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Cape Town Highlanders

Regiment

Name history

  • Cape Town Highlanders (until 1943) — this name
  • First City/Cape Town Highlanders (from 1943)
    Wartime "marriage" with First City Regiment; served as First City/Cape Town Highlanders in 6 SA Armoured Division, Italy.
66 records in this database
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Formation Type Relationship Dates
71 Motorised Brigade Brigade organic
army-oob:g11
German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units Category organic
army-oob:g15
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Mechanised Infantry — Reserve Category organic
army-oob:infantry
8th South African Infantry Brigade Brigade organic 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31
South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades).
71 Motorised Brigade Brigade organic 1974-08-01 – 1991-12-31
Founding constituent of 71 Motorised Brigade (Western Province Command) at its formation 1 Aug 1974; brigade ceased to exist 31 Dec 1991, folded into the new 9 SA Division.

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1913-01-01 – 1957-10-31 UDF Infantry Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913. Source

Personnel

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
418 Altree George Cecil G C Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-11
665 Armstrong Douglas Walter D W Private Cape Town Highlanders 1941-04-10
1066 Barbier Alexander Norman A N Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-12
1432 Beckwith Robert Emmerson R E Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
1944 Blight Alexander Richard A R Sergeant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-05-10
2890 Brunton Keith Jack K J Second Lieutenant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
3098 Burrough Richard Michael R M Sergeant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-03-21
3845 Cilliers John Leslie J L Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-14
4071 Cobb Harold Ernest H E Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
4301 Colman William John W J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-11
4455 Cooper Henry Patrick H P Private Cape Town Highlanders 1946-08-27
4498 Cormack Donald Gray D G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
5332 De Kock John Stone De Chatillon J S D C Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
5423 De Villiers Johan Joubert J J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-14
5680 Dickman Robert Louis R L Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-11
8377 Goodman Max M Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
8544 Graham James Gray J G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-12-19
8577 Grant Joseph Henry J H Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
8908 Gunn Ivan I Lieutenant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-27
8947 Haarhoff George Douglas G D Private Cape Town Highlanders 1943-04-09
9524 Haylett Henry John H J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-12
10197 Honey Charles Richard C R Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-14
10275 Horne Kelvin Dennis K D Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-14
10285 Horne William Leonard George W L G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
10647 Immelman Gysbertus Christiaan G C Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
12092 Kessell William Alfred W A Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-26
13406 Less William W Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
13703 Llewellyn William Joseph W J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
13896 Lourens Matthys Johannes M J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1941-07-18
13926 Louw Schalk Willem S W Private Cape Town Highlanders 1943-11-21
14277 MacKay William Murdock W M Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-13
14990 Manthey Raymond Gordon Bernard R G B Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-02-19
15215 Marsh Stephen John Robert S J R Private Cape Town Highlanders 1941-09-28
15218 Marshall Alan Ronald A R Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1943-01-29
15703 May Stephen S Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-15
16189 McMEEKING Douglas Robert Thomas D R T Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-28
31865 Meredich James J Private Cape Town Highlanders Regiment Bloemspruit 1923-08-06
16734 Milward Ivor George I G Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-07
16787 Mitchell Leonard John L J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-01-13
18000 Mullin Raymond Joseph R J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-16
18345 Nathan Gordon James G J Private Cape Town Highlanders 1943-01-28
18782 Niddrie Malcolm Allister M A Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-06-15
19273 Ogden Charles George Rodwell C G R Staff Sergeant Cape Town Highlanders 1941-11-26
19443 Orffer Johannes Francois J F Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
19454 Ornellas Gabriel G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-11-01
19772 Patterson Douglas Alexander D A Lieutenant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-05-29
20172 Phillips Godfrey Roland G R Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-28
20257 Pienaar Pierre Yuart P Y Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
20300 Pietersen Dennis Henry Charles D H C Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
20655 Pretorius Henry (hendrik Marthinus) H Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders 1947-01-06