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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 3,692 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
29172 Zwizayi Corporal Rhodesian African Rifles 1st Bn. 1945-05-05
29160 Zwane M Private African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.) 1945-03-02
29151 Zuwa Lance Corporal Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-10-22
29119 Ziyayi Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-10-23
29118 Ziwurawa Private Rhodesian African Rifles 1946-03-25
29115 Zisanduka Zulu Z Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1943-10-04
29112 Zinsi or ZINZI O Z Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1917-07-27
29105 Zinchetera or ZINCHETERE O Z Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1917-01-29
29097 Zilole Sergeant Rhodesian African Rifles 1944-06-04
29098 Zilole Kaunda K Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1944-07-19
29095 Zilde Sergeant Rhodesia Native Regiment 1916-11-10
29085 Ziboli or ZILOLI O Z Corporal Rhodesia Native Regiment 1916-11-10
29065 Zeederberg Eric E Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 20th Bn. 1916-07-20
29064 Zawake Private Rhodesian African Rifles 1945-06-04
29063 Zauwa Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-06-16
41292 Zaranyika Maboko F Rifleman Rhodesia Regiment 6th Battalion 1950-01-01
29059 Zanda Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-10-28
29053 Zakwawanga Phiri P Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 4th Bn. 1941-06-16
29045 Zachariades Nicolas K N K Sergeant Corps of Military Police 1942-05-29
29149 ZUNZE or ZUNZI or ZUZE Roman R Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-12-09
29043 Yzeroni Isaac I Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 4th Bn. 1944-06-07
29041 Yusufu Chanda C Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 3rd Bn. 1945-04-23
29020 Young James Alexander J A Company Quartermaster Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1st Bn. 1914-11-06
29030 Young Stanley Ryder S R Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 44 Squadron (RAF) 1942-11-23
29033 Young William John W J Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 50 Squadron (RAF) 1941-12-15
29007 Yotam Corporal Rhodesian African Rifles 1945-07-08
29005 Yorke James Hamilton Langdon J H L Captain Welsh Regiment 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Bn. 1917-12-27
29006 Yorke Peter P Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 44 Squadron (RAF) 1944-12-04
28998 Yohanson Siame S Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1942-08-10
28995 Yohane Labourer Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1943-12-21
28996 Yohane Labourer Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1944-09-07
28997 Yohane Karoga K Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1944-12-25
28993 Yesaya Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-12-10
28992 Yeremiya Kamanga K Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 4th Bn. 1944-02-20
28987 Yell Reuben Harold R H Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 16th Squadron 1918-03-09
28979 Yeardley John Richard J R Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1947-10-16
28978 Yeaman Tom Moyes T M Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Bn. 1915-05-09
28974 Yates Allen Avison A A Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Bn. 1917-03-08
28977 Yates Walter Charles W C Lieutenant Royal Navy H.M.S. "Hyacinth" 1918-08-29
28970 Yalikani Moyo M Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1939-10-30
28967 Yago Jack J Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-12-12
28947 Wynne Arnold A Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Bn. 1917-04-09
28948 Wynne Bertie Vincent B V Marine Royal Marines H.M.S. Cornwall 1941-08-02
28938 Wylly Edward Vesey E V Lieutenant King's African Rifles 2nd/3rd 1918-01-17
28930 Wylde Thomas Edgar T E Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 11th Squadron 1917-06-27
33910 Wyche Peter Cyrill P C Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force RAF Bassingbourn 1954-06-24
28926 Wyatt-Smith Hugh Hargreave H H Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 2nd/28th Bn. 1916-02-17
28927 Wyatt-Smith John Drummond J D Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 28th Squadron 1918-03-17
28919 Wrigley Leonard Gordon L G Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 2nd/9th Bn. 1917-10-09
28866 Wright Archie E A E Lance Bombardier Southern Rhodesia Artillery 4 (Rhodesia) Anti-Tank Bty. 1941-01-16

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/listPeopleForce.php?dir=desc&force=UK&pdf=1

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