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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
6507 Egan Patrick Desmond P D Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1942-07-18
6502 Edyvean Ernest John E J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-28
6503 Edyvean Joseph Edward J E Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-28
6457 Edwards Alexander Drennan A D Lieutenant South African Corps of Signals 1941-08-31
6459 Edwards Arthur Oswald A O Private South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1917-07-21
6460 Edwards Arthur Travers A T Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-10-31
6461 Edwards Ardale Valentine Ernest A V E Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-20
6463 Edwards Bertie Clifford B C Sergeant South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-09-13
6464 Edwards Chatepi C Lance Corporal Indian and Malay Corps 1941-12-09
6465 Edwards Charles Henry C H Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-10-16
6466 Edwards Cecil King C K Corporal South African Heavy Artillery 125th Siege Bty. 1917-04-23
6467 Edwards Francis Cecil F C Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-10-13
6468 Edwards Frederick Curtain F C Honorary Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-09-12
6473 Edwards George Gray G G Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-14
6474 Edwards Gordon Hilton G H Captain South African Air Force 112 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1945-07-26
6476 Edwards Harold H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
6477 Edwards Harry H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-15
6478 Edwards Henry Braham H B Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
6479 Edwards Herbert Frederick H F Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1916-06-17
6480 Edwards Harold Hughes H H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-08
6482 Edwards John J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-04-22
6483 Edwards John J Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-10
6485 Edwards John Henry J H Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1942-01-07
6486 Edwards Louis L Private Cape Corps 1941-10-16
6487 Edwards Llewellyn Elijah L E Trooper South African Armoured Corps 1943-09-03
6488 Edwards Lawrence Lyon L L Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 21 Tunnelling Coy. 1944-05-21
6490 Edwards Norman N Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
6491 Edwards Percy Thomas P T Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-04-11
6492 Edwards Roger R Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 31 Flt 1941-12-22
6493 Edwards Ronald Ellis R E Ordinary Seaman South African Navy H.M.S. Gloucester 1941-05-22
6494 Edwards Richard George R G Air Mechanic South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1941-01-08
6495 Edwards Reginald Woodrow R W Corporal Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1942-11-15
6496 Edwards William W Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-11-30
6499 Edwards William Thomas W T Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1940-10-13
6500 Edwards William Thomas W T Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-08
6455 Edwardes Noel Frederick N F Signaller South African Corps of Signals 1942-08-21
6452 Edries Ismail I Private Indian and Malay Corps 1946-04-14
6448 Edmunds Henry H Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1917-07-19
6449 Edmunds John Percival J P Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
6446 Edmonstone Francis Nairne F N Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1944-08-14
6447 Edmonstone Robert Owen R O Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20
6444 Edmonds Peter Craddick P C Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles 1942-06-07
6445 Edmonds Reginald Lewis R L Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-04-11
6441 Edmond James Chalmers J C Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
6438 Edmeades Constance Alexandra C A Nursing Sister South African Military Nursing Service 1918-10-17
6439 Edmeades Ernest Richard Penvil E R P Sergeant South African Medical Corps South African Air Force 1945-06-07
6435 Edkins Ernest Clifford E C Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 24 Squadron 1943-04-25
6436 Edkins Vernon Jeffery V J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-14
6432 Edge Albert Edward A E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
6427 Edgar Donald Anderson D A Company Quartermaster Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-05-30