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Dear all
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According to the leaflet for a Memorial service held at St George’s Cape Town, 16 May 1919; the following forces from the Union involved in war (further down is the list of Units of His Majesty’s Forces, Naval and Military, in which Union men or men connected with the Union served). The leaflet was found in the Buxton MSS Add 87065 at the British Library. (Buxton was Governor General to South Africa and High Commissioner for the Bechuanaland, Lesotho and Swaziland protectorates during the war.)
Permanent Field Artillery
South African Mounted Riflemen
Citizen Force
Heavy Artillery
SA Engineers
Citizen Force Mounted and Dismounted Riflemen
Independent Border Rifles
Southern Rifles
Midland Rifles
Bechuanaland Rifles
Karroo Schutters
Natal Carbineers
Natal Mounted Rifles
Umvoti Mounted Rifles
Imperial Light Horse
Midland Horse
Western Province Mounted Rifles
Griqualand West Rifles
Graaff Reinet Ruiters
Temporary Mounted Riflemen
Western Transvaal Rifles
Northern Transvaal Rifles
Botha’s Hoogveld Ruiters
Enslin’s Horse
Hartigan’s Horse
Natal Light Horse
SA Horse
Ten Regiments
Mounted Burchers
Seventy two commandos
Citizen Force
Durban Light Infantry
Eastern Rifles
Kaffrarian Rifles
Capetown Highlanders
Kimberley Scottish
Transvaal Scottish
Witwatersrand Rifles
Rand Light Infantry
Pretoria Regiment
SA Infantry
Twelve Regiments
SA Rifles
Railway Regiment
Temporary Infantry Regiments
SA Irish
Rand Rifles
Machine Gun Sections
Cape Corps
SA Service Corps
SA Medical Corps
SA Medical Military Nursing Service
SA Veterinary Corps
SA Chaplains
SA Field Telegraph and Postal Corps
Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Companies
Cape Coloured Labour Battalion
Native Labour Corps
It also included Units of His Majesty’s Forces, Naval and Military, in which Union men or men connected with the Union served, during the war
His Majesty’s Navy
HM Navy
Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
The Mercantile Marine
Imperial Units
Dragoon Guards
The Lancers
The Hussars
Reserve of Cavalry
Royal Air Force
Royal Artillery
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Garrison Artillery
Honourable Artillery Company
Machine Gun Corps
Tank Corps
Royal Engineers
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Irish Guards
Welsh Guards
Machine Gun Guards
Royal Scots
Northumberland Fusiliers
Royal West Surrey Regiment
Royal Fusiliers
The Buffs
Royal Lancaster Regiment
West Riding Regiment
West Yorkshire Regiment
Worcestershire Regiment
Lincolnshire Regiment
East Surrey Regiment
East Yorkshire Regiment
Devonshire Regiment
Essex Regiment
Leicestershire Regiment
Cheshire Regiment
Gloucestershire Regiment
Norfolk Regiment
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Lancashire Fusiliers
Royal Scots Fusiliers
South Wales Borderers
King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Border Regiment
Royal Sussex Regiment
Hampshire Regiment
South Staffordshire Regiment
Dorsetshire Regiment
Black Watch
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders
Highland Light Infantry
Seaford Highlanders
Rifle Brigade
Cambridgeshire Regiment
The London Regiment
Liverpool Regiment
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Royal West Kent Regiment
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
King’s Own Yorks. Light Infantry
Northamptonshire Regiment
Manchester Regiment
North Staffordshire Regiment
Middlesex Regiment
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Wiltshire Regiment
Warwickshire Regiment
York and Lancaster Regiment
Bedfordshire Regiment
Durban Light Infantry
The Cameronians
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Connaught Rangers
Suffolk Yeomanry
Worcestershire Yeomanry
King Edward’s Horse
City of London Yeomanry
Scottish Horse
The Channel Island Militia
King’s African Rifles
Nigerian Rifles
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Royal Army Chaplains’ Department
The Nursing Service
The Red Cross
The Indian Army
The Armies of the Allies
Kind regards
Anne
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