WW2:SARP (Nongqai Vol 17 No 4)
1939 – 1946: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY POLICE: SECOND WORLD WAR
LT-COL WILLIAM MARASHALL (SANDF)
ABSTRACT: The role and duties of the South African Railways Police during the Second World War
Keywords
1913: Establishment
1938: Railway Police statistics
1941: Water Police
1945: Railway Police statistics
1946: Railway Police statistics
Act 22 of 1916 (Railway Police)
Blackout Regulations
Censorship Control
Controller of Censorship
Essential Services Protection Corps (ESPC)
Guard duties
Harbours & Shipping
Internal Security
Railway Police statistics
Railway regiment
Railway Regiment of the Essential Services Protection Corps (ESPC)
SA Police Force
Sabotage
Seizure of Enemy Ships
Special Constables
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