Bert Sachse commanded the South African Army's 5 Reconnaissance Regiment (5 Recce) during two different periods. He first led the regiment as a commandant from 1983 to 1984, and later returned as a colonel to serve a second term as commander from 1990 to 1993....
Rhodesian
Jim McGuire
Jim Maguire (46) a former Royal Marine from London who went on to serve in the Rhodesian and South African special forces, was a mercenary in Ivory Coast for three months.
Luther Eeben Barlow
Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is a veteran of the South African Defence Force and was the second-in-command of its elite special forces 32 Battalion Reconnaissance Wing and went as the founder of Executive Outcomes
Dick Paxton
He commissioned as a helicopter pilot in the Rhodesian Air Force, seeing active service throughout the Rhodesian Bush War. He was shot down twice by enemy fire, most notably during Operation Uric while he had flown to medevac a wounded Rhodesian SAS soldier. Dick knew...
7 Squadron RRAF
Rhodesian Air Force No. 7 Squadron was a troop transport and battlefield support unit formed in February 1962 at New Sarum Air Force Base, equipped with Alouette III aircraft, were troop transport, casevac and battlefield support including Fireforce. Motto: "Fight...
8 Squadron RRAF
Rhodesian Air Force No. 8 Squadron was a troop transport and battlefield support unit formed in September 1978 at New Sarum Air Force Base, operating Augusta Bell 205 helicopters and known by the motto "By Night And By Day". The squadron was dissolved after the...
Havahli Timitiya
Killed in action during the Rhodesian Bush War (Operation Nickel) on August 22, 1967. He was the deputy to Lieutenant Nick Smith, and both were killed in a contact with the ANC's (African National Congress) and ZIPRA's (Zimbabwe African People's Revolutionary Army)...
Dudley Coventry
J. “Geordie” Wright
John Wickenden
Michael Patrick “Mick” Cahill
Michael Patrick Cahill (Service Number: 721381) was a member of the C Squadron, SAS (Special Air Service), in Rhodesia.






