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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
28862 Wrensch Henry Lionel John H L J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-26
28780 Wood Kenneth John K J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1947-11-09
33897 Wolff Norman Charles N C Corporal SADF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1960-03-18
28497 Williams Mervyn M Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
28150 Wheeler Charles Walter Frederick C W F Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-11-28
28119 Weston Eric George Bagley E G B Warrant Officer Class II UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
27659 Walsh Joseph Ignatius J I Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-01-18
27343 Viljoen Benjamin Johannes (bennie) B J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-26
25438 Traut John Nicholas J N Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-08
24836 Taylor Johannes J Lieutenant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
24280 Stone Harry William John H W J Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-06-24
24014 Stassen Breamie Charles B C Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
23451 Smith Cecil George Powell C G P Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-24
23316 Slatem Andrew Clement A C Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 2nd 1940-09-07
23001 Shore Herbert H Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-26
22567 Scrimgeour Arnold Robert Arthur A R A Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-04-17
22390 Schluter Carl Hendrik C H Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-10-31
22078 Russell Lionel Richard Norman L R N Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1941-04-03
22000 Rudd Jack J Lieutenant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
21951 Rowan Trevor Aubrey T A Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-07-12
21850 Rosier Isaac I Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-03
21253 Rees Edward Frank E F Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-10
19860 Pearce Clifford Frederick C F Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-04-08
19714 Partridge Leonard L Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-10
19703 Parsons Joseph Samuel Shirley J S S Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-12-21
18548 Nelsen Frederick Marcus F M Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1942-07-06
18039 Munnik Raymond George R G Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
17965 Mullen Robert John R J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-16
16651 Miller Harry H Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1941-01-16
16660 Miller John Anthony J A Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
16591 Middlemost Arthur Cecil A C Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-06-16
15436 Master Samuel S Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-10-26
15066 Marais Henry John H J Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-09-02
13800 London Victor V R Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-06
13732 Lock Frederick William Parker F W P Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
13663 Lipschitz Cecil C Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-01-31
12929 Lange Donald D Lance Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-20
12025 Kennedy Archibald Lewis Daniel A L D Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
11826 Karg Nevillo N Sergeant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-04-17
9971 Hjulman Gustav Adolph G A Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-17
9896 Hill Rowland R Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1940-07-01
9531 Haynes I R Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-09
9512 Hayes Irwin Alexander I A Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
9213 Harle Sydney S Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
9023 Hall James Brownlee J B Corporal UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1941-04-08
8918 Gush Edward Welsh E W Sergeant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-17
7171 Fischer William Thomas W T Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-06
6574 Ellis Albert Edward A E Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-04-22
6228 Duff Reginald France R F Sergeant UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1946-09-29
5398 De Swardt Harold H Private UDF Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-04-17

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/org.php?dir=desc&id=4311&pdf=1

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