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11 Armed Forces of SA

This is the Book that is the basis for what I used to create this database.

 The Armed Forces of South Africa with an appendix on the commandos

By

Major G. Tylden

City of Johannesburg Africana Museum

Frank Connock Publication no. 2

Johannesburg 1954

7 Battles and Adventures, etc Moodie, Battles and Adventures, etc., Vol I, p. 234
3 Classification of SA Corps

The units that took part in the Cape Field Force have been classified and this information was supplied by David and Taffy Shearing (david.taffy@pixie.co.za)

 

"Ref CA D/D 6/106: Classification list South African Corps. Return of the Corps of the South African Mounted Irregular Forces.

These are given a classification of A1, E1 etc as listed. Only units which served in the Cape Colony are classified.

The following mode of classification of South African Irregular Forces generally ahs been approved and is to be strictly adhered to in future:

  • Class A1 - Designated Cape Colonial Volunteer Corps, all Cape Cape Volunteer Corps, Mounted Rifle Clubs in existence prior to the commencement of hostilities since called out for active service bu Government Proclamation, and placed at the disposal of Imperial Military Authorities.
  • Class A2 : As Above but not called out by Proclamation
  • Class B : Cape Permanent Forces, only Cape Mounted Riflemen and Cape Police, both of which are directly under the control of the Colonial Government
  • Class C : Designated South African Colonial Irregular Corps including all such corps as have been especially raised on account of the war after the start of hostilities, for General Service in South Africa.
  • Class D1 : Designated Cape Colonial Irregular Corps including as Class D1, all such as have been especially raised on account of the war, subsequent to the commencement of hostilities, for general service but not outside the Cape Colony.
  • Class D2 : As D1 but only for service in particular districts of the Cape Colony
  • Class E : Designated Cape Colonial Forces, including only such corps as have already been, or may here after be, placed at the disposal of the Colonial Government for the defence of the Colony and as such paid for and maintained wholly by the Colonial Government. (Taffy's note: Class E was the Colonial Defence Force from January to November, 1901)

There is also a hand-written note on the classification : Extract from "Conditions of Service and Lists of South African Contingents employed in South African War, 1899-1902"

6 Dr. Curson
2 Enrollment forms Public Record Office (References to boxes containing Enrolment Forms (filled in for each soldier)
14 frog01@mweb.co.za)">Irregulars

This is a list of Irregular units given to me by Clive French (frog01@mweb.co.za). I have used it to update my unit list.


