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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
418 Altree George Cecil G C Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
665 Armstrong Douglas Walter D W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-04-10
1066 Barbier Alexander Norman A N Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-12
1432 Beckwith Robert Emmerson R E Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
49323 Bidmead H Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant COLONIAL Cape Town Highlanders 1902-03-19
1944 Blight Alexander Richard A R Sergeant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-10
2890 Brunton Keith Jack K J Second Lieutenant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
29645 Burger Frans Karel Petrus F K P Rifleman SADF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1981-03-04
3098 Burrough Richard Michael R M Sergeant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-03-21
3845 Cilliers John Leslie J L Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
4071 Cobb Harold Ernest H E Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
4301 Colman William John W J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
4455 Cooper Henry Patrick H P Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1946-08-27
4498 Cormack Donald Gray D G Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
49324 Darter Charles C Lieutenant COLONIAL Cape Town Highlanders 1902-03-18
5332 De Kock John Stone De Chatillon J S D C Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
5423 De Villiers Johan Joubert J J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
5680 Dickman Robert Louis R L Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-11
30425 Gildenhuys William Henry Bernard W H B Sergeant SADF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1977-05-25
8377 Goodman Max M Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
8544 Graham James Gray J G Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-12-19
8577 Grant Joseph Henry J H Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
8908 Gunn Ivan I Lieutenant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-27
8947 Haarhoff George Douglas G D Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-04-09
9524 Haylett Henry John H J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-12
10197 Honey Charles Richard C R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-14
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
10647 Immelman Gysbertus Christiaan G C 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
13406 Less William W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
13703 Llewellyn William Joseph W J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24
13896 Lourens Matthys Johannes M J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-07-18
13926 Louw Schalk Willem S W Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-11-21
14277 MacKay William Murdock W M Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-13
14990 Manthey Raymond Gordon Bernard R G B Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-19
15215 Marsh Stephen John Robert S J R Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-09-28
15218 Marshall Alan Ronald A R Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-01-29
15703 May Stephen S Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-15
16189 McMEEKING Douglas Robert Thomas D R T Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-28
31865 Meredich James J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders Regiment Bloemspruit 1923-08-06
16734 Milward Ivor George I G Lance Corporal UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-07
16787 Mitchell Leonard John L J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-01-13
31955 Moerdyk Jean Louis J L Rifleman SADF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1982-11-29
31956 Moeti Moahlodi Joseph M J Corporal SANDF Cape Town Highlanders SA Catering Corps 2004-05-06
18000 Mullin Raymond Joseph R J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-16
18345 Nathan Gordon James G J Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1943-01-28
18782 Niddrie Malcolm Allister M A Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-06-15
19273 Ogden Charles George Rodwell C G R Staff Sergeant UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-26
19443 Orffer Johannes Francois J F Private UDF Cape Town Highlanders South African Infantry Corps 1942-10-24

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/org.php?id=4283&pdf=1

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