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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

MIA — Missing in action 784 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
19853 Peacocke Eric Forrester E F Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 15th Bn. 1917-05-20
19862 Pearce David Charles D C Lance Corporal South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-07-18
19864 Pearce Gerald William G W Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1916-10-18
19883 Pearse Wallace John W J Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1918-03-19
19910 Peffers William Duncan W D Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-10-19
19951 Pensulo Private Northern Rhodesia Police 1917-01-24
19962 Pepper Percy James P J Private South African Infantry 11th Regt. UDF 1916-03-09
20113 Petzer Jacobus Hendrik J H Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 2nd Bn. UDF 1942-05-28
20142 Phelan Ernest William E W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-07-18
20146 Phelps John Edwart J E Air Sergeant South African Air Force 21 Sqdn. UDF 1941-12-12
20147 Phelps Wilfred John W J Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 9th Bn. 1916-09-16
20155 Philip Henry Alwyn H A Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 1916-07-01
20184 Phillips Victor V Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-04-12
20187 Phillips William James W J Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20282 Pieterse F H Signaller South African Corps of Signals UDF 1942-06-20
20291 Pieterse Klaas K Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-06-20
20439 Plowman Leslie L Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20552 Potgieter John Nicholas William J N W Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20568 Potter Victor V Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20570 Potterill Harold H Rifleman South African Sharpshooters Bailey's Sharpshooters 1917-07-10
20583 Povey George G Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1916-10-18
20610 Powter Gordon McDonald G M Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20617 Pratt George Frederick G F Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-10-12
20621 Prebble Elgar Edward E E Regimental Sergeant Major South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-07-18
20693 Price Thomas T Private South African Horse 10th UDF 1917-11-26
20708 Prince William Rowland W R Lance Corporal South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-01
20718 Prins Jurianus Marthinus J M Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-04-10
20734 Prinsloo Johannes David J D Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
20743 Prinsloo William W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-04-11
20770 Prust Henry Royston H R Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Bn. 1917-11-20
20805 Punganama Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1917-02-10
20858 Quail John Wilson J W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-07-18
20886 Quirk Andrew Edward A E Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-01
21061 Ramsden Richard R Corporal South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
21176 Rautenbach Willem Diederick W D Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-01
21215 Read Thomas Jaffray T J Lance Corporal South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-01
21216 Readett Robinson Henry R H Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-15
21250 Rees Bertram Thomas B T Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
21252 Rees Edgar Arthur E A Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
21258 Rees John Edgar J E Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 1916-07-01
21261 Reeve Charles George C G Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 1916-07-01
21284 Reid John C M J C M Lieutenant Royal Air Force 213th Sqdn. 1918-05-12
21295 Reid Thomas Bowes T B Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
21325 Rennie James J Private South African Infantry 8th Regt. UDF 1917-07-19
21356 Reynard Frederick Henry F H Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1916-10-18
21365 Reynolds Bernard Kenneth B K Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-01
21371 Reynolds Ernest Benjamin E B Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-03-24
21373 Reynolds Edward Guthrie E G Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 73rd Sqdn. 1918-07-08
21379 Reynolds Harold Leonard H L Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-04-10
21417 Richards Edwin Brindley E B Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1916-10-18