Condolences to Her Majesty the Queen
9th April 2021 May it please Your MajestyOn behalf of the Chairman, Executive Committee and Members of the Transvaal Scottish Regimental Association, I wish to extend our sincere condolences on the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Our Thoughts are with Your majesty and your family at this sad and […]
Festive Season message from the Chairman
Hello to All fellow Jocks and friends, This has been, to say the least, a very strange and difficult year for all of us. One of the positive results of the COVID pandemic is that it has taught us the real value of family and friends. Being locked up with our loved ones, for the […]
R.I.P. Joe Renney
With great sadness we report the passing of Joe Renney- former Master at Arms of SAS Rand and CWO of SA Navy Reserves. Joe was a great supporter of the Jocks. We will remember him.Funeral arrangements are as follows: Friday 27 Nov 2020, 12h00, Maitland Crematorium Cape Town
R.I.P. David van Duyker
It is with sadness that we have been informed by his daughter Marion Becker, that David van Duyker after a period of ill health, has been called to Higher Service on the 10th November 2020. He was with his family on the South Coast at the time.I have extended the Associations condolences on behalf of […]
Seventeen days of Hades!
One of the most asked questions is: why poppies? The answer is simple: poppies only flower in rooted up soil. Their seeds can lie on the ground for years and years, and only when someone roots up the ground, they will sprout. There was enough rooted up soil on the battlefield of the Western Front; […]
LWF ~ Ypres 1917
Lest we forget ~ Private S. T. Sherwood, Ypres 1917 “As I slipped to the bottom of the shell hole I took my torch out, flashed it around and to my horror found I had a German companion – a rotting corpse. There was a terrific stink. I thought ‘Heavens, am I going to spend […]
