Photos/Video: Governor’s Farewell Ceremony

Dignitaries, locals and visitors filed onto the Cabinet grounds yesterday [May 18] to witness the farewell ceremony held for outgoing Governor Sir Richard Gozney and wife Lady Gozney. The Governor arrived at the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by a police motorcade and proceeded to inspect Bermuda Regiment troops one last time as Governor. [...]

Drugs: Regiment Soldier In Jamaican Court

19-year-old Bermuda Regiment Private Jordan Shabazz was left behind in Jamaica to face a Jamaican Magistrate and answer to charges of possessing and attempting to export approximately 680 grams of cannabis [1.5lbs]. The Regiment charter jet left Montego Bay’s Sangster Airport on Saturday 12th May, with the soldiers returning to Bermuda later that afternoon, and [...]

Soldier’s Marriage Proposal On Regiment Return

Yesterday [May 12] family and friends gathered at the airport to welcome home the Bermuda Regiment from their training exercise in Jamaica, and one soldier’s girlfriend got an extra special surprise. A fake scenario was set up which involved a section leader addressing the group pretending to award a soldier for most improved during the [...]

Photos/Video: Regiment Soldiers Return Home

Yesterday [May 12] the Bermuda Regiment returned home from their training exercise in Jamaica, and family and friends gathered at L.F. Wade Airport to welcome them. The troops have endured rain, heat, mud, mosquitoes, blisters, fatigue, and all the other pleasantries that have been part of Exercise Rum Runner 2012. A Regiment spokesperson said, “To [...]

Final Days Of Regiment Exercise

The Bermuda Regiment troops have endured rain, heat, mud, mosquitoes, blisters, fatigue, and all the other pleasantries that have been part of Exercise Rum Runner 2012. The overseas camp has come to an end with the group expected back to Bermuda this afternoon [May 12]. A Regiment spokesperson said, “The aim of the final phase [...]

New Regimental Sergeant Major: Gavin Rayner

The Governor, as the Commander in Chief of the Regiment, has appointed Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Gavin Rayner as the Regiment’s new Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM). Now a Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Rayner takes the position as the unit’s senior enlisted man following the retirement of WO1Gavin Lee. Mr Lee preceded his service [...]

Documentary Preview: ‘In The Hour Of Victory’

The Bermuda Documentary Film Festival later this month features the world premiere of award winning Bermudian director Lucinda Spurling’s film, “In the Hour of Victory,” which is based on the book by Senator Jonathan Smith. Senator Smith published “In The Hour Of Victory” — based on letters his grandfather Major Toby Smith sent to his [...]

Soldiers Prepare For Hurricane Season

Soldiers of the Guns and Assault Pioneers, a specialised sub-unit of the Regiment’s Support Company, cut their way through the final phase of their chainsaw authorization course this past Friday and Saturday. The course – under command of Major Dwight Robinson – qualifies the participants for three-years as safe handlers of the equipment in the [...]

Museum To Host War Of 1812 Conference

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Anglo-American War of 1812, an upcoming conference will examine Bermuda’s vital role during this conflict. The international Naval Dockyards Society and the National Museum of Bermuda are jointly hosting the conference — titled “Bermuda Dockyard and the War of 1812″ –from Thursday, June 7 until Tuesday, June 12 Bermuda [...]

Regiment Commander’s WW2 Gallantry

Lt. Col. J. Anthony Marsh, the last commander of the Bermuda Militia Artillery and the second commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment, won one of the highest military honours awarded by Britain for an act of conspicuous gallantry while under enemy attack in Italy during World War Two [1939-1945]. A member of the Duke of Cornwall [...]

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