Those who Fought
Michael Hamilton Woods
born 28.08.1943, Cape Town, South Africa. father Denis Hamilton Woods (1911-1977). mother Daphne Mary (nee Geddie) (1919-1996)
Neil ‘Death Wish’ Hooley
Trooper Neil "Death Wish" Hooley, a British volunteer in 11 Troop, 3 Commando, Rhodesian Light Infantry. Hooley became a bit of a legend in the regiment, for his ability to seemingly attract trouble, and spent quite a bit of time recovering in Tsanga Lodge from...
Oliveira Martin ‘Ollie’ Gomes
Oliveira Martin Gomes was separated from his family as a teenager in the chaos of the Angolan Civil War and found his way to Walvis Bay, South Africa. It was there were he was recruited into the newly formed 32 Battalion, having shown a proficiency in English and a...
Peter Baxter
Peter Baxter was the youngest (18 years & 3 months old) Regular Officer Commissioned off a Regular Officer Cadets Course in the Rhodesian Army. This cadet course was extremely lucky to have the training in classical warfare done when Rhodesia had 2 troops of...
Peter McAleese
McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade. As a mercenary or contractor, he worked in countries including South...
Ralph ‘the Rat’ Moore
Ralph started off his career with the Parachute Regiment, jumping into Egypt during the 1956 Suez Crisis where he was mentioned in dispatches (as you can see on his General Service Medal). After Egypt, he fought insurgencies in Yemen and Borneo with the 22 Special...