Regiment Highveld Explained

Unit Name:Regiment Highveld
Dates:1960
Allegiance:
Branch:
    Type:Infantry
    Role:Light Infantry
    Size:One Battalion
    Command Structure:South African Infantry Corps
    Army Territorial Reserve
    Garrison:Middelburg, Nelspruit
    Motto:"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 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.

    Role and operations

    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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: South African Unit Profiles. The War In Angola. warinangola.com. 2016-12-14.