Potchefstroom Commando information

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...

Potchefstroom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa...

Johannes Roos, Field-Cornet of the Potchefstroom commando, and Frederick Senekal, Commandant of the Rustenburg commando. "Main Place Roossenekal". Census...

Retief Potchefstroom Pretoria Rustenburg Standerton Swaziland Utrecht Vryheid Wakkerstroom Waterberg Wolmaransstad Zoutpansberg Zwartruggens Commando Kommando...

Kroonstad and Bethlehem commandos arrived at Spytfontein from Natal, accompanied by elements of the Ficksburg and Ladybrand commandos from the Basuto border...

Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...

in the fighting at Potchefstroom in 1880–1881. With the outbreak of the war he was placed in charge of the Johannesburg commando and the German Corps...

Africa. It evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by Boer Commando (militia) forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of...

sent Liebenberg with a Krupp cannon and a pom-pom to command the Potchefstroom Commando on 14 July 1900. Generals Christiaan De Wet and Liebenberg combined...

First Boer War in the Potchefstroom commando under General Piet Cronjé. After witnessing the siege on the British fort at Potchefstroom by the Boers, he realized...

1852) was a Voortrekker leader. He served as the first head of state of Potchefstroom from 1840 and 1845 and also as the first head of state of Zoutpansberg...

city of Potchefstroom and moved from his farm, Kalkheuwel, near Broederstroom, to Potchefstroom. He was Commandant-General of Potchefstroom from 1853...

Potchefstroom and the commando then reported to North West Command. During 1992, NasChem became a division of Denel Ordnance. Unlike other Commando units...

river and founded the town of Potchefstroom.: 225  At this time, this new country included the area north (Potchefstroom) and south (Winburg) of the Vaal...

Its post-2002 structure provides for two operational commandos, called 51 Commando and 52 Commando respectively, and a training wing. It specialises in...

Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts unveiled the Danie Theron Monument near Potchefstroom. On 9 September 1950, a monument was unveiled at the location where...

Artillery unit whose name was used twice. It was re-established in Potchefstroom in 1974 and was a full-time unit responsible for the training of Permanent...

into which the Transvaal Boers were divided, and commandant-general of Potchefstroom and Rustenburg, his principal rival being Commandant-General of Zoutpansberg...

to members of all Reformed denominations. Schoeman mustered a commando at Potchefstroom, but was routed by Kruger on the night of 9 October 1862. After...

December 1880 with shots fired by Transvaal Boers at Potchefstroom. During this skirmish, the Boer "commando" was led by General Piet Cronjé. This led to the...

15 September they set off together to visit Major JCG (Jan) Kemp in Potchefstroom, who had a large armoury and a force of 2,000 men who had just finished...

Branch of the South African Army College moved from the College to Potchefstroom where it became the Signals Training Centre, this name being changed...

claimed the lives of 28 white settlers, and the Potchefstroom governance authorized a punitive commando under the command of Piet Potgieter and M. W. Pretorius...

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...

victory at the Battle of Blood River. The capital was established at Potchefstroom and later moved to Pretoria. The parliament was called the Volksraad...