Top 60 units by death count across 30,125 records with a known unit.
11,780 records (28.1%) have no unit recorded.
| # | Unit | Deaths | % of known |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st Regt. | 1,364 | 4.53% |
| 2 | 2nd Regt. | 1,352 | 4.49% |
| 3 | 4th Regt. | 1,344 | 4.46% |
| 4 | 1st | 962 | 3.19% |
| 5 | 3rd Regt. | 781 | 2.59% |
| 6 | 1st Bn. | 626 | 2.08% |
| 7 | Gauteng | 536 | 1.78% |
| 8 | 1st Battalion | 462 | 1.53% |
| 9 | 2nd | 452 | 1.5% |
| 10 | 2nd Bn. | 451 | 1.5% |
| 11 | 5th Bn. | 416 | 1.38% |
| 12 | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 375 | 1.24% |
| 13 | 3rd Bn. | 261 | 0.87% |
| 14 | Keep Protection | 255 | 0.85% |
| 15 | M.t. | 247 | 0.82% |
| 16 | South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) | 228 | 0.76% |
| 17 | Railway Section | 228 | 0.76% |
| 18 | 4th Bn. | 224 | 0.74% |
| 19 | Kwazulu Natal | 217 | 0.72% |
| 20 | Free State | 217 | 0.72% |
| 21 | Eastern Cape | 201 | 0.67% |
| 22 | Western Cape | 195 | 0.65% |
| 23 | 24 Sqdn. | 191 | 0.63% |
| 24 | Support Unit | 180 | 0.6% |
| 25 | 12 Sqdn. | 179 | 0.59% |
| 26 | 8th Regt. | 173 | 0.57% |
| 27 | Protected Village Protection Group | 160 | 0.53% |
| 28 | Mpumalanga | 154 | 0.51% |
| 29 | 2nd Battalion | 151 | 0.5% |
| 30 | 21 Sqdn. | 148 | 0.49% |
| 31 | Head Office | 144 | 0.48% |
| 32 | 1 South African Infantry Battalion | 144 | 0.48% |
| 33 | 5th Regt. | 143 | 0.47% |
| 34 | 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 139 | 0.46% |
| 35 | 7th Regt. | 134 | 0.44% |
| 36 | 5 South African Infantry Battalion | 133 | 0.44% |
| 37 | 2 Sqdn. | 133 | 0.44% |
| 38 | Medical Section | 129 | 0.43% |
| 39 | North West Province | 125 | 0.41% |
| 40 | Transport and Remounts | 116 | 0.39% |
| 41 | 1 Sqdn. | 112 | 0.37% |
| 42 | 15 Sqdn. | 109 | 0.36% |
| 43 | 101 Battalion | 108 | 0.36% |
| 44 | 31 Sqdn. | 101 | 0.34% |
| 45 | 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div | 100 | 0.33% |
| 46 | 8 South African Infantry Battalion | 98 | 0.33% |
| 47 | 4 Sqdn. | 98 | 0.33% |
| 48 | 44 Sqdn. | 97 | 0.32% |
| 49 | Police Anti Terrorist Unit | 90 | 0.3% |
| 50 | 7 South African Infantry Battalion | 89 | 0.3% |
| 51 | 6th Regt. | 88 | 0.29% |
| 52 | 6 South African Infantry Battalion | 86 | 0.29% |
| 53 | 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div | 85 | 0.28% |
| 54 | Uniform | 84 | 0.28% |
| 55 | 17 Sqdn. | 82 | 0.27% |
| 56 | 5 Sqdn. | 81 | 0.27% |
| 57 | District 39 Johannesburg | 80 | 0.27% |
| 58 | 7th Bn. | 79 | 0.26% |
| 59 | 6th Bn. | 79 | 0.26% |
| 60 | 3 South African Infantry Battalion | 78 | 0.26% |