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Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles

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62 records in this database
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Formation Type Relationship Dates
German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units Category organic
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1st South African Infantry Brigade Brigade organic 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31
South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades).

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1855-11-28 Infantry Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Formed 28 November 1855 as the Cape Rifle Corps, the first volunteer unit in the Cape Colony -- predates the Union Defence Force's 1913 Active Citizen Force / Regular Force system entirely. Transferred into the Active Citizen Force in 1913; later Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, then Cape Town Rifles (1961); renamed Chief Langalibalele Rifles 2019. Source

Personnel

62 on the roll across 2 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (62) Union Defence Force (61) South African Defence Force (1)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
24014 Stassen Breamie Charles B C Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
24280 Stone Harry William John H W J Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-06-24
24836 Taylor Johannes J Lieutenant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
25438 Traut John Nicholas J N Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-08
27343 Viljoen Benjamin Johannes (bennie) B J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-26
27659 Walsh Joseph Ignatius J I Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-01-18
28119 Weston Eric George Bagley E G B Warrant Officer Class II UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
28150 Wheeler Charles Walter Frederick C W F Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-11-28
28497 Williams Mervyn M Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
33897 Wolff Norman Charles N C Corporal SADF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1960-03-18
28780 Wood Kenneth John K J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1947-11-09
28862 Wrensch Henry Lionel John H L J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-26