Starting in February 2020 and concluding in early December 2021, The West Indian Soldier was a heritage project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, carried out in partnership between the West India Committee and the National Army Museum. An exhibition , jointly curated by the West India Committee and the National Army Museum, was […]
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The West India Committee worked with The Royal Mint to launch its first ever diversity coin, in the form of both a circulating and commemorative 50 pence piece. This marks the beginning of a four year strategic plan in which the contribution of Britain’s diverse communities will be commemorated in the nation’s coinage. As a […]
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Between 2017 and 2019, the West India Committee carried out a heritage project on behalf of the Government of the Cayman Islands London Office to raise awareness of the history of the Cayman Islands, one of the fourteen British Overseas Territories, as well as reveal the links both cultural and familial, between Cayman and the […]
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The Thames River Police were founded in 1798 by the West India Committee to protect the West Indian trade passing through the Port of London. Based on a model of preventative policing, they predate the Metropolitan Police by 21 years and are recognised by UNESCO as the longest continuously serving police force in the world, […]
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The Caribbean’s Great War was a Heritage Lottery funded project to highlight the involvement of the Caribbean and her people in the First World War. The West India Committee was the heart of the Caribbean’s war effort in Britain and in 1915 established the West Indian Contingent Committee in response to the British Government’s decision to […]
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