Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires
The
first Scottish arrivals in Jamaica dates back to the mid seventeenth
century when prisoners of war (Cromwellian Outbreak) were sent to the
island as indentured servants. Another influx of Scottish migrants came
between 1745 and 1746, following the demise of the last Jacobite
Rebellion. Other Scottish migrants who came to the island include:
hundreds of former Darien (failed Scottish settlement in Panama)
settlers, a significant amount of voluntary immigrants, as well as
beggars, gypsies and criminals. The Scots were one of the more dominant
white ethnic groupings. It is estimated that by 1750, Scots made up
approximately one third of the white population (Senior, 434). Remnants
of their presence on the island are observable in various aspects of
life and have also become a part of Jamaica’s European heritage.
Below- Scots Kirk church
Below- Scots Kirk church
1974:
R. 'Danny' Williams, president of Life of Jamaica, breaking ground for
the start of construction of a new branch office on Half-Way Tree Road
in Kingston to house their Half-Way Tree branch. The five-storey
structure is being built at a cost of $750,000 million. - File photos
WHITE HALL GH, NEGRIL
The
statue of Sir Alexander Bustamante graces St. William Grant Park,
downtown Kingston. Bustamante was named a National Hero in 1970. -Norman
Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer
Hurley Whithorne
Lt. Col. H. St. C. Whitehorne
Lt. Col. Hurlstone St. C. Whitehorne, today an attorney-at-law practising in Ocho Rios, was a law student at the outbreak of World War II. His father had been in the Jamaica Reserve Regiment (JRR) in World War I (which did not fight overseas) and together father and son joined the JRR when it was reformed in 1939-40. Lt. Col. Whitehorne later became a member of the Jamaica Home Guard (JHG) that took over from the JRR, and was offered a commission as an Officer in the Jamaica Militia Artillery (JMA) later renamed The Royal Artillery (Caribbean Section). He was duly commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant with effect on November 24, 1942. Here, in his words, are his recollections
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/
Lt. Col. Hurlstone St. C. Whitehorne, today an attorney-at-law practising in Ocho Rios, was a law student at the outbreak of World War II. His father had been in the Jamaica Reserve Regiment (JRR) in World War I (which did not fight overseas) and together father and son joined the JRR when it was reformed in 1939-40. Lt. Col. Whitehorne later became a member of the Jamaica Home Guard (JHG) that took over from the JRR, and was offered a commission as an Officer in the Jamaica Militia Artillery (JMA) later renamed The Royal Artillery (Caribbean Section). He was duly commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant with effect on November 24, 1942. Here, in his words, are his recollections
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/
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