Union Defence Force

UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,717 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
21478	Riddoch	Kenneth	K	Lieutenant		72 Operational Training Unit RAF	1942-04-07
21477	Riddles	Johnnie	J	Lance Corporal			1946-06-14
21475	Riddell	Arthur James	A J	Private		5th Regt.	1917-03-04
21474	Ricono	Martin	M	Captain	Royal Army Medical Corps	5th Bn. South African Labour Corps	1917-03-05
21473	Ricks	Joseph Harvey	J H	Lance Corporal			1944-09-01
21472	Rickman	Stuart Andrew	S A	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-10-14
21470	Ricklan		D	Gunner			1940-11-03
21469	Ricketts	Stephen	S	Private			1946-02-12
21464	Rickert	David	D	Gunner			1942-09-04
21465	Rickert	Hendrik Johannes	H J	Corporal		2 Field Provost Coy.	1942-05-10
21466	Rickert	Johannes Michael	J M	Corporal		2 Field Provost Coy.	1942-10-24
21463	Rickard	Alfred	A	Private		8th Regt.	1917-07-20
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
21460	Richmond	Rex Frank	R F	Private	Royal Durban Light Infantry		1945-04-17
21458	Riches	Charles Huggett	C H	Private		1st Regt.	1917-02-10
21457	Richburn	Derek	D	Private		11 Field Amb.	1941-11-23
21456	Richay	Francis	F	Batman			1917-04-10
21434	Richardson	Archibald Buchanan	A B	Lance Corporal		7th Regt.	1916-02-12
21436	Richardson	Charles Colenso	C C	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-10-09
21437	Richardson	Charles Gordon	C G	Lieutenant		30 Sqdn.	1945-03-14
21438	Richardson	Charles Hammond	C H	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-07-18
21439	Richardson	Edwin Gordon	E G	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-10-09
21440	Richardson	Gordon Haig	G H	Lieutenant		15 Sqdn.	1945-04-27
21441	Richardson	George James	G J	Sergeant		Signal Coy.	1916-02-02
21442	Richardson	John	J	Private		4th Regt.	1917-01-06
21444	Richardson	John Haviland Sperrin	J H S	Sergeant		12th Regt.	1916-03-19
21447	Richardson	Langford Russell	L R	Second Lieutenant			1943-04-23
21449	Richardson	Olgar Donovan	O D	Private		2nd Regt.	1919-11-03
21450	Richardson	Oswald Edmund John	O E J	Sergeant			1943-11-20
21451	Richardson	Ronald Peter	R P	Able Seaman		H.M.S. Hermes	1942-04-09
21452	Richardson	Ernest Henry	E H	Lieutenant		5th Bn.	1917-02-21
21453	Richardson	Stuart Victor	S V	Lieutenant		72 (r.a.f.)	1944-03-27
21454	Richardson	William Charles	W C	Private		1st Regt.	1918-08-29
21455	Richardson	Walter Robert	W R	Driver		M.t.	1917-09-27
21414	Richards	Arthur S	A S	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-10-18
21415	Richards	Charles	C	Private		8th Regt.	1917-07-19
21416	Richards	Clifford Joseph	C J	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-09-18
21417	Richards	Edwin Brindley	E B	Private		1st Regt.	1916-10-18
21418	Richards		E C	Second Lieutenant		15 Sqdn.	1945-02-19
21420	Richards	Gerald Hilary	G H	Captain	Royal Natal Carbineers		1944-09-04
21422	Richards	Henry Pringle	H P	Private		4th Regt.	1917-09-18
21423	Richards	John	J	Sergeant		Animal Transport	1916-07-07
21425	Richards	Philip Charles	P C	Lieutenant		9th Regt.	1917-02-12
21426	Richards	Thomas	T	Corporal			1943-10-15
21428	Richards	Trevor Edward	T E	Private	Natal Mounted Rifles	1st	1944-11-23
21429	Richards	Thomas Henry	T H	Company Sergeant Major		3rd Regt.	1920-09-20
21430	Richards	Victor Charles	V C	Lieutenant		21 Sqdn.	1944-03-02
21431	Richards	William Ayliffe	W A	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-02-20