This is a list of the South African Commando Units. It includes some units which were created to assist in the training or support of the Commandos. [1]
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 1 | (HQ Kelvin) | |
GSB Youngsfield (10 x Commandos) | ||
Two Oceans Commando | Cape Town | |
Cape Flats Commando | Cape Town | |
False Bay Commando | Cape Town | |
Koeberg Commando | Cape Town | |
Lions Head Commando | Cape Town | |
Skiereiland Commando/Peninsula Commando | Cape Town | |
Tygerberg Commando | Cape Town | |
Wynberg Commando | Cape Town | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 2 | (HQ Oudtshoorn) | |
GSB Oudtshoorn (8 x Commandos) | ||
Oudtshoorn Commando | Oudtshoorn | |
Worcester Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 3 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Alexander Bay Commando | ||
Springbok Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 4 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Knysna Commando | Western Cape | |
Mossel Bay Commando | Western Cape | |
Outeniekwa Commando | Western Cape | |
Riversdal Commando | Western Cape | |
Klein Karoo Commando | Western Cape | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 5 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Middel Karoo Commando | ||
De Aar Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 6 | (HQ Port Elizabeth) | |
GSB Port Elizabeth | 15 x Commandos | |
De Mist Commando/Uitenhage Commando | / | |
Donkin Commando | ||
Humansdorp Commando | ||
Kirkwood Commando | ||
Port Elizabeth Commando | Eastern Cape | |
Recife Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 7 | (HQ Grahamstown) | |
Cradock Commando | ||
Katberg Commando | ||
Murraydeen Commando | ||
Somerset East Commando | ||
Stormberg Commando | ||
Midland Commando [lower-alpha 2] | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 8 | (HQ East London) | |
Cately Commando | East London | |
East London Commando | East London | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 9 | (HQ Pietermaritzburg) | |
GSB Pietermaritzburg (5 x Commandos) | ||
Pietermaritzburg Commando/Natalia Regiment | ||
Umkomaas Commando | ||
Umvoti Commando | Durban [lower-alpha 3] | |
Midmar Commando | ||
Weenen-Kliprivier Commando | ||
Griqualand-East Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 10 | (HQ Montclair, Durban) | |
GSB Durban (6 x Commandos) | ||
Bluff Commando | ||
Highway Commando | ||
Umgeni Commando | ||
Durban South Commando | ||
Durban North Commando | ||
South Coast Commando | ||
Oribi Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 11 | (HQ Dundee) | |
Drakensberg Commando | ||
Dundee and District Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 12 | (HQ Ermelo) | |
GSB Nelspruit (11 x Commandos) | ||
Bethal Commando | ||
Ermelo Commando | ||
Piet Retief Commando | ||
Secunda Commando | ||
Standerton Commando | ||
Volksrust Commando | ||
Wakkerstroom Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 13 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Letaba Commando | ||
Phalaborwa Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 14 | (HQ Pietersburg) | |
GSB Pietersburg (7 x Commandos) | ||
Pietersburg Commando | ||
Limpopo Commando(SMA) | ||
Magdol Commando | ||
Soutpansberg Commando(SMA) | ||
Thabazimbi Commando | ||
Warmbad Commando | ||
Waterberg Commando Nylstroom | ||
Potgietersrus Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 15 | (HQ Thaba Tshwane) | |
GSB Thaba Tshwane (6 x Commandos) | ||
Broederstroom Commando | ||
Bronkhorstspruit Commando | ||
Hercules Commando | ||
Hillcrest Commando | ||
Irene Commando | ||
Moot Commando | ||
Munitoria Commando | ||
Pretoria East Commando | ||
Quaggapoort Commando | ||
Schanskop Commando | ||
Wonderboom Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 16 | (HQ Marievale) | |
GSB Johannesburg (8 x Commandos) | ||
Delmas Commando | ||
Heidelberg Commando | ||
Nigel Commando | ||
Springs Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 17 | (HQ Midvaal) | |
SASOL Commando | ||
Regiment Sasolburg | ||
Iscor Commando | ||
Krugersdorp Commando | ||
Meyerton Commando | ||
Vaal Commando | ||
Vanderbijl Commando | ||
Vereeniging Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 18 | (HQ Doornkop) | |
GSB Johannesburg (11 x Commandos) | ||
East Park Commando | ||
Johannesburg East Commando | ||
Johannesburg West Commando | ||
Randburg Commando | ||
Roodepoort Commando | ||
Wemmerpan Commando | ||
West Rand Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 19 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Brits Commando | ||
Koster Commando | ||
Rustenburg Commando | ||
Zeerust Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 20 | (HQ Mmabatho) | |
GSB Potchefstroom (9 x Commandos) | ||
Bloemhof Commando | ||
Christiana Commando | ||
Coligny Commando | ||
Lichtenburg Commando | ||
Marico Commando | ||
Ottosdal Commando | ||
Schweizer Reineke Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 21 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Kalahari Commando | ||
Kuruman Commando | ||
Mafikeng Commando | ||
Stellaland Commando | ||
Iscor Sishen Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 22 | (HQ Diskobolos) | |
GSB Kimberley (10 x Commandos) | ||
11 Commando | ||
Barkly West Commando | ||
Herbert Commando | ||
Hopetown Commando | ||
