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Deaths by Cause of Death

Short codes for statistics. KIA, MIA and DOW are the combat set; the rest group accidents, disease, and other deaths. The long narrative stays on each person record.

KIA — Killed in action MIA — Missing in action DOW — Died of wounds KOAS — Killed on active service DOAS — Died on active service POW — Died as prisoner of war FF — Friendly fire DUTY — Died on duty MVA — Motor vehicle accident AA — Aircraft accident DROW — Drowned SEA — Lost at sea ACC — Accident SHOT — Shot MURD — Murdered SUIC — Suicide DIS — Died of disease NAT — Natural causes DISCH — Died after discharge UNK — Unknown

Died on active service 6,447 records

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Options list values that appear for this cause. The unit list shows the most common units — pick a regiment to see every unit in that regiment. Combine filters freely — for example KIA + SADF + 1987.

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Force Date of Death
2308 Botolo Mefego M Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 3rd Bn. UK 1941-10-23
2324 Boulter Frederick James F J Sergeant South African Irish 1st UDF 1941-11-23
2331 Bousema Nicolaas Guest N G Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 35 Works Coy. UDF 1941-03-10
2335 Bouwer J L Private South African Railway Services UDF 1918-10-29
34186 Bouwer Melroy M 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div SAP 1976-11-14
2339 Bova Labourer Rhodesia Air Askari Corps (Corps) UK 1945-09-05
2340 Bovey William George Henry W G H Warrant Officer Class II Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 6th UK 1942-07-03
2354 Bowen William J W J Sergeant South African Service Corps (Corps) M.t. UDF 1919-10-21
2355 Bower A H Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. UDF 1940-11-05
2369 Bowie James Douglas J D Private 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish) UDF 1915-03-30
29565 Bowles Sharon Louise S L Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force RAF Innsworth UK 1997-05-26
2403 Boyce William B W B Private General Service Corps (Corps) UDF 1944-07-30
2432 Boyle John Antonio Sanchez J A S Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd/1st (Lancs.) Heavy Bty. UK 1917-11-30
2459 Brady Harry M H M Staff Sergeant South African Pay Corps (Corps) UDF 1941-04-23
2466 Braine John J S Captain Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. UDF 1940-10-25
2484 Brand Gerhardus Petrus Kotze G P K Corporal Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 2nd UK 1941-06-15
2512 Bray H Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) UDF 1942-04-16
2519 Brecker Dorothy Augusta D A Sergeant Women's Auxiliary Army Services (Corps) UDF 1944-12-05
2523 Bredenkamp Abram A Private Cape Corps UDF 1943-03-09
2564 Brett James Russell J R Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) UDF 1942-01-16
2571 Breytenbach J M Private Protectorate Garrison Regiment UDF 1918-11-01
34198 Breytenbach Pieter Jacobus P J Sergeant 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div SAP 1999-04-28
2574 Brice Phillip Henry P H Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn. UK 1918-10-06
34199 Brice C Reserve Constable 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div SAP 1986-06-21
2576 Brick Terence Marshall T M Lieutenant Colonel General List and East African Army Service Corps 1942-11-10
2592 Brigden Phillip Henry Brett P H B Warrant Officer Class II General Service Corps (Corps) UDF 1941-04-06
2594 Briggs Albert George A G Lieutenant Royal Engineers UK 1942-11-03
2610 Brink Beatrice F B F Private Women's Auxiliary Army Services (Corps) UDF 1944-07-29
34203 Brink Francois Christiaan F C Witwatersrand SAP 1968-06-06
34204 Brinkhaus Petrus P South African Prison Services Witwatersrand 2000-02-01
2624 Bristow Herbert H Private 1st Reserve Brigade UDF 1941-04-24
2626 Britchford Lloyd Cecil L C Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd Bn. UK 1941-12-15
2641 Britz H J Corporal South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) UDF 1942-04-17
29610 Britz Wilhelm J W J Sergeant Training Depot SADF 1993-06-08
2675 Bromberg Woolf W Driver Royal Army Service Corps (Corps) UK 1943-02-27
2680 Bromwich Harold Charteris H C Captain General List 1942-09-16
2703 Brooks Arthur A Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment UDF 1946-04-01
2720 Broome Samuel S Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps (Corps) 14th Field Ambulance UK 1917-09-12
2744 Brown C Private Physical Training Battalion UDF 1943-05-04
2747 Brown C M Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) UDF 1943-08-28
2777 Brown Harold Montagu H M Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 3rd Bn. UK 1916-04-09
2794 Brown Joseph J Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Bn. UK 1942-07-02
2796 Brown James F J F Private Youth Training Brigade UDF 1946-10-16
2799 Brown J S Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) UDF 1942-10-11
2814 Brown Peter Austen Leadley P A L Captain Assam Regiment IND 1944-04-06
2816 Brown Robert R Private General Service Corps (Corps) UDF 1940-11-09
2843 Brown Walter Russell W R Captain South African Artillery (Corps) 4/22 Field Regiment UDF 1946-04-22
2846 Brown Daniel D Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment UK 1942-09-03
22370 Brown Alexander Jenkins A J Sergeant East African Pioneers UK 1917-12-03
29618 Brown David D Trooper South African Constabulary 3 South African Infantry Battalion UDF 1924-09-03