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
46469	Flanagan	Frederik Coenraad	F C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-24
46599	Duvenhage	Christiaan Marthinus Johannes	C M J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
46601	During	Carel Wilhelm Theodore	C W T	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-24
43750	Du Toit			Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-06-06
46641	Du Preez	Petrus Jacobus	P J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-04-28
46813	De Lange	Christoffel (a)	C (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-06-04
46914	De Beer	Frederik Coenraad Dawid	F C D	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-06-05
46905	De Beer	Jacobus Hermanus	J H	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-08-23
46935	Dannhauser	George F.	G F	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-27
46952	Cronje	Frans Johannes	F J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-29
46969	Cothill	Charles Benjamin	C B	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-06
47028	Coetzee	Jan Sarel	J S	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-20
47095	Christiani	Willem	W	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-02-12
47112	Buys	G.d.	G	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
47107	Buys	Stephanus Bernardus (jnr)	S B (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-10-30
47148	Bronkhorst	Jacobus Petrus	J P	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-01-03
47146	Bronkhorst	Stefanus Johannes	S J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-12-24
47164	Brits	Gert Willem Petrus	G W P	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-12-10
47163	Brits	Okkert Rudolph	O R	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
47161	Brits	Roelof Johannes Cornelis	R J C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
47280	Botha	F. J. P.	F J P	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-05-05
47274	Botha	H (w. Sn)	H ( S	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-07-21
47269	Botha	Hendrik Josephus	H J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
47268	Botha	Hendrik. (r.sn)	H (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-05-05
47266	Botha	Hendrik. (t.sn)	H (	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-05-05
47254	Botha	Jacobus Christoffel	J C	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1902-02-25
47229	Botha	Pieter F (p /zn)	P F ( /	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-11-03
47356	Booyens	Adam Johannes	A J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-12-13
47402	Biccard	John D.	J D	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-02-06
47448	Beytel	Andries Josephus, Jnr	A J J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-12-26
47516	Bekker	J	J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	Unknown
47510	Bekker	Willem Wouter Jacobus	W W J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1900-03-07
47552	Basson	Gerhardus J N	G J N	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-10-30
47574	Barnard	Jacobus Johannes	J J	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1899-11-14
47611	Anker	Louis	L	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-01-12
47615	Anderson	David	D	Burgher	BOER	Heidelberg Commando	1901-02-06