War (2 battalions)
    • Palestine 1917-18, E. Africa 1916-18, Cameroons 1915-16

British West Indies Regiment

In 1915, a second West Indies regiment was formed from Caribbean volunteers who made their way to Britain. Initially, these volunteers were drafted into a variety of units within the British Army, but in 1915 it was decided to group them together into a single regiment, named the British West Indies Regiment. Initially it was made up of men from:

• British Guiana - A Company
• Trinidad - B Company
• Trinidad and St Vincent - C Company
• Grenada and Barbados - D Company

High wastage led to further drafts 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 regiment was finally disbanded in 1921.

• Battle Honours
  • The Great War (11 battalions): Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1916-18, Italy 1918, Rumani, Egypt 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18