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T.F.
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Page
created 1 November 2001. Corrected and updated
20.09.2004
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South
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time Reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency
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1913.07.01 |
12th Infantry
(Pretoria Regiment)
formed at Pretoria (Transvaal) in Acrtive Citizen
Force of Union Defence Force by amalgamation of the Pretoria Company
of The Transvaal Scottish,
Central South African Railway Volunteers, and Northern Mounted
Rifles, and Pretoria detachment of the Transvaal
Cycle and Motor Corps |
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1928? |
The Pretoria
Regiment |
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1930.10.24 |
The Pretoria
Regiment (Princess Alice's Own) |
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1946 |
reorganised
in part-time forces: |
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- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
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1954 |
2nd
Bn disbanded |
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1961 |
The Pretoria
Regiment |
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PR Deployment and War
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War service
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Overseas service
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Home service
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1914.08 |
mobilised
at Pretoria |
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1914.08 |
SW
Africa |
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1915.07 |
South
Africa |
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1915? |
demobilised
(personnel volunteered for SA Imperial Service units) |
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1922 |
Rand
Revolution |
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1st Battalion Deployment
and War Service [1940-1945]: |
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1940 |
mobilised
at Pretoria |
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1940.07.23 |
South
Africa |
7
SA Inf Bde, 3 SA Inf Div |
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1942.04.04 |
South
Africa |
7
SA Mot Bde, 3 SA Armd Div |
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1942.06.16 |
at
sea |
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1942.06.21 |
Madagascar |
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SA Mot Bde, Diego Suarez Fortress HQ |
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1942.12.03 |
at
sea |
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1942.12.07 |
South
Africa |
7
SA Mot Bde, 3 SA Armd Div |
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1943.02 |
converted
to armour |
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SA Armd Bde, 6 SA Armd Div |
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1943.04.19 |
at
sea |
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1943.04.30 |
Egypt:
Khataba |
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SA Armd Bde, 6 SA Armd Div |
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1944.04.16 |
at
sea |
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1944.04.21 |
Italy |
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SA Armd Bde, 6 SA Armd Div |
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1944 |
Italy |
24
Gds Bde |
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1945 |
demobilised
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2nd Battalion Deployment
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PR Deployment and
War Service [198u-1989]: |
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198u |
SW
Africa |
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1989 |
converted
to armour |
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1989 |
SW
Africa (one sqn) |
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1989? |
demobilised |
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Biography
and Gallantry Awards: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
An impala deer
proper, trippant, on a mount representing the Magaliesberg range to
the north of Pretoria, the foreground seméé of succulents. Beneath
the impala and the mountain is a ribbon bearing the motto, 'Nulli
Secundus'.
flash: green over black superimposed with a cherry and old
gold diamond (the latter being the colours of the City of Pretoria).
badge backing (1945?): a pair of stylised wings in the dark
blue and crimson Guard Brigade colours [granted by King George
VI for service with 24 Gds Bde] |
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Uniform: |
khaki (tunic,
trousers, puttees); facings: none |
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Motto: |
Nulli secundus
[granted given by PM Louis Botha after the 1914-1915 campaign] |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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Full Histories:
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[no known published history] |
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