South African Regiments Involved

 # = Medal Roll on File.

Aberdeen Mounted Troops
Aberdeen Town Guard  #
Adelaide District Mounted Troops
Adelaide Town Guard # Have Medal
Albany District Mounted Troops Have Medal
Albany Town Guard
Alexandra Town Guard #
Alice Town Guard #
Alicedale Town Guard Have Medal
Aliwal North Town Guard
Ashburner's Light Horse
Barberton Town Guard # Have Medals 140 to unit
Barkley East Town Guard #
Barkley West Town Guard  #
Bayly's District Mounted Rifles
Bayly's Horse
Beaconsfield Town Guard is Included with Kimberley Town Guard
Beaufort West Town Guard
Bechuanaland Police
Bechuanaland Rifles
Bechuanaland Rifle Volunteers
Bechuanaland Protectorate Regiment
Bedford District Mounted Troops
Bedford Town Guard #
Beddy's Scouts
Belfour Town Guard
Bethulie Town Guard  #
Bethune's Mounted Infantry Have Medal
Bluecliff/Glenconnor Town Guard #
Bodyguard Corps of Cattle Rangers
Border Mounted Police
Border Mounted Rifles
Border Horse
Border Scouts
Boshoff Town Guard  #
Brabant's Horse Have Medal
Brandfort Town Guard #
Bredasdorp Town Guard
Brett's Scouts
British South African Police
Britstown Town Guard #
Burghersdorp Town guard Have Medal 280 Medals Awarded
Bushmanland Borderers
Bush Veldt Carbineers
Byng's Scouts
Cala Town Guard #
Caledon District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Campbell Town Guard #
Canadian Scouts
Cape Boys Contingent
Cape Colony Cyclist Corps/Cape Cyclists Have Medal
Cape Colony Defence Force Have Medal
Cape Colony Ordinance Department
Cape Medical Staff Corps Have Medal
Cape Garrison Artillery Have Medal
Cape Government Railways Have Medal
Cape Infantry
Cape Mounted Rifles Have Medal
Cape Mounted Police
Cape Peninsula Rifles
Cape Police Have Medal
Cape Railway Sharpshooters
Capetown Highlanders Have Medal
Capt. Huntley's Special Squadron
Carnarvon Town Guard #
Cathcart Town Guard #
Central South African Railway Engineer Corps
Ceres Scouts
Ceres Town Guard  #
Christiana District Mounted Rifles (No Town Guard) Have Medal
1st City Volunteers (Marshall's Horse) Have Medals
City of Grahamstown Volunteers
Clan William Convoy Guard
Clan William Town Guard #
Clifford's Scouts
Colesburg Town Guard #
Colesburg District Mounted Troops Have Medal 75 to unit
Colonial Defence Force
Colonial Division
Colonial Light Horse
Colonial Scouts
Composite Regiment Natal
Commander in Chief's Bodyguard Have Medal
Cookhouse Town Guard  #
Cradock Town Guard Have Medal
Cullinan's Horse
Cypherburg Town Guard  #
Damant's Horse
Danielskuil Town Guard #
Darling Town Guard  #
De Aar Town Guard  #
De Beers Maxim Battery
De Montmerency's Scouts
Dennison's Scouts
Diamond Fields Horse
Diamond Fields Artillery
District Military Police
District Mounted Troops
Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard
Dordrecht Town Guard #
Dordrecht Wodehouse Yeomanry
Douglas Town Guard #
Driscoll's Scouts Have Medal
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles Have Medal
Dundee Town Guard
Durban Light Infantry
Durban Road Town Guard #
Eastern Province Horse
Eastern Rifles
Eastern Transvaal Scouts
East Griqualand Mounted Rifle Volunteers
East Griqualand Field Force
East London District Mounted Troops (NoTown Guard)
Edenburg Town Guard #
Edwards's Scouts
Elliot Border Scouts
Farmers' Guard (Mainly surrendered Boers) (No Farmer Town Guard)
Fauresmith Town Guard #
Fort Beaufort Town Guard #
Fraserburg District Mounted Troops
Fraserburg Scouts
Fraserburg Town Guard #
Fraserburg Road Town Guard #
French's Scouts
Frontier Light Horse Have Medal
Frontier Mounted Rifles
Gatagre's Scouts
Geoghegan's Scouts
George District Mounted Troops
George Town Guard
Gorringe' Fighting Scouts
Gorringe's Flying Column Have Medal
Graaff-Reinet Mounted Infantry
Graaff-Reinet Town Guard Have Medals 266 to unit
Grahamstown Town Guard Have Medal 41 Medals Unit 1 - 127 Unit 2
Grahamstown Volunteer Mounted Infantry
Green River District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Griquatown Town Guard
Hanover Town Guard  #
Harrismith Volunteer Light Horse Have Medal
Heidelberg Volunteers and Scouts
Hermanus Town Guard
Herschel Mounted Volunteers
Herschel Special Police
Herschel Native Police
Hopetown Town Guard #
Humansdorp Town Guard # Have Medal
Imperial Hospital Corps Have Medal
Imperial Light Horse Have Medal
Imperial Light Infantry Have Medal
Imperial Military Railway Have Medal
Imperial Transport Service Have Medal
