The end of war in 1763 led to the withdrawal of the Independent Company. It was replaced by a detached Company of the 9th. Regiment of Foot, from Florida. Although it was attempted to bring this unit up to strength with men taken from the Bahamas Independent Company, it never had more than 20 Privates ( a Company of that day being comparable to a modern Platton, with 45 to 50 men). In 1768, this Company was returned to Florida, leaving Bermuda without a regular garrison.
Except for a period during the American War of Independence, the colony's military defence was left , thenceforth, to its own militias until 1793.
Derived from Jennifer Ingham's 'Defence Not Defiance'.