On This Day

On This Day — 15 August

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

45774Burgher Petrus Frederik Lindeque, Boer Forces, aged 32. Killed in action, Withoogte.

1901

47818Burgher Floris Petrus Coetzee, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 33. Died of Empyema while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1901

45570Burgher Abraham Izak Telegrafis Munnik, Schweizer Reneke Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Kimberley Hosp.

1902

48142Burgher Barend Esaias Meyer, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

1910

38289Trooper David Yeaman, 523290-2, 24 Dist (Kimberley) Kimb Div (Natal Police), aged 49. Accidentally killed, shot at Addington.

1916

4363Private Peter Conochie, 9144, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1916

41221Stoker 1st Class Charles Cecil Daniels, K/22606, H.M.S. "Indefatigable." (Royal Navy), aged 21. HMS E41 collided with E4 on the surface during exercises off Harwick on 15 August 1916. Sixteen crewmembers were lost, but fifteen escaped including seven from the bottom. Six crew members trapped in the submarine as she sank were able to escape by waiting under the conning-tower until the air pressure building up as the submarine sank blew the hatch open and allowed them to float to the surface. Chief Petty Officer William Brown was left behind, but was eventually able to escape from the engine room after an hour and a half in the sunken submarine.

1916

6883Second Lieutenant Sidney Leigh Faithfull, 256th Tunnelling Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 40. Killed in action.

1916

8133Second Lieutenant Napier Llewellyn Giddy, 1st Bn. (Northamptonshire Regiment), aged 22. Killed in action, in front line in the West of High Wood.

1916

13750Driver John Aitken Hunter Lockwood, T4/199806, Army Service Corps, aged 38. Died on active service.

1916

18281Labourer Ndabamtei Naftati, 1567, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of cerebral ulcer, at Mpasau.

1916

18612Corporal Leonard Norman Newcombe, 3584, 9th (South African Horse), aged 22. Killed in action, at Kidete.

1916

18946Sergeant Trygve Norgaard, 6967, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of wounds.

1916

19730Private Benjamin Albert Pasques, 9356, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.

1916

23686Private Johannes Daniel Stephan Snyders, 6165, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1916

24456Private Samuel Solomon Sugarman, 10/1331, 12th Bn. (East Yorkshire Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action.

1916

25495Lance Corporal Christiaan Jacob Lowrens Troskie, 2987, 6th (South African Horse), aged 34. Killed in action.

1916

28101Rifleman Arthur West, R/20313, 16th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 24. Died of wounds.

1916

28534Private Barry Williamson, 9004, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1916

28603Sapper Edward Wilson, ME/80, South African Engineers, aged 21. Died of meningitis.

1917

1614Labourer Josiah Benson, 19503, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 30. Died of malaria, at Matatiele, on return to South Africa.

1917

3625Private Harold Chapman, 646232, 7th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)), aged 40. Killed in action, at Chalk Quarry.

1917

6635Sergeant William Henry Emslie, X/476, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of pneumonia.

1917

15715Driver William Maila, 19230, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria and dysentery, at King William's Town Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

19928Captain William Gordon Pender, 40th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, flying on Nieuport 17, possibly shot down West of Annay (Pas-de-Calais) by Oblt H. Bethge, Ja30.

1917

23621Private Thomas William Smith, 244, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 52. Died of wounds, received April.

1917

23676Corporal Charles Snell, 12050, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces). Died of dysentery, at Kilwa.

1917

28963Native Driver Aaron Xina, 236, South African Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia and malaria.

1918

10309Lieutenant William Leman Hosegood, 4th Bn. (Somerset Light Infantry), aged 27. Died of disease.

1918

14570Corporal Timothy Maidment, 12053, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces), aged 52. Died of blackwater fever, on H.M.T. Gascon, at sea.

1921

15104Flight Officer Stephen Percival Marcus, 6th Flying Training School (Royal Air Force), aged 26. Killed whilst flying, in Bristol Fighter C761, nose dived off low turn after engine failure and caught fire, at Manston.

