The Coast Artillery Brigade: HQ, The Castle, Cape Town
2 Sections of Cape Garrison Artillery designated as Engineers and Signals: Cape Town
1st Heavy Battery: Cape Town[b] (Wynard Battery): Table Bay
2nd Heavy Battery: Simonstown[b] (Queen's Battery): Simonstown
1st Medium Battery: Cape Town[b]
2nd Medium Battery: Cape Town[b]
No. 1 Armoured Train: Cape Town[c]
The Cape Field Artillery (Prince Albert's Own): Cape Town[d]
B. Active Citizen Force[1]
3rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Cape Town
The Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles: Cape Town
The Cape Town Highlanders (The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's Own): Cape Town
The Kimberley Regiment: Kimberley
3rd Field Company, South African Engineer Corps: Cape Town
8th Infantry Brigade: HQ Oudtshoorn
Regiment Westelike Provinsie: Stellenbosch
Regiment Suid-Westelike Distrikte: Oudtshoorn
Die Middellandse Regiment: Graff-Reinet
8th Field Company, South African Engineer Corps: Cape Town
Eastern Province Command[1] (3 September 1939 – July 1940)
Parent unit
Union Defence Force
Components
HQ East London, Cape Province
A. Permanent Force[1]
5th Heavy Battery, South African Permanent Garrison Artillery: East London
6th Heavy Battery, South African Permanent Garrison Artillery: Port Elizabeth
B. Active Citizen Force[2]
2nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Port Elizabeth
The Prince Alfred's Guard: Port Elizabeth
The Kaffrarian Rifles: East London
The First City: Grahamstown
2nd Field Company, South African Engineer Corps: Uitenhage
Die Middellandse Regiment (See 8th Infantry Brigade)
Natal Command[1] (3 September 1939 – July 1940)
Parent unit
Union Defence Force
Components
HQ Durban, Natal
A. Permanent Force[1]
Royal Durban Light Infantry Company, The Special Service Battalion: Durban
3rd Heavy Battery, South African Permanent Garrison Artillery: Durban Beach
4th Heavy Battery, South African Permanent Garrison Artillery: The Bluff, Durban
B. Active Citizen Force[1]
The Natal Field Artillery: Durban
'A', 'B' Batteries: Durban
'C' Battery: Pietermaritzburg
1st Infantry Brigade: HQ Pietermaritzburg
1st Royal Natal Carabineers: Pietermaritzburg
2nd Royal Natal Carabineers: Ladysmith
The Umvoti Mounted Rifles: Greytown
1st Field Company, South African Engineer Corps: Durban
7th Infantry Brigade: HQ Durban
The Natal Mounted Rifles: Durban
1st, 2nd Royal Durban Light Infantry: Durban
7th Field Company, South African Engineers: Durban
Orange Free State Command[1] (3 September 1939 – July 1940)
Parent unit
Union Defence Force
Components
HQ Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
A. Permanent Force[1]
The Pioneer Battalion: Bloemfontein
B. Active Citizen Force[1]
The Oranje Vry Staat Veldartillerie
1ste Batterie: Tempe
2de Batterie: Bethlehem
4th Infantry Brigade: HQ Bloemfontein
Regiment de Wet: Kroonstad
Regiment Louw Wepner: Ladybrand
Regiment President Steyn: Bloemfontein
4th Field Company, South African Engineer Corps: Bloemfontein
The Kimberley Regiment (See 3rd Infantry Brigade)
This page details the South African Army order of battle in 1940, before and after the formation of expeditionary forces.
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