SA Units and British Units SA was linked with during WW1

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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