South African Infantry Corps Army Territorial Reserve
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Pietermaritzburg
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Pietermaritzburg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
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PietermaritzburgCommando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well...
during the UDF era to the PietermaritzburgCommando. By the 1940s, the commando was headquartered at the Pietermaritzburg Drill Hall and was shared by...
The Boer Commandos or "Kommandos" were volunteer military units of guerilla militia organized by the Boer people of South Africa. From this came the term...
Umkomaas Commando was activated when it inherited the urban members of the Pietermaritzburg Rifle Commando in 1963. Initially, the Umkomaas Commando was headquartered...
Boksburg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
Territorial Reserve. The Bethal Commando was originally established as a commando of the South African Republic (Transvaal) The commando fought in the Second Boer...
migration and selected a location for its future capital, later named Pietermaritzburg in his honour. The massacre of Retief and his delegation by the Zulu...
Potchefstroom Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as...
Its post-2002 structure provides for two operational commandos, called 51 Commando and 52 Commando respectively, and a training wing. It specialises in...
Bloemhof Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
princes competing with Prince Mpande for the Zulu throne. Three Voortrekker commando members were lightly wounded, including Pretorius. The year 1838 was the...
Vanderbijl Park Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as...
(23 and 24). Pietermaritzburg: Natal Society: 68–75. Retrieved 16 December 2016. Brookes, Edgar (1965). A History of Natal. Pietermaritzburg: University...
Pretorius besieged the small British garrison at Durban, but retreated to Pietermaritzburg on the arrival of reinforcements under Colonel Josias Cloete. Afterward...
Africa. It evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by Boer Commando (militia) forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of...
Sasol Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
prominent role in the forging of the South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes between the rival Boer leaders and factions. In...
Noordvaal Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
to be part of the Natalia Republic. Meantime the Boers had founded Pietermaritzburg, named in honour of leaders Piet Retief and Gerrit Maritz. They made...
East Griqualand Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as...
Bluff Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
Mariental Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South West Africa Territorial Force. It formed part of the Area Force Units as well as the Territorial...
resorted under command of Group 18 in the 1980s trading buffel drivers for Commando units during the state of emergency. Angola, The War In. "South African...
Sasolburg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
reached Ladysmith in 1886, service northward from Pietermaritzburg began. The distance from Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith is 182 km (113 mi), and the line...
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