Haddersfield, Jamaica
Haddersfield, also known as Huddersfield, is a small town in the St. Mary parish of Jamaica. It sits at about 18.4°N, 77.02°W, near the town of Retreat and the mouth of the Rio Nuevo, roughly 10 kilometres east of Ocho Rios. The town is about 164 metres above sea level.
From 1822 to 1832, the 33rd Regiment of Foot from West Yorkshire was stationed in Jamaica. When their tour ended, 142 soldiers chose to stay in Jamaica and start families here. Some of these families may have come from Huddersfield, which helped give the town its name. More than 560 officers and men died in Jamaica during this period from endemic diseases.
On 18 June 1853, the regiment became The 33rd (Duke of Wellington's Regiment). The second battalion was posted to Jamaica again (Newcastle Camp) from 18 March 1891 to 10 April 1893.
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