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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.
73 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
1994-04-27 SANDF Infantry (Mechanised) Reserve Force
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Reserve) in the SA Army Units navbox. Source

Personnel

73 on the roll across 4 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (73) Union Defence Force (65) Colonial forces (pre-Union) (3) South African Defence Force (3) South African National Defence Force (2)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
28387 Williams Alan Cornelius A C Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
28509 Williams Raymond Gordon R G Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-12-16
33820 Weber Andre Johan H Pioneer SANDF Cape Town Highlanders 1998-01-05
25655 Turner Walter Thomas Henry W T H Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-26
24883 Teague Hartley Albert H A Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1940-08-01
24869 Taylor William Arthur Charles W A C Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
24466 Sullivan Denis Michael James D M J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
24076 Steinberg Louis Jacob L J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
23960 Stane Samuel S Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
23921 Squire Ruben R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-26
23854 Spence John William J W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
23545 Smith John Alexander Carswell J A C Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
22537 Scott John Henry J H Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
21721 Rodney James Edwin J E Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
21326 Rennie John J Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
20768 Proudfoot James J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
20655 Pretorius Henry (hendrik Marthinus) H Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1947-01-06
49322 Pope H Private COLONIAL Cape Town Highlanders 1900-10-26
20300 Pietersen Dennis Henry Charles D H C Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
20257 Pienaar Pierre Yuart P Y Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
20172 Phillips Godfrey Roland G R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-28
19772 Patterson Douglas Alexander D A Lieutenant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-29
19454 Ornellas Gabriel G Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-11-01
19443 Orffer Johannes Francois J F Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
19273 Ogden Charles George Rodwell C G R Staff Sergeant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-26
18782 Niddrie Malcolm Allister M A Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-15
18345 Nathan Gordon James G J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-01-28
18000 Mullin Raymond Joseph R J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-16
31956 Moeti Moahlodi Joseph M J Corporal SANDF Cape Town Highlanders SA Catering Corps 2004-05-06
31955 Moerdyk Jean Louis J L Rifleman SADF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1982-11-29
16787 Mitchell Leonard John L J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-01-13
16734 Milward Ivor George I G Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
31865 Meredich James J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders Regiment Bloemspruit 1923-08-06
16189 McMEEKING Douglas Robert Thomas D R T Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-28
15703 May Stephen S Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-15
15218 Marshall Alan Ronald A R Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-01-29
15215 Marsh Stephen John Robert S J R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-09-28
14990 Manthey Raymond Gordon Bernard R G B Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-19
14277 MacKay William Murdock W M Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-13
13926 Louw Schalk Willem S W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-11-21
13896 Lourens Matthys Johannes M J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-07-18
13703 Llewellyn William Joseph W J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
13406 Less William W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
12092 Kessell William Alfred W A Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-26
10647 Immelman Gysbertus Christiaan G C Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
10275 Horne Kelvin Dennis K D Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-14
10285 Horne William Leonard George W L G Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
10197 Honey Charles Richard C R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
9524 Haylett Henry John H J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-12
8947 Haarhoff George Douglas G D Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-04-09