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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
21914 Rossouw Petrus Johannes Louw P J L Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1st Special Engineer Section 1918-12-18
21915 Rossouw T J Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1945-12-18
21901 Rosslind George Clarke G C Sapper South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service S.A. Rly. Overseas Dominion Section 1920-08-10
21898 Rosser Ernest James E J Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
21899 Rosser George Henry G H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-23
21897 Rosseinsky Leo L Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 1941-04-12
21854 Ross Alexander A Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1918-10-17
21855 Ross Alexander A Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1944-07-29
21857 Ross Bert Walter B W Private Regiment De la Rey 1940-10-07
21858 Ross Cecil Keith C K Lieutenant South African Air Force 76 Operational Training Unit RAF 1945-03-29
21859 Ross Cornelius C Private Cape Corps 1942-06-22
21860 Ross Cecil Steward C S Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-14
21861 Ross Donald D Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-20
21862 Ross David George Fraser D G F Gunner South African Field Artillery 1917-07-24
21863 Ross Donald James D J Air Sergeant South African Air Force 1941-08-13
21864 Ross Donald McMaster D M Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-10-20
21865 Ross David Schalk Ulundi D S U Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-25
21866 Ross F Private Indian and Malay Corps 1944-04-26
21868 Ross Francis McWilliam F M Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-09-12
21869 Ross Frederick Walton F W Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-18
21870 Ross Gert G Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1919-05-23
21872 Ross George Bremner G B Air Corporal South African Air Force 1944-08-25
21874 Ross George Herbert G H Corporal South African Horse 4th 1916-05-31
21875 Ross Gordon Redvers G R Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-12-07
21876 Ross Harold James White H J W Private Transvaal Scottish 1/3rd Bn. 1945-02-04
21877 Ross Henny Martin H M Private Cape Corps 2nd 1917-11-04
21878 Ross Hugh Noble H N Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-16
21879 Ross Ian I S Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1942-03-28
21880 Ross James J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-02-15
21881 Ross John J Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-04-09
21882 Ross Joseph Lewis J L Sergeant Cape Corps 1st 1918-09-21
21883 Ross JOHN McKENZIE J M Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
21884 Ross John Watson J W Captain South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1944-02-23
21886 Ross Margaret C M C Staff Sergeant Women's Auxiliary Army Services 1943-09-05
21887 Ross Montague Ellis M E Lieutenant Colonel South African Staff Corps 1946-11-16
21888 Ross Norman N Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1917-03-05
21889 Ross NORMAN McLEOD N M Lieutenant South African Air Force 40 Squadron 1942-04-16
21890 Ross Peter Storm P S Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
21891 Ross Kevin Edwin K E Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit 1944-03-30
21892 Ross Robert Pringle R P Stoker 2nd Class South African Navy H.M.S. Laconia 1942-10-01
21893 Ross Thomas Hesketh T H Captain South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-04-03
21894 Ross William Cargill W C Company Sergeant Major South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-23
21895 Ross William George Gordon W G G Sergeant South African Service Corps 1915-07-03
21896 Ross Walter Steele W S Private South African Medical Corps 11 Field Amb. 1941-10-25
32734 Ross Frederick Vasey Adams F V A Private Transvaal Scottish 8th Infantry 1922-03-13
32735 Ross George G Lieutenant Transvaal Scottish 8th Infantry 1922-03-10
32736 Ross Gordon Charles G C Air Sergeant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1951-03-06
21852 Roskrow William Thomas W T Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-04-09
21851 Roskilly Arthur Kemp A K Lieutenant South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-07-08
21850 Rosier Isaac I Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st 1941-12-03