Regiment Highveld

Regiment Highveld

Regiment Highveld emblem
Active 1960
Country  South Africa
Allegiance
Branch
Type Infantry
Role Light Infantry
Size One Battalion
Part of South African Infantry Corps
Army Territorial Reserve
Garrison/HQ Middelburg, Nelspruit
Motto(s) “Staan Ferm” (Stand Firm)

Regiment Highveld was a motorised infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that of a present-day British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.

History

Origins

Regiment Highveld[1] was formed in Middelburg on the 1 January 1960, it also stationed a rear HQ in the town of Nelspruit.

The Regiment originally wore the infantry bokkop but the lion rampant emblem was adopted by 1965.

Regiment Highveld was utilized in a motorized infantry role and deployed on internal security duties on a regular basis.

Disbandment

Regiment Highveld was disbanded in 1997.

Insignia

Dress Insignia

SADF Regiment Highveld insignia

References

  1. The War In Angola. "South African Unit Profiles". warinangola.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.


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