Kimberley Commando | ||
Karoo Commando | ||
Vaalharts Commando | ||
Victoria West Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 23 | (HQ Upington) | |
GSB Lohathla (7 x Commandos) | ||
Boegoeberg Commando | ||
Gordonia Commando | ||
Kakamas Commando | ||
Hay Commando | ||
Orania Commando | ||
Prieska Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 24 | (HQ Kroonstad) | |
GSB Kroonstad (17 x Commandos) | ||
Heilbron Commando | ||
Hoopstad Commando | ||
Koppies Commando | ||
Kroonstad Commando | ||
Lindley Commando | ||
Parys Commando | ||
SASOL Commando | ||
Regiment Sasolburg | ||
Senekal Commando | ||
Virginia Commando | ||
Vrede Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 25 | (HQ Bethlehem) | |
Bethlehem Commando | ||
Frankfort Commando | ||
Harrismith Commando | ||
Reitz Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 26 | (HQ, Jacobsdal) | |
Jacobsdal Commando | ||
Phillipolis Commando | ||
Rouxville Commando | ||
Winburg Commando | ||
Zastron Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 27 | (HQ Eshowe) | |
GSB Ladysmith (5 x Commandos) | ||
Drakensberg Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Dundee and District Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Pongola Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Tugela Commando | Durban [lower-alpha 3] | |
Insele Commando [lower-alpha 4] | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Northern Natal Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Umkhombe Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 28 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Belfast Commando | ||
Carolina Commando | ||
Loskop Commando | ||
Middelburg Commando | ||
Witbank Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 29 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
Kudusrand Commando | Limpopo | |
Northam Commando | Limpopo | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 30 | (HQ Potchefstroom) | |
GSB Potchefstroom (12 x Commandos) | ||
Potchefstroom Commando | ||
Cachet Commando | ||
Delareyville Commando | ||
Gatsrand Commando | ||
Hartbeesfontein Commando | ||
Klerksdorp Commando | ||
NASChem Commando | ||
Orkney Commando/Noordvaal Commando | ||
Ventersdorp Commando | ||
Wolmaransstad Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 31 | (HQ Wellington) | |
Caledon Commando | ||
Calvinia Commando | ||
Hantam Commando | ||
Paarl Commando | ||
Stellenbosch Commando | ||
Swellendam Commando | ||
Winterberg Commando | ||
Worcester Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 32 | (HQ Graaff-Reinet) | |
Amatola Commando | ||
Graaff-Reinet Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 33 | (HQ Nelspruit) | |
GSB Nelspruit (8 x Commandos) | ||
Barberton Commando | ||
Nelspruit Commando | ||
Kruger National Park Commando | ||
Lebombo Commando | ||
Long Tom Commando | ||
Lydenburg Commando | ||
Whiteriver Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 34 | (HQ Welkom) | |
Bothaville Commando | ||
Bultfontein Commando | ||
Odendaalsrus Commando | ||
Theunissen Commando | ||
Sandrivier Commando | ||
Goudveld Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 35 | (HQ Bloemfontein) | |
Bloemfontein City Commando | ||
Bloemfontein District Commando | ||
Boshof Commando | ||
Brandfort Commando | ||
Edenburg Commando | ||
Ficksburg Commando | ||
Smithfield Commando | ||
University OFS Commando | ||
Wepener Commando | ||
Fouriesburg Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 36 | (HQ Tempe/Ladybrand) | |
GSB Bloemfontein (16 x Commandos) | ||
Caledon River Commando | ||
Fauresmith Commando | ||
Ladybrand Commando | ||
Senekal Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 39 | (HQ Queenstown) | |
Aliwal North Commando | ||
Barkly East Commando | ||
Queenstown Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 40 | (HQ Wingsfield) | |
Clanwilliam Commando | ||
Piketberg Commando | ||
Swartland Commando | ||
Van Rhynsdorp Commando | ||
West Coast Commando | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 41 | (HQ Primrose) | |
Atlas Commando | Transvaal | |
Benoni Commando | Transvaal | |
Brakpan Commando | Transvaal | |
Boksburg Commando | Transvaal | |
Germiston Commando | Transvaal | |
Kempton Park Commando | Transvaal | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
---|---|---|
Group 42 | (HQ Lenz) | |
Alberton Commando | ||
Edenvale Commando [lower-alpha 5] | [lower-alpha 6] | |
Modderfontein Commando | ||
Sandton Commando [lower-alpha 7] | ||
West Park Commando [lower-alpha 8] | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 46 | (HQ Umtata) | |
GSB Port Elizabeth (7 x Commandos) | ||
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Group 50 | ||
Alte Feste Commando (SWATF) | Namibia | |
Bo-Nossob Commando (SWATF) | Namibia | |
Etosha Commando (SWATF) | ||
Grootfontein Commando (SWATF) | ||
Keetmanshoop Commando (SWATF) | ||
Maltahohe Commando (SWATF) | ||
Mariental Commando (SWATF) | ||
Otjiwarongo Commando (SWATF) | ||
Outjo Commando (SWATF) | ||
Walvis Bay Military Area | ||
Walvis Bay Commando | Walvis Bay | |
Unit | Area | Insignia |
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Unsorted | ||
Danie Theron Combat School | Northern Cape | |
South West Karoo Commando | South West Karoo | |
Stormrivier Commando | Western Cape |
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