Heidelberg Commando

Commando

136 records in this database

Heidelberg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.

Transvaal Boer commando (Cmdt S.P. Buys) on Botha’s line from Rooikop to the Langverwachtspruit in the final phase of Thukela Heights (27 February 1900). Source: Gillings, Ken. While They Kept The Flag Flying: The Relief of Ladysmith — The Battle of the Thukela Heights, 12th to 28th February 1900. 2nd ed. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-920315-80-1).

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
Group 16	Group Command	organic	1980-01-01 – 2008-03-31
SADF Commando System: commandos reported to this numbered Group Command (late-1980s structure as published).
General Support Base Johannesburg	GSB	attached	2005-01-01 – 2008-03-31
Commando affiliation to the Group’s SANDF General Support Base (2005 restructuring).

Personnel

136 on the roll across 3 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (136) Boer forces (132) Union Defence Force (3) Rhodesian Security Forces (1)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Date of Death
46098	Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen	H.l.	H	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-12-24
46027	Kamfer	Willem J. C.	W J C	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-03-29
45972	Koen	Izaak Stefanus	I S	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1902-04-18
45931	Kriegler	Johannes Christiaan Cmdt	J C C	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-06-09
45924	Kriel	Karel F. Jnr.	K F J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1899-11-02
45905	Kruger	Carel David	C D	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-02-06
45901	Kruger	Frans Stefanus (johannes)	F S (	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1902-01-29
45862	Labuschagne	Christiaan J.	C J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-02-06
45859	Labuschagne	Frans Johannes	F J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-11-23
45852	Labuschagne	Jan P L	J P L	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-02-06
45854	Labuschagne	Johannes Theodorus	J T	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-05-17
45855	Labuschagne	Johannesh.b.l.	J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		Unknown
45839	Landsberg	Johannes	J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-12-21
45820	Le Roux	Johannes Petrus Godfried	J P G	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-16
45770	Liversage	George Edward Samuel	G E S	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
45761	Lomba(a)rd	Barend Jacobus ( B.sn)	B J ( B	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		Unknown
45745	Lombaard	Pieter Johannes Pzn.	P J P	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-07-14
45732	Lottering	Jacobus Arnoldus	J A	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-22
45734	Lottering	Jacobus Smit	J S	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-22
47700	Malan	Wynand Johannes	W J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
47681	Marais	Jeremia Jesaja	J J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
47676	Marais	Sarel J. G. P.	S J G P	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-09-09
47677	Marais	Sarel Johannes Jnr.	S J J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
47673	Marais	Willem Andries Stephanus	W A S	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-24
47666	Mare	Mias	M	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
47642	Martin	Carl Friedrich	C F	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-12-28
45674	Meyer	Daniel Nicolaas	D N	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-24
45668	Meyer	M	M	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
45601	Mulder	Hendrik ( M.sn)	H ( M	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-24
45599	Mulder	Johannes Hendrik	J H	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-24
45592	Mulder	Samuel Pterus Marthinus	S P M	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-05-21
45571	Muller	Wynand Frederik L	W F L	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
45509	Nel	Jan J.	J J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		Unknown
43696	Nienhuis			Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
18923	Nolte	John Edward	J E	Captain	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-10-26
45413	Oosterhuis	Martinus	M	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-03-05
45211	Pretorius	Jan Lodewyk	J L	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1902-06-04
45225	Pretorius	Jan Lodewyk	J L	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1902-06-04
45184	Prinsloo	Francois Abraham	F A	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-19
45161	Putter	Willem	W	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1899-10-20
45096	Ritters	Willem Johannes	W J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-12
45058	Roos	Petrus G.	P G	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-23
45071	Roos	Petrus Gysbertus	P G	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-02-03
45015	Russell	Benjamin Henry	B H	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1899-11-16
44913	Slabbert	Daniel Jordaan	D J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-01-06
44866	Smit	Jacobus A.	J A	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-03-26
44822	Snyman	J.j.	J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-08-23
44803	Spruyt	Cornelis Johannes General	C J G	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-06-20
44800	Spruyt	Johannes Adam J	J A J	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1900-07-21
44805	Spruyt	Okkert Wilhelmus	O W	Burgher	BOER	Boer Forces		1901-02-06