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Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison.[1] Renamed the Bermuda Rifles in 1951, it was amalgamated into the Bermuda Regiment in 1965.

The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

1894–1965

Bermuda (United Kingdom overseas territory)

Army

Rifle regiment

Three rifle companies

Bermuda Garrison

Plaque at Hamilton Armoury commemorating BVRC service from 1894 to 1946.

Plaque at Hamilton Armoury commemorating BVRC service from 1894 to 1946.

Bermuda Garrison

Bermuda Militias 1612-1815

Volunteer Force (Great Britain)

British Army

"Defence, Not Defiance: A History Of The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps", Jennifer M. Ingham (now Jennifer M. Hind),  0-9696517-1-6. Printed by The Island Press Ltd., Pembroke, Bermuda.

ISBN

"Bermuda Forts 1612–1957", Dr. Edward C. Harris, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, The Bermuda Maritime Museum, P.O. Box MA 133, Mangrove Bay, Bermuda MA BX.

"Bulwark Of Empire: Bermuda's Fortified Naval Base 1860-1920", Lt.-Col. Roger Willock, USMC, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, The Bermuda Maritime Museum, P.O. Box MA 133, Mangrove Bay, Bermuda MA BX.

"Flying Boats Of Bermuda", Sqn.-Ldr. Colin A. Pomeroy,  0-9698332-4-5, Printlink, PO Box 937, Hamilton, Bermuda HM DX.

ISBN

"Bermuda From Sail To Steam: The History Of The Island From 1784 to 1901", Dr. Henry Wilkinson, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, UK OX2 6DP.

POTSI (archived): BVRC Images

Bermuda Military History

Bermuda Online: Bermuda's War Veterans

Research Press: Volunteer Infantry

Lincoln Branch, The Royal Lincolnshire & Royal Anglian Regimental Association.