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South African Irish

Regiment
UDF 78 records in this database

South African Irish Regiment in German South-West Africa (4th Infantry Brigade associations in Whittall). Source: Whittall, With Botha and Smuts in Africa (1917/2009).

Part of

Formation Type Relationship Dates
5th 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
1914-12-01 Infantry Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
South African Irish, formed 1 December 1914. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment; reformed for WWII (1st SA Irish suffered severe losses at Sidi Rezegh, Nov 1941); converted to artillery (22 Field Regiment) 1946-1959, reconverted to reserve infantry 1960. Renamed Andrew Mlangeni Regiment 2019. Source

Personnel

78 on the roll

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
1659 Berry Michael M Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1915-10-05
1927 Blassoples Alexander Vivian A V Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1947-05-14
2324 Boulter Frederick James F J Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
2556 Bresler Johannes Petrus J P Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1945-03-13
2850 Browne Errol Roger E R Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-24
3052 Burl Neil Ponsonby N P Lance Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
3289 Campbell Archibald Reice A R Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1944-06-11
3491 Cary Edwin Fairfax E F Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1943-09-15
3501 Casey Walter John W J Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1941-12-09
3902 Clark George Theodore Griffith G T G Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1914-10-12
3980 Cleghorn Colin Robertson C R Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1946-07-13
4037 Cloete Jacobus Hosea J H Warrant Officer Class II UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1941-12-09
4101 Cockings Robert Mervyn R M Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1943-11-26
4197 Cohen Geoffrey Harold G H Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
4277 Collins G W Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
4368 Conradie David Jacob D J Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
4480 Coppinger Jack Edward J E Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1943-06-15
5231 De Beer Johannes Jacobus J J Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-08-07
5566 Denny Robert Poole R P Lieutenant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-12-18
5975 Doyle Bryan Crosley B C Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-23
6162 Du Toit Andre A A A Lance Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
6233 Duffield George William G W Lance Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-24
6253 Duke Rex Clifford R C Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-24
8187 Gillard Erick E Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
8193 Gillespie William Brian W B Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
8195 Gillett William W Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
8394 Goodwin Thomas Augustine T A Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
8428 Gordon John F J F Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
8688 Green P F Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-23
8756 Greyling Barend Christiaan B C Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-04
9212 Harle Peter John P J Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-02-23
9226 Harmse Ockert C O C Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
9931 Hind Robert Fortescue R F Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps "D" Coy. 1915-05-14
10515 Humphrey Henry George Finch H G F Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
11154 Jenner Roderick Douglas R D Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-09-27
11632 Judes Arthur A Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-02-09
12296 Kinning Raymond Armstrong R A Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
12813 Lahner D'arcy D Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
13039 Lawlor S B Lance Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-23
13160 Leach Ronald Owen R O Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-25
13364 Lesar Harold Rodwell H R Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-06
13943 Lovelace Reginald Leo R L Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
14076 Lyle-Walsingham Graeme Xavier G X Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-23
14213 MacDONALD John Alexander J A Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1945-01-19
14561 Mahon J Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1915-03-24
16179 McMAHON Arthur A Lance Corporal UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
16635 Millar John H R J H R Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-23
17414 Moreira Joseph J Private UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1943-08-25
17957 Mulholland P S Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st 1946-06-11
18085 Murphy Francis Cavell F C Sergeant UDF South African Irish South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-23

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/org.php?id=4826&pdf=1

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