Imperial Yeomanry Scouts
lndwe Town Guard
Indian Staff Corps
Jagersfontein Town Guard #
Jamestown Town Guard  #
Jansenville District Mounted Troops
Jansenville Town Guard  #
Johannesburg Mounted Rifles Have Medal
Johannesburg Police
Kaffrarian Rifles Have Medal
Katberg Town Guard
Keimoes Town Guard #
Kenhardt Town Guard #
Kenilworth Defence Force
Keeley's Vryburg Farmer's Association
Kimberley Horse
Kimberley Light Horse
Kimberley Regiment
Kimberley Town Guard Have Medal
Kimberley Mounted Corps
Kimberley Volunteer Regiment Have Medal
King Williamstown Town Guard
Kitchener's Horse Have Medal
Kitchener's Fighting Scouts Have Medal
Klaarstroom Town Guard
Klerksdorp Town Guard #
Klipdam Town Guard #
Klipplaat Town Guard
Knysna Rangers
Knysna Town Guard
Koffiefontein Defence Force
Koffiefontein Town Guard
Kokstad Town Guard  #
Komga Mounted Infantry/Rifles
Komga Town Guard  #
Krom River District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard) Have Medal
Kroonstad Scouts
Kuruman Town Guard #
Ladismith District Mounted Troops Have Medal
Ladismith Town Guard #
Ladismith Reserve Town Guard # Have Medal
Lady Frere Town Guard
Lady Grey Town Guard #
Ladybrand Town Guard #
Ladysmith Town Guard  #
Laingsburg Town Guard  #
Le Gros Scouts
Loch's Horse
Lower Rhodesian Volunteers
Loyal Burgher Corps
Loyal Farmers Light Horse
Loxton's Horse
Lydenburg Civil Mounted Rifles
Mafeking Town Guard
Malmesbury Town Guard #
Maraisburg Town Guard #
Matjiesfontein District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Maritzani Mounted Irregulars
Maclean's Scouts
Marshall's Horse Have KSA's
Marquis of Tallabardine's Scottish Horse Have Medal
Mashonaland Police
Matatiele District Defence Force
Murray's Horse
Mafeking Town Guard
Mafeking Railway Volunteers
Mafeking Cadet Corps
Menne's Scouts
Midland Mounted Rifles
Middelburg Town Guard # 100 to unit
Middleton Town Guard #
Modderfontein Town Guard
Molteno Town Guard  #
Montagu Town Guard  # 27 to unit
Montmorency's Scouts
Morley's Scouts
Mossel Bay Town Guard # Have Medals 118 to unit
Mounted Rifle Clubs, Cape
Muller's Scouts Have Medal
Naauwport Town Guard #
Namaqualand Borderers
Namaqualand Border Scouts
Namaqualand District Mounted Police
Namaqualand Town Guard #
National Scouts
Natal Volunteer Field Artillery
Natal Volunteers Police and Guides
Natal Bridge Guards
Natal Carbineers Have Medal
Natal Border Police
Natal Guides
Natal Goverment Railway Have Medal
Natal Horse
Natal Indian Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Natal Light Horse
Natal Voluntary Medical Corps
Natal Mounted Infantry Have KSA
Natal Mounted Rifles
Natal Naval Artillery
Natal Naval Volunteers
Natal Police Have Medal
NataI Royal Rifles
Natal Transport Corps
Natal Voluntary Veterinary Corps
Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps Have Medal
Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment
Natal Volunteer Hotchkiss Battery
National Scouts
Nesbitt's Horse Have Medal
Newcastle Town Guard  # Have Medal
New England Mounted Rifles
New England Volunteer Contingent
Niger River Town Guard
Northern Districts Mounted Rifles
Norvals Pont Town Guard
O'Okiep Town Guard
Orange River Colony Police
Orange River Colony Volunteers
Orpen's Horse
Oudtshoorn Town Guard
Oudtshoorn Volunteer Rifles
Paarl District Mounted Troops Have Medal
Paarl Town Guard #
Pearston Town Guard #
Peddie District Mounted Troops Have Medal 251 Medals awarded
Peninsular Horse
Petrust Town Guard
Petrusville Town Guard #
Pietersburg Light Horse
Pietersburg Town Guard #
Piquetberg District Mounted Troops
Piquetberg Town Guard #
Piquetberg Road Town Guard #
Port Alfred Imperial Mounted Police
Port Elizabeth Town Guard Have Medals 562 Medals Awarded
Port Nolloth Town Guard #
Potchefstroom Provincial Police
Potchefstroom Town Guard #
Pretoria Police
Prieska Town Guard  #
Prince Albert's District Mounted Troops
Prince Albert Town Guard #
Prince Albert Road Town Guard #
Prince Alfred's Guards Mounted Infantry Have Medal
Prince Alfred's own Cape Artillery
Prince Alfred's own Volunteer Guard Have Medal
Prince of Wales' Light Horse
Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force
Queenstown District Mounted troops Have Medal
Queenstown Rifle Volunteers
Queenstown Town Guard Have Medal
Qumbu Native Reserves (No Town Guard)
Rand Rifles Have Medal
Red House Town Guard
Richmond Town Guard  # Have Medal
Rimington's Guides
Riversdale Town Guard #
