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OC Cape Command
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Can anyone help with completing the list of officers who commanded Cape No. 1 Military District (later Cape Command and briefly Cape Fortress)? Thanks! 1912-?? Lt-Col L Shadwell (Dist St Off, Cape Town) 1921-?? Brig WEC Tanner (OC No 1 Mil Dist) 1925-28 Col FG Harvey 1928-31 Col BD Bouwer 1931-33 ?? 1933 Maj P de Waal (actg) Dec 1933-1937 Col GE Brink (OC Cape Comd) 1937-3 July 1939 Col BF Armstrong ?? 8 Feb 1940-12 Dec 1940 Col CJ Venter ?? ?? May-Aug 1942 Brig WHE Poole (O/C Cape Fortress) ?? ?? |
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Hi Steven
This is the list as I have it. Military District No 1 1912-14 Lt-Col L Shadwell 1914-19 Lt Col G Nicholson 1919-20 Lt Col FS Dawson 1920-22 Lt Col T Blew 1922-25 Brig Gen WEC Tanner 1925-28 Col FG Harvey 1928-29 Col BC Judd 1929-31 Col BD Bouwer 1931-32 Lt Col HS Wakefield 1932-33 Maj P de Waal 1933-34 Col GE Brink Cape Command 1934-37 Col GE Brink 1937 Col KR van der Spuy 1937-39 Col BF Armstrong 1939 Lt Col H Celliers 1939-40 Brig Gen CJ Venter 1940-42 Brig Gen WEC Tanner Cape Fortress Command 1942 Brig WHE Poole 1942 Col AHK Jopp 1942-45 Brig CE Borain Cape Command 1946-47 Brig HG Willmot 1947-48 Brig M de Villiers 1948-50 Brig J Daniel 1950-55 Col L du Toit 1955-56 Col PS de Lange 1956-58 Col L Klootwyk 1958-59 Col N Nauhaus Western Province Command 1959-60 Col N Nauhaus 1960-61 Col PS Jacobs 1961 Col G Dunbar Moodie 1961-63 Col P van der Hoven 1963-66 Col P Ferguson 1966-69 Col P van der Hoven (again) 1969-72 Brig J Fourie 1972 Brig MA de M Malan 1973-74 Brig H Roos 1974-80 Brig L Robertson 1980-85 Brig SJ van der Spuy 1985-91 Brig Y de Bruin 1991-97 Maj Gen DP Lamprecht 1997-99 Maj Gen CH van Zyl 1999-'01 Col HS Gerber Interesting that three of them -- Van der Spuy, Venter and Willmot -- were SAAF officers. That was when SAAF was still part of the army, and did not yet have its own staff corps. From 1921 to 1926, there was a separate command, called the Cape Peninsula Garrison, which was commanded by Brig Gen Tanner (and possibly by Col Harvey after him). CPG was incorporated into MD No 1 in 1926.
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Many thanks for that! It's filled quite a few blanks.
I think Brig John Daniel was also SAAF or ex-SAAF |
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Many thanks for that! It's filled quite a few blanks.
I think Brig John Daniel was also SAAF or ex-SAAF |
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You may be right about Brig Daniel, Steven. His brother Brig Hector Daniel was SAAF.
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Hi Arthur,
Do you have the actual dates that COL AHK Jopp (or AH Keith-Jopp, his usage varied) was OC Cape Comd? Regards, Keith |
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Sorry, Keith, I don't.
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Col Jopp was I think OC Coast Artillery in WW2
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I've checked today and Col Jopp succeeded Col H E Cilliers as OC Coastal Arty in March 1941. Colonel Cilliers having died in a plane crash. Prior to that Jopp was OC 4 Heavy Battery, The Bluff, Durban. I had the privilege of a semi-guided tour of the remains of the huge gun emplacement at Bluff Base a few years ago.
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I found a note that Brig Poole was OC until August 1942 so presumably Col Jopp was OC from Aug/Sept1942.
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Hi Milhistry,
Thanks very much for that information. Jopp was one of our first 'air observation post' people, flying as an observer over Gallipoli with the RNAS. Somebody was writing an article for a magazine on the subject and us Gunners were contacted to fill in a few blanks. His South African service is little known, there was a suggestion he was Director Coast and Anti-Aircraft Artillery at one stage but I don't think that appointment existed until the post war period. I found that the Directorate of Coast and AA Arty was formed in Feb 1940, and that LTCOL Cilliers was the initial incumbent, so presumably that was the role Jopp took over as 'OC Coastal Artillery'. Thanks again, Keith Last edited by fairlie63; 02-04-17 at 07:36 AM. Reason: More info |
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I've found a published list of OCs, which was published in the defence force journal Militaria in 1985.* It gives Col Jopp's dates as 7 August to 5 October 1942.
Here's the page : It's incomplete, as it omits the first Disso, Lt Col Shadwell. * http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac...e/view/473/506
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Thanks for all the information and links! One of my relatives was on staff of O/C 1 Mil Dist/Cape Comd HQ from the mid 1920s to early 1940 hence the interest. I have been able to fill in quite a few blanks.
After searching my files for I've attempted to put some faces to some of the names (attached). Where possible I've chosen photos taken at or near the time the individual was serving as O/C though this has not always been possible. BTW does anyone happen to have a photo of Colonel Judd? |
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Well done Milhistory, big effort chasing down all those people's photographs.
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