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by Eugene Baldwin, 23 September 1998
After smi75b. This is now the
military flag, but is derived from the badge of the Colonial
Police Force in Jamaica. The inscription on the badge on the flag
is "DEFENCE FORCE". Ratio 3:5.
David Prothero, 26 September 1998
Armed forces in Jamaica (1997): 3.320 (Army, 90.4%; Cost
Guards, 4.5%; Air Force, 5.1%).
Source: Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook (1998).
Ivan Sache, 27 Febuary 2002
The Jamaica Regiment (infantry) is the main component of the
Jamaica Defence Force, and each of the three battalions carries
two colours in the British tradition.
The Queen's Colour is the national flag with a central red circle
inscribed with the name of the regiment and surmounted by a
crown. The battalion number (roman numeral) is in the
middle of the circle.
The Regimental Colour consists of the same circle, regimental
name and crown, but inside the circle is the regimental badge (an
alligator). The whole is surmounted by a wreath of a design
peculiar to Jamaica (in keeping with Commonwealth tradition), but
I can't figure out what the wreaths are. They appear to be
different for each battalion. Also unusual are the
different facing colours for the 1st and 2nd Battalions (blue and
red). Normally all battalions of a regiment have the same
colour. Blue is reserved for "royal" regiments
(which Jamaica is not), and red is normally unknown since a
regiment with red facings would carry a Colour in the form of a
St. George cross.
You can see the Colours at http://www.jdfmil.org/info/tour/photo_gallery/infantry/infan_piclib1.html
Only a Queen's Colour is shown for the 3rd Battalion, and it is
possible that is all that was ever presented.
T.F. Mills, 22 September 1999 and Zeljko Heimer,
23 Febuary 2002