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The unit recorded on a person’s record at the time of death — battalions, squadrons, ships, and similar.

Named regiments, as distinct from a generic corps label or the specific unit at death.

Administrative / functional branches — Infantry, Artillery, Engineers, Armoured, Medical, and so on.

Brigade-level formations and their constituent units, where an order of battle has been recorded.

SANDF type formations (Infantry, Armour, Artillery, Engineers, and so on).

Division-level headquarters (e.g. 7 SA Infantry Division, 8 SA Armoured Division).

Territorial / regional Commands (Natal Command, Western Province Command, etc.).

Entities classified as battalions (as opposed to a generic Unit row).

Territorial-reserve commando units of the UDF/SADF/SANDF Commando System.

Numbered Group headquarters that administered several commandos in a region.

SANDF General Support Bases. From about 2005, Commando Groups sat under GSBs.

Union Defence Force, SADF, Ciskei Defence Force, SANDF, Rhodesian Security Forces, SAP / SAPS / SWAPOL, and foreign forces identified from the regiment.

BOER 5,172 · COLONIAL 405 · UDF 24,809 · SADF 3,874 · RSF 2,789 · CDF 8 · SANDF 1,040 · SAP 3,732 · SAPS 1,739 · SWAPOL 159 · AUS 167 · UK 4,095 · CAN 58 · NZ 43 · IND 36 · IDF 81 · US 7 · GER 4

Army Organigrams

Formation and era organigrams (SANDF type formations, SADF Corps → Division → Brigade, SWATF, UDF) with links into organisation pages.

Air Force Organigrams

South African Air Force organigrams (squadrons, training units, reserves, bases, historical wings) built live from organisation attachments.

Navy Organigrams

South African Navy organigrams (frigates, submarines, patrol flotilla, support ships, bases) built live from organisation attachments.

RSF Organigrams

Rhodesian Security Forces organigrams (Army, Air Force, BSAP, Guard Force, Internal Affairs) built live from organisation attachments.

About

What this Roll of Honour is, and how the records are compiled.

Release Notes

What changed in each version of the site.