1925

31764Driver Alexander McCarthy, 392, 101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport), aged 21. Died of tuberculosis and heart failure, at Roberts Heights Hospital.

1934

34259Lance Sergeant Hennie Rensburg Butler, 0430035-1, Head Office (South African Police), aged 31. Died on active service.

1940

424Private Jailobo Ambayamba, NRA/5235, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

2746Private Charles Lamont Brown, 189049, 7 M.T. Coy. (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Died of meningitis, at Jubilee Hospital Francistown.

1940

3193Private Juma Bwezani Bwezani, NRA/1044, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

3598Private Robert Chanda, NRA/808, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

3665Private Lazaro Chedulani, NRA/788, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

3717Private Samuel Chikasu, NRA/5052, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

5565Corporal Richard Harold Cecil Denny, 75428, 1st Bn. (Pretoria Highlanders, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died of lobar pneumonia.

1940

10651Flying Officer Roy Hoole Immelman, 39530, Royal Air Force, aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hudson I T9320, took off from Eastleigh en route to R.A.F. Siloth. The balloon barrage was being raised at the time due to an incoming raid, and the Hudson struck one of the cables and crashed into houses in Nutbeam Road. All military personnel and one civilian on board were killed, as were two civilians at Nutbeam Road.

1940

11687Sergeant Chilesnya Kabanda, NRA/426, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

11865Private Geni Kawale, NRA/5160, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

14242Pilot Officer Robert Butler (Bobbie) MacGregor, 41856, 77 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19. Died in Aircraft Accident, Whitley V P5044, took off 1935 from Driffield. On return and soon after breaking cloud to pinpoint their position the Whitley collided with a barrage balloon cable 1 mile SE of Eastleigh Hampshire.

1940

15384Private Mwilulu Masilele, NRA/5070, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

16761Private Bwale Misheke, NRA/941, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

17899Private Malao Mudenda, NRA/899, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

17951Private Kapiti Mulenga, NRA/697, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

18189Private Shintuba Muzuwa, NRA/5056, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

18208Private Shimonjila Mwanamwla, NRA/723, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

19786Private Kambwemba Patulani, NRA/5147, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

22975Private Musevu Shimuba, NRA/748, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

22976Private Mwananyumbu Shimunza, NRA/747, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1940

24673Private Alobeni Table, NRA/5158, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

1941

6425Flight Sergeant Joseph Oliver Eden, 102290, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died on active service.

1941

19919Corporal Albert Claude Pell, 112377, South African Artillery, aged 26. Died on active service.

1941

20252Private Jacobus Petrus Johannes Pienaar, 115293, 3 Field Mobile Workshops (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of injuries, received in fall from train.

1941

22469Private Carl Schroeder, C/167117, Mechanical Transport (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of cerebral malaria, at Asmara Hospital.

1941

26426Flight Sergeant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Air Force. Died on active service.

1942

2415Lieutenant William Brian Boyd, 103797, 47 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, 3 crew (2 RAF) port engine detached in flight, aircraft broke up crashed 18 miles from Burgersdorp, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #1999.

1942

4517Air Mechanic John Robert Cornwall, 122652, South African Air Force, aged 46. Died of septic and gangrenous bronchitis.

1942

18253Sergeant Stanley Sydney Myerson, 31284, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received while travelling on the main road at El Alamein. He was caught in a Stuka raid and died of shrapnel wounds.

1942

21073Sergeant Arthur Frank Randall, 13738, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 32. Died of multiple gun shot wounds, accidentally sustained.

1943

8774Private Harry Griffin, C/272774V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

14256Squadron Leader Alexander Stewart MacIntyre, 80046, 266 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, Typhoon Ib JP492.

1944

539Lieutenant Peter Herbert Andrews, 542624V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

2476Lieutenant John Christopher Branch-Clark, 543022V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

4274Sapper Eric Trower Collins, 238919V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 48. Died of empyemia.

