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1 Reconnaissance Regiment

Regiment

Name history

  • 1 Recce Commando (until 1981)
  • 1 Reconnaissance Regiment (from 1981) — this name
    Reconnaissance Commandos redesignated Reconnaissance Regiments, 1981. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Special_Forces
14 records in this database

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Part of

Formation Type Relationship Dates
Special Forces Brigade Brigade organic 1995-01-01
Renamed from "45 Parachute Brigade" in 1995; still the current Special Forces parent formation.

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1981-01-01 SADF Special Forces (reconnaissance) Regular Force
Each numbered Reconnaissance unit was renamed over time: "X Reconnaissance Commando" -> "X Reconnaissance Regiment" (1981) -> briefly a Parachute Battalion designation (1992/93, under "45 Parachute Brigade", a Special-Forces-only designation distinct from the real 44 Parachute Brigade) -> "X Special Forces Regiment" (1995). The parent formation itself changed name several times before 1995 (Special Forces Headquarters, then Directorate Reconnaissance(Forces)) with disputed exact dates between sources -- 1995 is the one date sources agree on. Corps classified as SAIC (South African Infantry Corps) per this site's own records; no independent source found confirms that for Special Forces units specifically -- treat as owner-asserted pending a better citation. Source

Personnel

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
33558 Van Niekerk Theo Bence T B Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Recce Commando 1980-06-30
33260 Thiel Rudolph Ernst R E Rifleman 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Recce Commando 1989-08-02
32675 Ribeiro Carlos Alberto Correia Pinto C A C P Lance Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1976-08-19
32677 Ribeiro Jose Correia Pinto "carnaval" "robbie" J C P Sergeant 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1976-08-25
32461 Pedro Victor Rodriques V R Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1986-03-13
32445 Paulo First Name Unknown F N U Staff Sergeant 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1976-08-23
32372 Olivier Johannes Gerhardus L J G L Lance Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1979-03-21
32114 Murphy John Kendrik J K Major 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1980-10-20
31859 Mennigke Cecil Ian C I Lance Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Recce Commando 1978-01-04
41810 Levin Richard R Seaman 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1991-01-10
30655 Havenga Stefanus Jacobus S J Pioneer 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Recce Commando 1986-08-12
29996 De Koker Wilfred W Major 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1991-07-29
29989 De Kock Abraham Jacobus Petrus A J P Captain 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1981-11-30
29700 Carstens Hermann H Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1 Recce Commando 1989-04-04