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52 relations: Army National Guard, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Bambatha Rebellion, Barberton, Mpumalanga, Battalion, Battle of Delville Wood, British Army, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Charles Stallard, Clan Douglas, Clive Derby-Lewis, German East Africa, German South West Africa, Germiston, Glengarry, Hackle, Infantry, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg, John Capper, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Latin, Lieutenant colonel, Maltese cross, North African Campaign, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Pipe major, Protea, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Rand Rebellion, Regiment, Regiment de la Rey, Royal Scots Borderers, Second Boer War, Somme (department), South African Army, South African Army Infantry Formation, South African Border War, South African Communist Party, South African Police Service, South West Africa, Tartan, Township (South Africa), Transvaal Scottish Regiment, United Kingdom, United Nations, Werndly van der Riet, Witwatersrand, World War I, World War II, ..., Zulu Kingdom, 6th Armoured Division (South Africa). Expand index (2 more) »
Army National Guard
The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is a militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States.
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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force and integrated element of the British Army.
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Bambatha Rebellion
The Bambatha rebellion was a Zulu revolt against British rule and taxation in Natal, South Africa, in 1906.
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Barberton, Mpumalanga
Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region.
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Battalion
A battalion is a military unit.
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Battle of Delville Wood
The Battle of Delville Wood was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry.
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Charles Stallard
Colonel the Hon.
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Clan Douglas
The Douglases are an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands.
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Clive Derby-Lewis
Clive John Derby-Lewis (22 January 1936 – 3 November 2016) was a South African politician, who was involved first in the National Party and then, while serving as a member of parliament, in the Conservative Party.
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German East Africa
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) (GEA) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania.
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German South West Africa
German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1919.
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Germiston
Germiston is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000.
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Glengarry
The glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and with ribbons hanging down behind.
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Hackle
The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress.
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Infantry
Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.
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Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts (24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.
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John Capper
Major-General Sir John Edward Capper (7 December 1861 – 24 May 1955) was a senior officer of the British Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who served on the North-West Frontier of British India, in South Africa and during the First World War, where he was instrumental in the development of the tank.
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King's Own Scottish Borderers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Maltese cross
The Maltese cross is the cross symbol associated with the Order of St. John since 1567, with the Knights Hospitaller and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and by extension with the island of Malta.
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North African Campaign
The North African Campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943.
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 – 9 March 1964), nicknamed affectionately as the Lion of Africa (Löwe von Afrika), was a general in the Prussian Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign.
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Pipe major
The pipe major is the leading musician of a pipe band, whether military or civilian.
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Protea
Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of South African flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos) or Fynbos.
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
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Rand Rebellion
The Rand Rebellion (or Rand Revolt, or Second Rand Revolt) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, in March 1922.
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Regiment
A regiment is a military unit.
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Regiment de la Rey
Regiment de la Rey (abbreviated to RDLR) is an infantry battalion of the South African Army.
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Royal Scots Borderers
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) is a Specialised Infantry Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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Somme (department)
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river.
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South African Army
The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.
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South African Army Infantry Formation
The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army.
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South African Border War
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.
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South African Communist Party
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa.
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South African Police Service
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa.
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South West Africa
South West Africa (Suidwes-Afrika; Zuidwest-Afrika; Südwestafrika) was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was subsumed under South Africa, from 1915 to 1990.
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Tartan
Tartan (breacan) is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.
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Township (South Africa)
In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refer to the often underdeveloped segregated urban areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Indians, Africans and Coloureds.
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Transvaal Scottish Regiment
The Transvaal Scottish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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Werndly van der Riet
Lieutenant General Werndly Renaut Booysie van der Riet (27 April 1914 - 28 February 1987) was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff.
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Witwatersrand
The Witwatersrand (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a, north-facing scarp in South Africa.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Zulu Kingdom
The Kingdom of Zulu, sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to Pongola River in the north.
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6th Armoured Division (South Africa)
The 6th South African Armoured Division was the second armoured division of the South African Army and was formed during World War II.
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Redirects here:
Wits Rifles, Witwatersrand Rifles.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwatersrand_Rifles_Regiment