1944

4413Lieutenant Cedrick Arthur Cooke, 206267V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

6881Lieutenant Keith Fairweather, 542974V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG873.

1944

7895Air Mechanic Roy Allan Garrow, 209593V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, 2 crew, crashed during test flight, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #MM362.

1944

8154Labourer Gilbert, 4933, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

1944

9084Second Lieutenant Robert George Hamilton, 542957V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Warsaw, Poland, while supply-dropping flight to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

10213Lieutenant Grattan Chesney Hooey, 103846V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

13016Lieutenant Ray Arras Lavery, 329117V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

13074Lieutenant Ralph Lawrence Lawson, 328846V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG828.

1944

14758Lieutenant Harry Allpress Ruston Male, 21586V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

16485Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Arnold Meyer, 543206V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

19287Warrant Officer Class I Terence Desmond O'Keefe, 328854V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

20381Lieutenant Gordon Bruce Pitt, 100685V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

1944

23941Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Walter Stafford, 206770V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

24306Lieutenant Alan D'Egville Stott, 542708V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG828.

1944

26955Captain Nicolas Van Rensburg, 102853V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 35. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1944

28817Warrant Officer Class II Ben Nevis Woods, 543513V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

1945

1829Petty Officer Stanley Birkenbach, 68661, H.M.S. Afrikander (South African Naval Forces), aged 36. Drowned.

1945

5344Sergeant De Kooker, 142970V, South African Artillery. Died on active service.

1945

5638Private Sabata Dhlamini, N/44615, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of meningo-vascular syphilis.

1946

1003Private Jackson Baloyi, N/52805, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died after discharge, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

1949

29427Air Mechanic Jardine John Beytell, P/4886, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6526, crashed just after takeoff in the veld near the 8 Mile Post on the Johannesburg–Pretoria Road.

1949

32159Lieutenant Archie Henry Norman Napier, P1/25761, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 26. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6526 which crashed just after takeoff, near the Old Johannesburg Rd.

1954

43410Second Lieutenant Halley, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Durban hospital after repatriation from a North Korean POW camp. Shot down 23 Jul 1951 in North American F-51 Mustang (same 2 Sqn weather recce as Bekker 29385 and Du Plooy 30146); baled out and captured.

1971

38336Constable Sdumo Jacob Zuma, 154291, Western Province Division (South African Police), aged 25. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1973

31020Leading Seaman Ivan William Kearns, 68091503N, SAS Protea (South African Navy), aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Bredasdorp.

1973

33526Rifleman Mark Cornelius Van Heerden, 71314264N, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died of meningitis, on the way to an exercise in Gazankulu. He died whilst in transit at Potchefstroom.

1976

38371Patrol Officer Peter Britland, 9247, Duty Uniform Branch (British South Africa Police), aged 19. Killed in action, at Nyamapanda Police Camp (Op Hurricane).

1976

38662Constable Gift Muduve, 23007, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 20. Killed in action, shrapnel wounds from a mortar attack at Nyamapanda Police Camp.

1977

40333District Security Assistant Jonart Sibanda, 645730, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 46. Died on active service.

1978

38700Field Reservist Charles Cremer, 17656Q, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 51. Died on active service.

1979

38356Field Reservist Katungura Ashara, 23467, Special Branch (British South Africa Police), aged 21. Murdered while on leave.

1979

39102District Security Assistant Taengwa Norbolt Chinyama, 647195, Internal Affairs, aged 17. Killed in action.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 15 August

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 45774 — Burgher Petrus Frederik Lindeque, Boer Forces, aged 32. Killed in action, Withoogte.

- 1901 47818 — Burgher Floris Petrus Coetzee, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 33. Died of Empyema while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1901 45570 — Burgher Abraham Izak Telegrafis Munnik, Schweizer Reneke Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Kimberley Hosp.

