The Employment of Blacks in the British Army 
 
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To look at todays armed forces you would never guess that in the last 3 hundred years there has been a continuous black Presence involved in defending these islands and her interests.
 

Black involvement in The American War of Independence

 
Here in this engraving by C.W Sharpe, we can see a black man spotting for a sharp shooter at the death of Admiral  Lord Nelson.
 
 
Here we see Chelsea pensioners recieving the news of the Victory at Waterloo, two of them are Black.
 

Colonial Troops at Alexandra Palace in 1902

 

 

This Photograph was taken in 1917, showing that Indian troops were fighting for Britain in the First World War, contrary to common belief.

List of all Commonwealth Regiments 
                                                
Black Troops in WWII

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