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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
4728 Cross Matthew Henry M H Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-10-18
4729 Cross Roland R Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-10-25
4730 Cross Roderick David R D Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-03-11
4731 Cross Raymond G R G Sergeant General Service Corps 1942-10-03
4733 Cross William Herbert W H Driver South African Mounted Rifles 1st Permanent Bty. 1914-09-26
4721 Crosoer Reginald Lionel R L Captain Royal Durban Light Infantry 1942-06-21
4720 Crosley Robert Errington R E Warrant Officer Class II South African Engineer Corps 1941-05-11
4719 Croshaw Arthur Herbert A H Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-09-18
4718 Crosby Nicholas Frederick N F Lieutenant South African Air Force 23 Squadron 1945-01-09
4717 Crosbie Robert R Staff Sergeant Q Service Corps 1946-07-01
4716 Cropper Thomas T Private South African Native Labour Corps East Africa Pioneer Corps 1917-07-06
4715 Croon Frank F Trooper 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) "D" Squadron 1914-09-27
4714 Crookes Frank Leslie F L Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st 1942-10-13
4712 Cronning Bartholemew Peter B P Burgher Mounted Commandos Geyser's Commando 1914-11-08
4699 Cronje Andrew A Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-09
4700 Cronje Abraham Marthinus A M Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1945-04-15
4701 Cronje Abraham Phillippus Johannes A P J Sergeant South African Corps of Military Police Tempe 1942-12-03
4702 Cronje Christiaan Andries Johannes C A J Private Field Force Battalion 1/2 1941-12-23
4703 Cronje Dirk Cornelius D C Rifleman Mounted Regiment 2nd 1942-02-11
4704 Cronje Frederick Jonas F J Private Central Army Training Depot 1943-02-06
4705 Cronje H J Private Cape Corps 1945-01-23
4706 Cronje Jan Abraham J A Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-03-09
4707 Cronje J P M Bombardier South African Artillery 1944-07-24
4708 Cronje L N Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 1944-09-27
4709 Cronje S I Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 43 Air School 1943-03-31
4710 Cronje Tool T Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Transport and Remounts 1916-11-05
4711 Cronje William Hendrick W H Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st 1941-02-14
4697 Cronin Gerald Patrick G P Lieutenant South African Air Force 28 Squadron 1944-12-21
4698 Cronin Patrick P Lieutenant South African Air Force 26 Squadron 1944-02-03
4694 Crompton Fred F Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-04-09
31161 Cromhout Coenraad Cornelius C C Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1924-08-20
4690 Crofts Charles Dymock C D Captain South African Intelligence Corps 1944-07-02
4689 Crofton Frederick Percival F P Corporal South African Infantry Corps 12th Regt. 1916-03-19
4686 Croft Charles John Wanley C J W Lieutenant South African Artillery 7 Field Regt. 1942-01-23
4687 Croft Ernest John E J Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1919-12-23
4688 Croft Harry H Corporal Q Service Corps 1940-12-04
4685 Crocombe Francis F Private South African Pioneers 1917-07-30
4682 Crockett Harry H Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20
4683 Crockett John J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
4684 Crockett Wilfred Gordon W G Captain Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1942-06-07
4681 Crocker Henry Robert H R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-05-12
4677 Crisp Ronald Leslie R L Lieutenant South African Air Force 1947-04-17
29873 Crisp Charles Augustus Peter C A P Captain South African Air Force 17 Squadron 1957-03-08
4676 Cripps Bernard B Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
4675 Crinall Frederick John F J Private Rand Light Infantry 1944-06-06
4674 Cridlan Ernest Joseph E J Sapper South African Pioneers 1919-06-05
4673 Crichton Cyrus Everard C E Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1917-11-16
4672 Crib B C Driver South African Service Corps 1914-08-04
4671 Crews Frank F Colour Sergeant 10th Infantry (Witwatersrand Rifles) 1915-06-13
4670 Crewe John Percy J P Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-04-10