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Was it an election gimmick or a decision taken on principle? That’s the question surrounding Premier Paula Cox’s announcement last week that, if re-elected, the Progressive Labour Party will abolish conscription for the part-time Bermuda Regiment an...

An oil dock explosion leading to deaths, serious injuries and an oil spillage was the simulated scenario faced by Regiment soldiers during a disaster relief exercise. The fictitious calamity saw Premier Paula Cox, Governor George Fergusson and top Mi...

Anti-conscription campaigner Larry Marshall yesterday dismissed Premier Paula Cox’s pledge to move away from the policy as “electioneering”. Speaking at the Progressive Labour Party’s annual conference on Wednesday night, Ms Cox said: “We are committ...

A packed congregation at Hamilton’s Anglican Cathedral bore solemn tribute to Major Christian Wheddon of the Bermuda Regiment, whose flag-draped coffin was carried with full military honours. Hamilton’s streets fell quiet as a motorcade brought Major...

The body of Bermuda Regiment Major Christian Wheddon was returned to Bermuda last night, ahead of his funeral next week. In a repatriation ceremony, Major Wheddon’s coffin was draped in a Union flag and taken off the British Airways aircraft, before ...

Tributes poured in yesterday for Major Christian Wheddon, a Bermuda Regiment who died in a road crash in the UK on Sunday. Major Wheddon was training abroad and was en route to his next assignment when the accident occurred. Members of his family hav...

Efforts to modernise the Bermuda Regiment would lead to less reliance on conscription, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief says. Mr Perinchief dismissed criticism from anti-conscription campaigner Larry Marshall who described reforms announce...

Soldiers may soon be able to elect to be tried in Magistrates’ Court if they get into trouble at the Bermuda Regiment. Currently military officers mete out discipline, but under legislative changes to be tabled in the House of Assembly during its nex...

Bermuda Regiment Honorary Colonel Eugene Raynor has been obsessed with the military most of his life. He was three years old during the Second World War. His father, who was serving with the Bermuda Militia Infantry (BMI) at the time, brought home a ...