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Indian forces

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. SAP, SAPS, and SWAPOL are tagged as Forces. Merchant navy and civilian war-dead are left blank. Foreign and Boer units are tagged when the regiment name is unambiguous (e.g. Australian Field Artillery → AUS).

BOER — Boer forces 5,172 COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 60 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,794 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,692 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 985 SAP — South African Police 3,730 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 158 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,055 CAN — Canadian forces 58 NZ — New Zealand forces 43 IND — Indian forces 36 IDF — Israeli Defence Forces 81 US — United States forces 7 GER — German forces 4
IND 36 records

British Indian Army, Royal Indian Air Force, Royal Indian Navy, and named Indian regiments (Gurkha, Rajput, Garhwal, etc.). Not used for South African Indian Bearer Corps.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
458 Anderson Frank Graham F G Major 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Bn. 1942-01-20
1823 Bird Edward Kenelm E K Captain 29th Punjabis 1919-09-27
39213 Borton Cyprian Edward C E Major 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis Malay States Guides, Indian Army 1917-08-02
2447 Bradford Francis Keysall F K Major 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 1942-02-24
2814 Brown Peter Austen Leadley P A L Captain Assam Regiment 1944-04-06
3583 Chambers Dennis Russell D R Second Lieutenant 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 1943-03-24
4027 Cloete Harry Durrie H D Major 92nd Punjabis 2nd (Lakhimpur) Assam Rifles 1920-02-29
4913 Dalrymple Hay Brian George Rowland B G R Lieutenant Colonel 21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse), I.A.C. 1943-10-17
5003 Darby Alexander Whyte A W Major Indian General Service Corps 1943-03-25
5626 Dharamraj Aheer Goordeen A G Pilot Officer Royal Indian Air Force 4 Squadron (IND) 1942-04-21
5671 Dickie-Clark George Findlay G F Captain Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1946-01-19
6256 Dukoff-Gordon Douglas Franklin D F Captain Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1944-10-19
6437 Edleman John Harris Reginald J H R Captain 7th Rajput Regiment 3rd Bn. 1942-07-22
6742 Ernst Otto Henry Armin O H A Captain Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1944-04-14
6948 Faul John Andrew J A Lieutenant 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 1944-03-20
6960 Fawcett William Henry Martin W H M Lieutenant Colonel 16th Punjab Regiment 1947-10-11
7754 Fulton Charles Frederick Vernon C F V Major Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1943-12-01
8086 Ghulam Husain H Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Indian Navy 1942-12-18
8318 Goldie Barre Herbert B H Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers 1915-04-29
9388 Harvey Bernard Wilfred B W Captain 12th Frontier Force Regiment 2nd Bn. 1944-04-03
9496 Hay Edward James Allan E J A Lieutenant 41st Dogras 2nd Bn. 1918-09-05
13957 Low Robert Duncan R D Major 9th Jat Regiment 1st Royal Bn. 1942-03-08
14107 Lyttle Claude Edward Wilson C E W Captain Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1945-08-13
17613 Moskovitch Edward Maurice E M Major 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 1943-12-28
17908 Muhammad Ali Khan Darling A K D Sergeant Royal Indian Air Force 7 Squadron (IND) 1944-02-19
19205 O'brien Terence Patrick Reginald T P R Major 7th Gurkha Rifles 1st Bn. 1943-07-12
19976 Perkins John Thomas J T Second Lieutenant Indian Engineers 107 Rly. Works. Coy. 1942-08-10
22179 Salt James Joseph J J Captain 7th Rajput Regiment 1944-11-02
22209 Samuels Angus John Valentine A J V Major 9th Gurkha Rifles 1st Bn. 1944-12-23
22519 Scott Cladue Charles Justin C C J Captain 7th Rajput Regiment 3rd Bn. 1942-07-22
23323 Slatter Arthur William Donat A W D Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1941-12-14
23399 Smit Jan Johannes Mathys J J M Lieutenant Indian Armoured Corps 16th Light Cavalry 1945-02-27
24166 Stewart Denis Raven D R Captain 8th Punjab Regiment 3rd Bn. 1943-11-23
24373 Strong Cecil Warwick C W Captain 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 1945-10-28
27916 Webb Alfred Horace Benjamin A H B Captain Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1943-09-29
28856 Woulfe-Flanagan Stephen Hugh James S H J Lieutenant Colonel Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1942-12-19

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/listPeopleForce.php?dir=asc&force=IND&pdf=1

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