The Society of Colonial Wars

in The British Isles

The Society of Colonial Wars [SCW] exists to honour and perpetuate the memory of those who fought or worked to establish the British Colonies in North America in the period prior to the battle of Lexington in 1775. There are separate State SCWs in more than 30 of the American States, and the establishment of a Society of Colonial Wars in the British Isles was authorised in 1999. It has now been formed. The State Societies join annually at the meetings of the General Society, at which the loyal toasts include Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, the President of the USA and the Society.

Membership is restricted to those of direct descent from an ancestor who fought in a Colonial War or participated in the administration of one or more of the colonies in certain roles during that time. In addition descendants of the crews of Royal Naval Ships who served in the area would qualify as also would men of the British Army.

Membership of the SCW in the British Isles is thus not only a privilege but an opportunity to re-establish ancestral roots on a basis which few if any other American or British Society can match.