- 1902 48142 — Burgher Barend Esaias Meyer, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

- 1910 38289 — Trooper David Yeaman, 523290-2, 24 Dist (Kimberley) Kimb Div (Natal Police), aged 49. Accidentally killed, shot at Addington.

- 1916 4363 — Private Peter Conochie, 9144, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1916 41221 — Stoker 1st Class Charles Cecil Daniels, K/22606, H.M.S. "Indefatigable." (Royal Navy), aged 21. HMS E41 collided with E4 on the surface during exercises off Harwick on 15 August 1916. Sixteen crewmembers were lost, but fifteen escaped including seven from the bottom. Six crew members trapped in the submarine as she sank were able to escape by waiting under the conning-tower until the air pressure building up as the submarine sank blew the hatch open and allowed them to float to the surface. Chief Petty Officer William Brown was left behind, but was eventually able to escape from the engine room after an hour and a half in the sunken submarine.

- 1916 6883 — Second Lieutenant Sidney Leigh Faithfull, 256th Tunnelling Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 40. Killed in action.

- 1916 8133 — Second Lieutenant Napier Llewellyn Giddy, 1st Bn. (Northamptonshire Regiment), aged 22. Killed in action, in front line in the West of High Wood.

- 1916 13750 — Driver John Aitken Hunter Lockwood, T4/199806, Army Service Corps, aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1916 18281 — Labourer Ndabamtei Naftati, 1567, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of cerebral ulcer, at Mpasau.

- 1916 18612 — Corporal Leonard Norman Newcombe, 3584, 9th (South African Horse), aged 22. Killed in action, at Kidete.

- 1916 18946 — Sergeant Trygve Norgaard, 6967, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of wounds.

- 1916 19730 — Private Benjamin Albert Pasques, 9356, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1916 23686 — Private Johannes Daniel Stephan Snyders, 6165, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1916 24456 — Private Samuel Solomon Sugarman, 10/1331, 12th Bn. (East Yorkshire Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1916 25495 — Lance Corporal Christiaan Jacob Lowrens Troskie, 2987, 6th (South African Horse), aged 34. Killed in action.

- 1916 28101 — Rifleman Arthur West, R/20313, 16th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 24. Died of wounds.

- 1916 28534 — Private Barry Williamson, 9004, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1916 28603 — Sapper Edward Wilson, ME/80, South African Engineers, aged 21. Died of meningitis.

- 1917 1614 — Labourer Josiah Benson, 19503, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 30. Died of malaria, at Matatiele, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 3625 — Private Harold Chapman, 646232, 7th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)), aged 40. Killed in action, at Chalk Quarry.

- 1917 6635 — Sergeant William Henry Emslie, X/476, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of pneumonia.

- 1917 15715 — Driver William Maila, 19230, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria and dysentery, at King William's Town Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 19928 — Captain William Gordon Pender, 40th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, flying on Nieuport 17, possibly shot down West of Annay (Pas-de-Calais) by Oblt H. Bethge, Ja30.

- 1917 23621 — Private Thomas William Smith, 244, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 52. Died of wounds, received April.

- 1917 23676 — Corporal Charles Snell, 12050, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces). Died of dysentery, at Kilwa.

- 1917 28963 — Native Driver Aaron Xina, 236, South African Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia and malaria.

- 1918 10309 — Lieutenant William Leman Hosegood, 4th Bn. (Somerset Light Infantry), aged 27. Died of disease.

- 1918 14570 — Corporal Timothy Maidment, 12053, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces), aged 52. Died of blackwater fever, on H.M.T. Gascon, at sea.

- 1921 15104 — Flight Officer Stephen Percival Marcus, 6th Flying Training School (Royal Air Force), aged 26. Killed whilst flying, in Bristol Fighter C761, nose dived off low turn after engine failure and caught fire, at Manston.

- 1925 31764 — Driver Alexander McCarthy, 392, 101 Battalion, Romeo Mike Team (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport), aged 21. Died of tuberculosis and heart failure, at Roberts Heights Hospital.

