Find Individuals from other Commonwealth Countries

If you would like to find individuals from other Commonwealth countries, you can do this in two ways:

A search using the 'Additional Information' field. This can be located by clicking on 'Find War Dead' on the Homepage and scrolling to the bottom of the search form. This field records information provided to the Commission by the next of kin of the individuals we commemorate and where present can include information concerning their place of birth or where they lived. For example, conducting a search with 'Jamaica' in this field will return more than 800 individuals. Please note that this figure may include individuals connected with the country Jamaica, but also individuals who lived at, for example, 'Jamaica Road, London'.

Search using the 'Regiment' field to find war records on individuals who served with regiments associated with particular countries or regions. This is located by clicking on 'Find War Dead' on the Homepage and scrolling down to the 'Regiment' box on the search form. While individuals may have served in a variety of regiments and services, there are certain military units that have an association with a particular country or region. For example, those seeking information on individuals from the Caribbean could enter the text 'British West Indies Regiment' in the 'Regiment' search box, which would return 1,300 individuals who served with that regiment and who are commemorated by the Commission.

For more information on which regiments have particular associations with these other Commonwealth countries, click on the relevant countries or regions below:

AFRICA

East Africa

Individuals from East Africa served in a variety of units and regiments. Of particular interest to those seeking information on individuals from this region are the following military units:

King's African Rifles

East African Army Service Corps

African Pioneer Corps (East Africa)

East African Military Labour Corps

West Africa

Regiments and units with a particular association with West Africa include the following:

African Pioneer Corps (West Africa), R.W.A.F.F

West African Army Service Corps, R.W.A.F.F

West African Artillery, R.W.A.F.F

West African Engineers, R.W.A.F.F

You can also read our reports, which detail records for a number of African nations:

ASIA

Excluding regiments from the Army of Undivided India, other regiments and units with a particular association with countries in Asia include the following:

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

Ceylon Light Infantry

Ceylon Pioneers

Ceylon Engineers

Malaysia

Malay Regiment

Royal Navy (Malay) Section

Federated Malay States Volunteer Force

Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Singapore

Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery

You can also read our reports, whcih detail records for a number of Asian nations:

CARIBBEAN

Individuals from the Caribbean served with all arms of the British military forces. The following regiments and units have a particular connection to the Caribbean region:

West India Regiment

British West Indies Regiment

Jamaica Contingent

You can also read reports, which detail records for a number of Caribbean nations:

MEDITERRANEAN

Cyprus/Malta

Several regiments and units are present in our records which have a particular connection to Malta, these include the following:

Royal Malta Artillery

Cyprus Regiment

Maltese Labour Corps

King's Own Malta Regiment

Cyprus Volunteer Force

You can also read our reports, which detail records for a number of Mediterranean nations:

PACIFIC

Various Pacific island communities supplied troops to the Commonwealth Forces during both world wars. Some regiments and units with a particular association to a Pacific nation are shown below:

Soloman Islands Labour Corps

Fiji Infantry Regiment

Fijian Labour Corps

Royal Papuan Constabulary

You can also read our reports, which detail records for a number of Pacific nations: