Identity
Person No.
24283
Service No.
6191
Last Name
First Name
Reginald Kilwa
Initials
R K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, as part of "C" Coy together with Cape Town Highlanders "B" Coy, in an attack on well defended enemy positions near El Alemein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
IV. A. 4.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Reginald and Edith Stone, of Sun Valley, Kloof, Natal. Born Sezela, Natal. Worked in the Hotel industry by profession. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.
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