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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
5239 De Beer Phillip Rudolph P R Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-12
4711 Cronje William Hendrick W H Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-14
4538 Coughlan Cecil Fleming C F Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-07-08
4385 Conway-Deacon Joseph Elliott J E Warrant Officer Class II UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
4141 Coetzee Izak Jacobus Petrus I J P Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-12-28
2951 Buckley Richard Walter R W Captain UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-29
2515 Brazier George Edward G E Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-10
2141 Borien Reginald Joseph R J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
1685 Bester Frederick F Sergeant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-14
1564 Benham Hugh Meredith Victor H M V Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-08-31
1207 Barron Soloman Norman S N Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-09-01
933 Bairnsfather Cloete Peter Henry P H Captain UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-12-19