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	Date of Death
40610	Zamba	Godfrey	G	Guard	RSF	Guard Force	1979-09-23
43800	Wolmarans			Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-07
43855	Wernich			Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-11-19
43967	Viljoen	Henning Petrus Nicolaas	H P N	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-03-06
44032	Venter	Jan Louis	J L	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-05-03
44033	Venter	Johannes (john) Hendrik	J ( H	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-05-03
44425	Van der Westhuizen	David S.	D S	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-02-12
44423	Van der Westhuizen	Jan	J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-02-11
44419	Van der Westhuizen	Jasper C.p.	J C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-01-04
44421	Van der Westhuizen	Johannes Petrus	J P	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-02-11
44417	Van der Westhuizen	Mathys Andreas de Beer	M A B	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-09-22
44514	Van der Merwe	Gert	G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
44498	Van der Merwe	Hendrik Jozua	H J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-05-29
44524	Van der Kaay	Marthinus Schink	M S	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-10-21
44058	Van Zyl	Karel Nicolaas	K N	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-10-20
44095	Van Wyk	Johannes Hendrik	J H	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
44085	Van Wyk	Venter (s.v.)	V (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-24
44136	Van Vuuren	Hendrik Jacobus	H J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-27
44133	Van Vuuren	Hendrik W	H W	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
44179	Van Staden	David Andries	D A	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
44181	Van Schoor	Jacob	J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-12-15
44240	Van Rensburg	Matthys Jacobus Pretorius Janse	M J P J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-26
44323	Van Niekerk	Dirk (johannes)	D (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-12-26
44388	Van Eeden	Frederik J.f.	F J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-02-13
44383	Van Eeden	Philippus M.	P M	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-24
44589	Van As	Solomon Gerhardus	S G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-06-23
44621	Ueckermann	Alfred	A	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-16
44645	Theron	A.m.	A	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-27
44656	Taljaard	J.j.j.	J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-31
44726	Strydom	Antonie Christoffel	A C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-11-27
44718	Strydom	Jacobus Johannes Petrus Cornelis	J J P C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-28
44719	Strydom	Nicolaas C.	N C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-04-01
44715	Strydom	Pieter Frederik (d.)	P F (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
44724	Strydom	Stefanus Johannes Marthinus	S J M	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
44712	Strydom	Wynand Hendrik	W H	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-20
44803	Spruyt	Cornelis Johannes General	C J G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-06-20
44800	Spruyt	Johannes Adam J	J A J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-07-21
44805	Spruyt	Okkert Wilhelmus	O W	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-02-06
44802	Spruyt	Rudolf Cornelis	R C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-02-06
44822	Snyman	J.j.	J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-08-23
44866	Smit	Jacobus A.	J A	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-03-26
44913	Slabbert	Daniel Jordaan	D J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
45015	Russell	Benjamin Henry	B H	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-11-16
45058	Roos	Petrus G.	P G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-23
45071	Roos	Petrus Gysbertus	P G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-03
45096	Ritters	Willem Johannes	W J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-12
45161	Putter	Willem	W	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-10-20
45184	Prinsloo	Francois Abraham	F A	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-19
45211	Pretorius	Jan Lodewyk	J L	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-06-04
45225	Pretorius	Jan Lodewyk	J L	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-06-04