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词条 Kroonstad Commando
释义

  1. History

     Origin  Operations  With the Free State Republic  Anglo Boer War  With the UDF  With the SADF  With the SANDF  Disbandment 

  2. Unit Insignia

  3. Leadership

  4. References

  5. See also

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Kroonstad Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.

History

Origin

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Operations

With the Free State Republic

Anglo Boer War

This Commando was involved in the following:

  • The battle of Rietfontein[1] took place on 24 October 1899 between six commandos of the Free State Army commanded by General A Piet Cronje and a British Flying Column dispatched from Ladysmith under the command of Sir George White.

The Free State forces consisted of the following commandos:

  • Harrismith Commando,
  • Kroonstad Commando,
  • Winburg Commando,
  • Bethlehem Commando,
  • Vrede Commando and
  • Heilbron Commando.
  • The battle of Magersfontein took place on 11 December 1899. The Kroonstad Command being split into three on strategic koppies.[2]

With the UDF

By 1902 all Commando remnants were placed under British military control and disarmed.

By 1912, however previous Commando members could join shooting associations.

By 1940, such commandos were under control of the National Reserve of Volunteers.

These commandos were formally reactivated by 1948.

With the SADF

During this era, the unit was mostly used for rural area force protection and stock theft control.

The unit resorted under the command of the SADF's Group 24.

With the SANDF

Disbandment

This unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units.[3][4] The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 "because of the role it played in the apartheid era", according to the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula.[5]

Unit Insignia

Leadership

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References

1. ^http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol155jh.html
2. ^Geldenhuys, P. Geldenhuys Geneaology 2015, Peysoft Publishing
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.issafrica.org/Pubs/ASR/6No2/VanStade.html |title=Rationalisation in the SANDF: The Next Challenge |accessdate=5 March 2015 |year=1997 |author=Col L B van Stade, Senior Staff Officer Rationalisation, SANDF |publisher=Institute for Security Studies |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316204323/https://issafrica.org/pubs/asr/6no2/vanstade.html |archivedate=16 March 2016 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/rural_safety/eng/pages/no2e.htm |title=About the Commando system |accessdate=2008-01-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206150052/http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/rural_safety/eng/pages/no2e.htm |archivedate=December 6, 2007 }}
5. ^{{cite web|last1=de Lange|first1=Deon|title=South Africa: Commandos Were 'Hostile to New SA'|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200805290408.html|work=Cape Argus|accessdate=5 March 2015|subscription=yes}}

See also

  • South African Commando System
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3 : Infantry regiments of South Africa|South African Commando Units|Military units and formations of the Second Boer War

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