Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da yawa daga cikin sojojin Afro-Caribbean da suka yi aiki a British West Indies Regiment (BWIR) sun zama 'yan gwagwarmayar hagu bayan yakin a lokacin yakin basasa. Yayin da yake aiki a
Yankin Turai da Gabas ta Tsakiya na Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, abubuwan da suka shafi nuna bambanci daga fararen sojoji sun ba da kwarin gwiwa ga farfadowar kishin ƙasa a tsakanin tsibiran Yammacin Indiya na Burtaniya. Battalion na 9 na BWIR ya fara Tawayen Taranto, tawaye da mummunan yanayin aiki da kuma karuwar albashin da aka baiwa fararen fata amma ba baƙar fata ba daga Ofishin War. A sakamakon haka, an tura Worcestershire Regiment zuwa Taranto don dakile tawayen; An yi wa sojoji 60 na BWIR shari'a kan tawaye, tare da yanke wa wani soja hukuncin kisa ta hanyar harbi. Tsakanin 50 da 60 BWIR sargents sun hadu a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1918 don kafa ƙungiyar hagu ta Caribbean, wanda ya gudanar da tarurruka huɗu a cikin makonni masu zuwa. Baya ga tattauna kan korafe-korafe daban-daban da sojoji ke yi, Kungiyar Caribbean ta kuma tattauna kan kishin kasa na Caribbean da tsare-tsaren yunkurin samun 'yancin kai na Yammacin Indiya. Membobin kungiyar sun yi shirin kafa ofishi a Kingston, Jamaica, da kuma shirya yajin aiki. Bayan da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta fara tsananta wa Ƙungiyar, sai ta rushe. A watan Fabrairun 1919, an bayar da Dokar Soja mai lamba 1, ta ba da ƙarin ƙarin albashi ga BWIR.