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British 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 24,793 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
UK 4,055 records

British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, and British colonial African regiments administered as Imperial forces (King's African Rifles, Northern Rhodesia Regiment, Rhodesia Native Regiment, wartime Southern Rhodesian units before the Rhodesian Security Forces). Not used for South African or Bush War Rhodesian records.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
27006 Van Ryneveld John Percival J P Lieutenant Royal Air Force 63rd Training Squadron 1918-06-02
27016 Van Schalkwyk Nicholas Christoffel N C Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 1st Bn. 1940-05-29
27040 Van Staden Laurens Jacobus L J Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 33 Squadron (RAF) 1918-04-26
27060 Van Tromp Henry H Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 22nd Bn. 1916-05-24
27061 Van Velden Cornelius Johannes Hugo C J H Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force Repatriation Camp 1919-02-24
27150 Van Zyl David Isak Stephanus D I S Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy H.M.S. Dorsetshire 1942-04-05
27191 Van Zyl Henry Charles Devine H C D Sergeant Rhodesia Regiment 1943-04-29
27180 Vandenberg Fredrick Alfred F A Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 22nd Training Squadron 1918-05-20
27193 Vardy Wilfred Duff W D Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 13th Bn. 1916-11-23
27203 Vaughan Harold John H J Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Bn. 1916-06-08
27219 Veldsman Johannes Jacobus J J Sergeant Royal Air Force 101 Squadron (RAF) 1943-04-28
27230 Venables Harold John H J Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Bn. 1919-02-22
40526 Vengayi William W Soldier Army Service Corps Depot 1970-12-19
27257 Venter Peter Johannes P J Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 44 Squadron (RAF) 1942-04-17
33704 Veres Elemer Laszlo E L Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy HMS Fulmar 1958-02-03
27299 Verney James Way J W Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 220 Squadron 1943-06-14
27300 Vernon Evelyn Hardoph Harcourt E H H Private Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Bn. 1915-06-05
27302 Vernon Sydney Colin S C Gunner Royal Artillery 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. 1942-11-01
27303 Vernon-Inkpen Robert Cecil R C Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 27th Reserve Squadron 1916-10-21
27308 Versfeld Vernon Ferris V F Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 190th Bde. 1918-04-02
27326 Vickers Noel N Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn. 1918-03-24
27328 Vickers Paul Vernon De Villiers P V D V Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 83 Squadron 1944-01-20
27337 Vigers Arthur A Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn. 1918-09-02
27340 Vilana Ngeklewi N Private African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.) 1993 (Swazi) Coy. 1944-11-06
27380 Vincent Eustace Spencer E S Private Border Regiment 2nd Bn. 1916-05-06
27382 Vincent Frank Stephen F S Leading Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. "Hyacinth" 1916-04-11
27391 Vine Francis John F J Sergeant Gordon Highlanders 2nd/4th Bn. 1917-10-19
27394 Viner-Johnson Percy Joseph Viner P J V Captain Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Bn. 1915-03-12
27395 Viney Taunton Alexander T A Captain Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 3rd 1943-04-08
27396 Viney Taunton Elliott T E Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service 5th Wing 1916-05-21
27400 Vintcent Charles Aubrey C A Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 4th Bn. 1915-04-13
27403 Viri Phiri P Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1943-07-03
27416 Visagie James Peter J P Sapper Royal Engineers 56 Field Coy. 1940-10-12
33751 Visagie Victor E V E Corporal Special Air Service 22nd Battalion South Rhodesia Far East Volunteer Unit 1952-04-23
27424 Visick Harold Courtney H C Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn. 1916-08-31
33760 Visser Willem Robert W R Acting Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 1956-05-18
27451 Vivian Edward Douglas E D Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 50 Squadron (RAF) 1941-07-12
41471 Vivian Henry Warren H W Able Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Neptune 1941-12-19
27500 Vorster William Lennox W L Lieutenant Royal Air Force 139th Squadron 1918-07-23
27527 Wachekwa Private Rhodesian African Rifles 1st Bn. 1944-10-24
27528 Wackrill Cyril Dunbar C D Company Quartermaster Serjeant Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1941-04-16
27529 Waddell John J Private Cameron Highlanders 5th Bn. 1916-04-29
27533 Wade Laurie L Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.m.m.g.b. 91. 1942-09-11
27535 Wadlow Harold H Major Royal Garrison Artillery 109th Siege Bty. 1916-07-24
27549 Wahl Mathew Daniel M D Major Royal Garrison Artillery 294th Siege Bty. 1917-06-21
27550 Wain Arthur A Sergeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st Bn. 1915-03-12
27556 Waite Richard R Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy H.M.S. Afrikander 1940-01-13
27560 Wakefield Sydney Baker S B Staff Sergeant East African Pay Corps 1918-01-04
27572 Walenn James Bernard J B Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 31 Squadron (RAF) 1943-01-03
27581 Walker Albert Victor A V Lieutenant Royal Engineers 53 Gen. Constr. Field Coy. 1941-11-21