1st Transvaal Scottish served in German South-West Africa with Beves’s 1st Infantry Brigade (Whittall). Source: Whittall, With Botha and Smuts in Africa (1917/2009).
Wikipedia| Formation | Type | Relationship | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 Motorised Brigade | Brigade | organic | |
| army-oob:g11 | |||
| German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units | Category | organic | |
| army-oob:g15 | |||
| 1st South African Infantry Brigade | Brigade | organic | 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31 |
| South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades). | |||
| 5th South African Infantry Brigade | Brigade | organic | 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31 |
| South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades). | |||
| Dates | Force | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902-01-01 | Infantry | Active Citizen Force (Reserve) | |
| Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found. Source | |||
221 on the roll
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Force | Regiment | Corps | Unit | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27162 | Van Zyl | J F | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-08-03 | |
| 27194 | Varkevisser | Douglas Haig | D H | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1942-08-16 | |
| 27325 | Vickers | J J C | Sergeant | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-12-13 | |
| 27350 | Viljoen | D J P | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 8th Bn. 3rd | 1941-11-22 | |
| 27447 | Visser | S J P | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1942-04-06 | |
| 27513 | Vreede | Cornelius Hudson | C H | Lance Corporal | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 2nd Bn. | 1942-01-11 |
| 27681 | Walters | Henry Joseph | H J | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 2nd Bn. | 1944-02-10 |
| 27720 | Ward | Wilfred Charles Fredrick | W C F | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1941-11-22 |
| 27727 | Warden | Reginald Quinton | R Q | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-07-27 |
| 27790 | Wassermann | Johannes Petrus Calvyn | J P C | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1941-11-23 |
| 27842 | Watson | Douglas J | D J | Corporal | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1941-11-22 |
| 27871 | Watt | Ashley | A | Captain | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-02-08 |
| 27888 | Watterson | William Andrew | W A | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-05-07 |
| 27951 | Webster | Bertie | B | Sergeant | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 2nd Bn. | 1941-11-23 |
| 28100 | Wesson | Aubrey George | A G | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1940-11-05 | |
| 28130 | Weyl | Franz Wilhelm | F W | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1941-11-23 |
| 28175 | Whitaker | J B | Corporal | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-11-28 | |
| 28667 | Wimble | Percy Skelton | P S | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 2nd Bn. | 1942-11-14 |
| 28754 | Wolmarans | John Ronald Frank | J R F | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1st Bn. | 1942-10-24 |
| 28820 | Woods | G C | Private | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 1942-11-03 | ||
| 28975 | Yates | Bernard Frederick | B F | Corporal | UDF | Transvaal Scottish | South African Infantry Corps | 3rd Bn. | 1941-11-22 |