How to become a member

'In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row.' (John Macrae) Civilians tending soldiers' graves; some of the many thousands which serve as a legacy of man's madness. The total cost in human lives amounted to 13 million. The total number of South Africans killed during the First World War was 12 452, of whom 8 551 were white, 709 coloured men and 3 192 black. Although small when compared with the total, to sparsely populated South Africa, the losses were enormous. Not only in terms of numbers, but in terms of quality and kind. Those who served were all volunteers, and it is in the nature of things that a volunteer army takes a proportion of the best men of a nation.

Once restricted to those who had seen military service, membership of the Legion is now open to all those who have its ideals at heart.

To become a member of the SA Legion, please contact us.

The initial membership fee is R100.00  and thereafter R60.00 per annum payable after 1 April each year.

On joining each new member will receive a back copy of Springbok, the national magazine (dependent on availability), Sitrep the Cape Town Branch newsletter and a Legion key lanyard.

There is a serious misconception that military veterans are seen only as those who served in World War Two. And it is seen by some as an Officers ‘club’. This is totally incorrect.

The thousands of men and women who have served in the armed forces since the world war are all classed as military veterans. Rank in the SA Legion is irrelevant – all members are Legionnaires.

Reserve force members of the Cape Town Rifle (Dukes) at training at Beaufort West. When these men leave the service they will be classed as military veterans.