Railway Detachment
Railway Pioneer Regiment Have Medal
Rhodesian Regiment Have Medal
Roberts' Horse
Robertson District Mounted Troops
Robertson Town Guard #
Rosmead Town Guard #
Rundle's Scouts
Sandflats Town Guard  #
Scott's Railway Guards Have Medal
Scottish Horse, 1st and 2nd Regiment
Settle's Scouts
Seymour Town Guard
Simonstown Town Guard
Sir Lowry's Pass District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Somerset East District Mounted Troops Have Medal
Somerset East Town Guard Have Medal
Somerset Strand Town Guard
Somerset West Town Guard
South African Constabulary Have Medal
South African Light Horse Have Medal
South African Mounted lrregular Forces
South Rhodesian Volunteers Have Medal
Special Police Contingent Mafikeng
Springbokfontein Town Guard #
Standerton Scouts
Steinaecker's Horse Have KSA
Stellenbosch Mounted Infantry
Stellenbosch District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Sterkstroom Town Guard
Steynsburg Town Guard  # Have Medal
Steytlerville Town Guard #
Stockenstroom District Mounted Corps Have Medal
Stormberg Town Guard
Strathcoma's Horse
Struben's Scouts
Stutterheim District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Supply and Transport Corps
Sutherland Town Guard #
Swellendam Mounted Infantry
Swellendam Town Guard #
Tempest's Scouts
Tarkastad Mounted Troops
Tarkastad Town Guard
Tembuland Mounted Rifle Club Have Medals
Tempest's Scouts
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry
Touws River Town Guard  # Have Medal
Transkei Mounted Rifles
Umvoti Mounted Rifles
Uitenhage Town Guard Have Medals 893 Medals Awarded
Uitenhage District Mounted Troops Have Medals 286 Medals Awarded
Uitenhage Volunteer Rifles
Uniondale District Mounted Troops (No Town Guard)
Upington Town Guard  #
Utrecht Mounted Police
Utrecht / Vryheid Mounted Police
Veldrift Town Guard
Victoria West Town Guard #
Vryburg Scouts
Vryburg Special Police
Vryburg Town Guard
Vryheid Mounted Police
Walden's Scouts
Waldron's Scouts
Warrenton Town guard #
Warren's Horse
Warren's Light Horse
Warren's Mounted Infantry
Warren's Scouts
Warwick's Scouts
Wedburg Town Guard
Wellington Town Guard #
Western Light Horse
Western Province Mounted Rifles Have Medal
Windsorton/Wedbrug Town Guard #
Winterberg Mounted Rifles
Willowmore Rifle Club Have Medal
Willowmore Town Guard #
Warwick's Horse
Worcester Town Guard # Have Medal 153 to unit
Xalanga Border Mounted Rifles
Xalanga Mounted Rifle Club
Young Husband's Horse
Zeerust Town Guard  #
Zoutleif Town Guard
Zululand Police (Nongqai) (Zulu)
18 Misc Information Information provided by people to be added to the database. This information is added as-is. Thank you to those people who have contributed their knowledge/time in this manner..
1 Nominal Rolls Public Record Office. References to boxes containing Nominal Rolls (Soldiers Names)
10 Nongqai for August, 1943 Curson in Nongqai for August, 1943
9 Nongqai for September, 1943 Curson in Nongqai for September, 1943
16 Path of Blood Path of Blood by Peter Becker. Source of the list of Mzilikazi's regiments.
13 RedCaps

Just a short note to give you some more information about the Military Police Corps.

You have correctly stated that the Military Police Corps was raised on 10 November 1939, but in actual fact this is really only the date that the South African Corps of Military of Police ("Suid Afrikaanse Milit?re Polisie Korps") was renamed to the Military Police Corps.

The SA Corps of Military Police was formed on 30 December 1938, in terms of Proclamation 290 which was published in a Government Gazette on that day. The actual date of formation was back-dated to 1 November 1938, and this is considered to be the official birthday of the SACMP.

The SACMP was renamed to MPC on 10 November 1939 in terms of Proclamation 276 which was published in Government Gazette 2600.

On 18 October 1946 in terms of Government Notice 204 published in Government Gazette 3716, the Military Police Corps was renamed the South African Corps of Military Police ("Suid Afrikaanse Korps van Milit?re Polisie").

If you want, take a look at my web pages.

Simon D. Olley
Warrant Officer 1
SANDF Military Police Agency
Pretoria, South Africa
e-mail = redcap@mweb.co.za
Home Page = http://home.mweb.co.za/re/redcap

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Number of Resources in the Database 16
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