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Union Defence Force

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 24,793 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,693 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
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 24,793 records

The Union Defence Force was established on 1 July 1912 under the South Africa Defence Act, 1912, after the Union of South Africa (1910). It brought together the colonial and Boer military forces of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and Orange Free State. The UDF served in the First World War (including German South-West Africa, East Africa, and the Western Front) and the Second World War. It was replaced by the South African Defence Force on 1 November 1957.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
21430 Richards Victor Charles V C Lieutenant South African Air Force 21 Squadron 1944-03-02
21431 Richards William Ayliffe W A Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-02-20
21432 Richards W C Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-28
21433 Richards William Charles W C Private South African Medical Corps 3rd Field Ambulance 1916-12-10
41069 Richards John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Railways and Harbours 1915-05-01
21434 Richardson Archibald Buchanan A B Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
21436 Richardson Charles Colenso C C Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-09
21437 Richardson Charles Gordon C G Lieutenant South African Air Force 30 Squadron 1945-03-14
21438 Richardson Charles Hammond C H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
21439 Richardson Edwin Gordon E G Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-09
21440 Richardson Gordon Haig G H Lieutenant South African Air Force 15 Squadron 1945-04-27
21441 Richardson George James G J Sergeant South African Corps of Signals Signal Coy. 1916-02-02
21442 Richardson John J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-01-06
21444 Richardson John Haviland Sperrin J H S Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 12th Regt. 1916-03-19
21446 Richardson John Samuel J S Private South African Railway Services Railway Regt. 1916-08-24
21447 Richardson Langford Russell L R Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1943-04-23
21448 Richardson Meryl M Air Woman Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.) 1944-02-28
21449 Richardson Olgar Donovan O D Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1919-11-03
21450 Richardson Oswald Edmund John O E J Sergeant South African Corps of Signals 1943-11-20
21451 Richardson Ronald Peter R P Able Seaman South African Navy H.M.S. Hermes 1942-04-09
21452 Richardson Ernest Henry E H Lieutenant South African Native Labour Corps 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
21453 Richardson Stuart Victor S V Lieutenant South African Air Force 72 (r.a.f.) 1944-03-27
21454 Richardson William Charles W C Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-08-29
21455 Richardson Walter Robert W R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1917-09-27
21456 Richay Francis F Batman South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-10
21457 Richburn Derek D Private South African Medical Corps 11 Field Amb. 1941-11-23
21458 Riches Charles Huggett C H Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-02-10
21459 Richmond Frederick Ewald F E Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 74th Siege Bty. 1916-11-20
21460 Richmond Rex Frank R F Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1945-04-17
21461 Richter Johan Friederich J F Lieutenant First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1945-05-11
21462 Richter Johan Heinrich J H Burgher Mounted Commandos Brand's Column 1914-11-22
32684 Richter Cornelius Maritz C M Private Special Service Battalion att 2 Battery, SAFA 1934-06-15
21463 Rickard Alfred A Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1917-07-20
21464 Rickert David D Gunner Cape Corps 1942-09-04
21465 Rickert Hendrik Johannes H J Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 2 Field Provost Coy. 1942-05-10
21466 Rickert Johannes Michael J M Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 2 Field Provost Coy. 1942-10-24
21468 Ricketts John J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-02-01
21469 Ricketts Stephen S Private Indian and Malay Corps 1946-02-12
21470 Ricklan D Gunner South African Artillery 1940-11-03
21472 Rickman Stuart Andrew S A Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-14
21473 Ricks Joseph Harvey J H Lance Corporal Indian and Malay Corps 1944-09-01
21474 Ricono Martin M Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Bn. South African Labour Corps 1917-03-05
21475 Riddell Arthur James A J Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1917-03-04
21476 Riddle John J Private 10th Infantry (Witwatersrand Rifles) 1920-05-02
21477 Riddles Johnnie J Lance Corporal Cape Corps 1946-06-14
21478 Riddoch Kenneth K Lieutenant South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-04-07
21479 Rider Charles Geoffrey C G Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1916-05-13
21480 Riders Booi B Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1916-12-08
21481 Ridgard Frederick Arthur F A Sergeant Technical Service Corps 1942-04-21
21482 Ridge Leonard George Savory L G S Corporal South African Engineer Corps 38 Railway Construction Coy. 1945-08-02