by Hennie Heymans | Nov 24, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Military Personalities, Remembrance day, SA Air Force, SA Military History, South African Commonwealth War casualties buried across the World –, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, South Africans in RAF
The story of Captain Kinnery, S.A.A.F. Abstract Captain John Frederick “Jack” Kinnery (1918–1944), born in London and raised in Johannesburg, trained as a surveyor before enlisting in the South African Air Force in 1940. Rising through the ranks from air gunner to...
by Henning van Aswegen | Nov 18, 2025 | Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Revolutionary Warfare, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, South African Defence Force, STATE-BACKED INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA
Irregular Forces – State-Backed Insurgencies in Africa Helmoed Römer Heitman – Nongqai The most common concept of irregular forces is that of guerrilla forces engaged in insurgency against a government. It is also generally understood and accepted that for an...
by Hennie Heymans | Nov 17, 2025 | 1966 Bush War / Coin, Afrikaans Literature in Uniform, BOOKS / BOEKE, Military History, SA Military History, SKRYWERS & BOEKE, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, WOMEN IN UNIFORM
Military Books by Paul Els MILITARY BOOKS BY PAUL ELS About the author Warrant Officer First Class (retired) Paul J. Els Warrant Officer First Class (retired) Paul J. Els descendant of Boer General Louis Botha, Voortrekkers Andries Potgieter and Hans Dons de Lange,...
by David Blyth | Nov 10, 2025 | Memory, Military History, Poppy Day, Remembrance day, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Remembrance Day 2025 Gamlingay, Cambridge, UK Abstract Remembrance Day service 2025 at the Gamlingay village War Memorial, Cambridge, UK REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025 GAMLINGAY, CAMBRIDGE, UK Author: David Blyth (SA Navy Ret) With veterans scattered, we appear at Remembrance...
by Hennie Heymans | Nov 6, 2025 | Armistice Day, Armistice Day, Armistice Day (poppy day), Gedenkmuur - Voortrekkermonument, Koevoet, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Armistice Day: Remembrance or Poppy Day. Abstract Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, remains deeply relevant to the SANDF, South African Police and Koevoet Veterans League because it symbolizes the origin of modern remembrance culture, honours shared military sacrifice,...
by Hennie Heymans | Nov 4, 2025 | Military History, SA Military History, SA War Graves / SA Oorlogsgrafte, South African Commonwealth War casualties buried across the World –, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
South African Commonwealth War Casualties Buried Across the World – Part Ninety-Four. SOUTH AFRICAN COMMONWEALTH WAR CASUALTIES BURIED ACROSS THE WORLD – PART NINETY-FOUR. By Captain (SAN) Charles Ross (SA Navy Retired) South Africans participated in almost every war...
