The Royal West India Rangers
The Royal West India Rangers is a Foot regiment for Napoleonic Wars. We accept members that are 14 years of age or older, mature, and are from NA (Not Set in Stone). Character names will be based on real people that were in The Royal West India Rangers.
History
The Royal West India Rangers were formed on the 25th of October 1806 and they were disbanded in late June 1819. The Royal West India Rangers were formed from European soldiers drafted in from the Royal Africa Corp in 1806. Later convicts were recruited from British prisons as well as French prisoners of war who wanted to escape imprisonment.
The regiment was mainly used for garrison duties in St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbados and it also saw action in two invasions of the French island of Guadeloupe (1810 and 1815).
The regiment suffered from high instances of desertion, probably due to the fact it was permanently stationed in the Caribbean. These desertions were not only due to the nature of the men recruited, but from the feeling the men had that there was no escape from this form of "imprisonment" and disease. Records show that regular regiments also suffered a high numbers of "runaways" if they spent to long stationed in the area.
The regiment left St. Kitts in 1819 for St. John, New Brunswick, Canada where it was disbanded in June of the same year.
The Royal West India Rangers Ranks, Roster, and Events
Ranks
Officers:Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
Non-Commissioned Officers:Lieutenant
Ensign
Regimental Seargent Major
Seargent Major
Enlisted:Coulor Seargent
Seargent
Corporal
Private
Roster
Colonel: William Lumley
Events
None at this moment.
