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Old 05-21-2024, 11:02 AM
Mahatatain Mahatatain is offline
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Thanks for the info.

Wikipedia has the following sourced info which shows how large the British forces in Belize were in 1989:

British Army Forces in Belize
  • 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, on six month roulement.
  • 1 x Armoured Reconnaissance Troop, six month roulement.
  • 1 x Field Battery, Royal Artillery, six month roulement.
  • 1 x Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, six month roulement.
  • 24th Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport.
  • 78th Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
  • No. 25 Flight, Army Air Corps.
Royal Navy Forces – Belize:
  • West Indies Guard Ship, as needed.
Royal Air Force – Belize:
  • No. 1417 Flight RAF
  • No. 1563 Flight RAF
  • 1 Air Defence Flight, RAF Regiment, six month roulement.

Source: Ivelaw Lloyd, Griffith (1993). The Quest for Security in the Caribbean

That is quite a lot of troops.
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