- 1934 34259 — Lance Sergeant Hennie Rensburg Butler, 0430035-1, Head Office (South African Police), aged 31. Died on active service.

- 1940 424 — Private Jailobo Ambayamba, NRA/5235, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 2746 — Private Charles Lamont Brown, 189049, 7 M.T. Coy. (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Died of meningitis, at Jubilee Hospital Francistown.

- 1940 3193 — Private Juma Bwezani Bwezani, NRA/1044, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 3598 — Private Robert Chanda, NRA/808, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 3665 — Private Lazaro Chedulani, NRA/788, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 3717 — Private Samuel Chikasu, NRA/5052, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 5565 — Corporal Richard Harold Cecil Denny, 75428, 1st Bn. (Pretoria Highlanders, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died of lobar pneumonia.

- 1940 10651 — Flying Officer Roy Hoole Immelman, 39530, Royal Air Force, aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hudson I T9320, took off from Eastleigh en route to R.A.F. Siloth. The balloon barrage was being raised at the time due to an incoming raid, and the Hudson struck one of the cables and crashed into houses in Nutbeam Road. All military personnel and one civilian on board were killed, as were two civilians at Nutbeam Road.

- 1940 11687 — Sergeant Chilesnya Kabanda, NRA/426, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 11865 — Private Geni Kawale, NRA/5160, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 14242 — Pilot Officer Robert Butler (Bobbie) MacGregor, 41856, 77 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19. Died in Aircraft Accident, Whitley V P5044, took off 1935 from Driffield. On return and soon after breaking cloud to pinpoint their position the Whitley collided with a barrage balloon cable 1 mile SE of Eastleigh Hampshire.

- 1940 15384 — Private Mwilulu Masilele, NRA/5070, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 16761 — Private Bwale Misheke, NRA/941, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 17899 — Private Malao Mudenda, NRA/899, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 17951 — Private Kapiti Mulenga, NRA/697, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 18189 — Private Shintuba Muzuwa, NRA/5056, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 18208 — Private Shimonjila Mwanamwla, NRA/723, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 19786 — Private Kambwemba Patulani, NRA/5147, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 22975 — Private Musevu Shimuba, NRA/748, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 22976 — Private Mwananyumbu Shimunza, NRA/747, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1940 24673 — Private Alobeni Table, NRA/5158, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action, at Observation Hill.

- 1941 6425 — Flight Sergeant Joseph Oliver Eden, 102290, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died on active service.

- 1941 19919 — Corporal Albert Claude Pell, 112377, South African Artillery, aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1941 20252 — Private Jacobus Petrus Johannes Pienaar, 115293, 3 Field Mobile Workshops (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of injuries, received in fall from train.

- 1941 22469 — Private Carl Schroeder, C/167117, Mechanical Transport (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of cerebral malaria, at Asmara Hospital.

- 1941 26426 — Flight Sergeant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Air Force. Died on active service.

- 1942 2415 — Lieutenant William Brian Boyd, 103797, 47 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, 3 crew (2 RAF) port engine detached in flight, aircraft broke up crashed 18 miles from Burgersdorp, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #1999.

- 1942 4517 — Air Mechanic John Robert Cornwall, 122652, South African Air Force, aged 46. Died of septic and gangrenous bronchitis.

- 1942 18253 — Sergeant Stanley Sydney Myerson, 31284, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received while travelling on the main road at El Alamein. He was caught in a Stuka raid and died of shrapnel wounds.

- 1942 21073 — Sergeant Arthur Frank Randall, 13738, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 32. Died of multiple gun shot wounds, accidentally sustained.

- 1943 8774 — Private Harry Griffin, C/272774V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 14256 — Squadron Leader Alexander Stewart MacIntyre, 80046, 266 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, Typhoon Ib JP492.

