The unit is often teased for being the world’s only coastal Highland regiment – something of a contradiction in terms. The regiment was established as the Cape Town Highlanders, The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn’s Own on April 24, 1885 and wears Gordon tartan.
Written by Leon Engelbrecht Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:07
Named or the Prime Minister and Boer general, Regiment Botha was formed on April 1 1934 at Ermelo and recruited in the then-northern and eastern Transvaal. By 1939 there were two battalions but only the second was mobilised on June 19, 1940.1
Written by Leon Engelbrecht Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:03
This unit was formed in 1951 by renaming the second battalion of Regiment Botha. Beyers had been a Boer general and later commandant general of the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Force. In this role he was instrumental in introducing military aviation in South Africa..jpg)
By 1971 the number of parachute-trained white conscripts with further national service obligations as reservists had grown to the point where 1 Parachute Bn could no longer cope with their administration. 
