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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) 405 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,809 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,874 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,041 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 167 UK — British forces 4,095 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 24,809 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
28772 Wood Herbert Walter James H W J Private 11th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-02
28773 Wood James J Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-05-05
28774 Wood John Buckley J B Private 2nd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-15
28777 Wood John Henry J H Private 2nd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-12
28778 Wood John William J W Corporal South African Medical Corps (Corps) 4th Field Ambulance 1917-12-19
28779 Wood John William J W Private South African Infantry Corps (Corps) Depot 1919-04-13
28780 Wood Kenneth John K J Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1947-11-09
28781 Wood Loxley Delville L D Lieutenant 2 Squadron 1941-12-02
28782 Wood Mark M Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1st Field Amb. 1914-12-28
28783 Wood Maurice Jasper M J Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-12-05
28785 Wood R A Corporal Q Service Corps (Corps) 1940-11-04
28786 Wood Robert Alexander R A Lieutenant South African Instructional Corps (Corps) 1942-07-18
28787 Wood Robert Bruce R B Private 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1918-04-17
28788 Wood Robert William R W Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1940-10-20
28789 Wood Walter W Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-24
28790 Wood Wilfred Dudley W D Second Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 71 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-01-09
28791 Wood William Frederick W F Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-09-20
28792 Wood Wilfred George W G Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-12-22
28793 Wood W J Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1947-12-13
28794 Wood William John W J Private 4th South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1917-09-20
28795 Wood William Lewis W L Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1941-12-11
28797 Wood Walter Vivian W V Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
28800 Woodborne William Henry W H Corporal 4th South African Infantry 1917-08-19
28801 Woodburn Edward Turner E T Private 3rd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-16
28802 Woodbury Cecil James C J Lance Corporal Prince Alfred's Guard 1945-10-07
28803 Woodbush Crosley Henry C H Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
28804 Woodcock John Leonard Treeve J L T Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-07-26
28805 Woodford Patrick Albert P A Staff Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1943-12-06
28806 Woodford Thomas George Filmes T G F Sergeant South African Artillery (Corps) 2 Heavy Bty. 1946-02-13
28807 Woodger Frederick Neville F N Sergeant 3rd South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-10-18
28808 Woodhead Gordon Spivey G S Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-04-12
28809 Woodhead Harry H Major 1st South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-19
28813 Woodmal Willie W Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-29
28814 Woodroffe Leslie Nicholas L N Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-04-22
28816 Woodrow Edwin Christopher Angelo E C A Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-04-12
28817 Woods Ben Nevis B N Warrant Officer Class II 31 Squadron 1944-08-15
28818 Woods Colin Roy C R Flight Sergeant 21 Squadron 1943-05-06
28819 Woods Frederick John F J Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1918-10-25
28820 Woods G C Private Transvaal Scottish 1942-11-03
28821 Woods Henry Michael H M Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles 1st 1942-06-09
28822 Woods James J Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-10-09
28823 Woods John Edward J E Lance Corporal South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 6th S.A. Armd. Div. Sigs. 1945-03-27
28826 Woods Thomas T Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1919-05-02
28827 Woods William W Corporal Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-15
28828 Woods William Charles Stanley W C S Lance Corporal First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-11-26
28830 Woodside F C Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1946-07-10
41104 Woodward Harry Herbert Hans H H H Head Constable South African Mounted Rifles 3rd Regiment 1918-05-21
28832 Woodworth Frank F Private Cape Corps 1943-10-15
28833 Woof Samuel James Bertini S J B Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-10-24
28834 Woolcot Albert Henry A H Private 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-18