- 1944 539 — Lieutenant Peter Herbert Andrews, 542624V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 2476 — Lieutenant John Christopher Branch-Clark, 543022V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 4274 — Sapper Eric Trower Collins, 238919V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 48. Died of empyemia.

- 1944 4413 — Lieutenant Cedrick Arthur Cooke, 206267V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 6881 — Lieutenant Keith Fairweather, 542974V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG873.

- 1944 7895 — Air Mechanic Roy Allan Garrow, 209593V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, 2 crew, crashed during test flight, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #MM362.

- 1944 8154 — Labourer Gilbert, 4933, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

- 1944 9084 — Second Lieutenant Robert George Hamilton, 542957V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Warsaw, Poland, while supply-dropping flight to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 10213 — Lieutenant Grattan Chesney Hooey, 103846V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 13016 — Lieutenant Ray Arras Lavery, 329117V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 13074 — Lieutenant Ralph Lawrence Lawson, 328846V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG828.

- 1944 14758 — Lieutenant Harry Allpress Ruston Male, 21586V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 16485 — Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Arnold Meyer, 543206V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 19287 — Warrant Officer Class I Terence Desmond O'Keefe, 328854V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 20381 — Lieutenant Gordon Bruce Pitt, 100685V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836.

- 1944 23941 — Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Walter Stafford, 206770V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 24306 — Lieutenant Alan D'Egville Stott, 542708V, 178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG828.

- 1944 26955 — Captain Nicolas Van Rensburg, 102853V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 35. Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1944 28817 — Warrant Officer Class II Ben Nevis Woods, 543513V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.

- 1945 1829 — Petty Officer Stanley Birkenbach, 68661, H.M.S. Afrikander (South African Naval Forces), aged 36. Drowned.

- 1945 5344 — Sergeant De Kooker, 142970V, South African Artillery. Died on active service.

- 1945 5638 — Private Sabata Dhlamini, N/44615, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of meningo-vascular syphilis.

- 1946 1003 — Private Jackson Baloyi, N/52805, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died after discharge, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

- 1949 29427 — Air Mechanic Jardine John Beytell, P/4886, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6526, crashed just after takeoff in the veld near the 8 Mile Post on the Johannesburg–Pretoria Road.

- 1949 32159 — Lieutenant Archie Henry Norman Napier, P1/25761, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 26. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6526 which crashed just after takeoff, near the Old Johannesburg Rd.

- 1954 43410 — Second Lieutenant Halley, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Durban hospital after repatriation from a North Korean POW camp. Shot down 23 Jul 1951 in North American F-51 Mustang (same 2 Sqn weather recce as Bekker 29385 and Du Plooy 30146); baled out and captured.

- 1971 38336 — Constable Sdumo Jacob Zuma, 154291, Western Province Division (South African Police), aged 25. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1973 31020 — Leading Seaman Ivan William Kearns, 68091503N, SAS Protea (South African Navy), aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Bredasdorp.

- 1973 33526 — Rifleman Mark Cornelius Van Heerden, 71314264N, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died of meningitis, on the way to an exercise in Gazankulu. He died whilst in transit at Potchefstroom.

- 1976 38371 — Patrol Officer Peter Britland, 9247, Duty Uniform Branch (British South Africa Police), aged 19. Killed in action, at Nyamapanda Police Camp (Op Hurricane).

- 1976 38662 — Constable Gift Muduve, 23007, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 20. Killed in action, shrapnel wounds from a mortar attack at Nyamapanda Police Camp.

- 1977 40333 — District Security Assistant Jonart Sibanda, 645730, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 46. Died on active service.

- 1978 38700 — Field Reservist Charles Cremer, 17656Q, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 51. Died on active service.

- 1979 38356 — Field Reservist Katungura Ashara, 23467, Special Branch (British South Africa Police), aged 21. Murdered while on leave.

- 1979 39102 — District Security Assistant Taengwa Norbolt Chinyama, 647195, Internal Affairs, aged 17. Killed in action.

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