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Natal Carbineers

Regiment

Name history

  • 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934)
  • Natal Carbineers (1934–1935) — this name
    Reverted from "1st/2nd Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)" to "1st/2nd Natal Carbineers" — part of a UDF-wide 1934 round of changes that dismounted several mounted-rifle units to infantry (confirmed pattern for Umvoti Mounted Rifles); exact Natal Carbineers dismounting date not independently confirmed for this regiment specifically.
  • Royal Natal Carbineers (1935–1961)
    "Royal" conferred (same act as Durban Light Infantry).
  • Natal Carbineers (from 1961) — this name
    Republic of South Africa, 31 May 1961: "Royal" dropped (same republic-wide change as Durban Light Infantry).
62 records in this database

Natal colonial mounted regiment. Gillings records Maj Duncan Mackenzie’s Natal Carbineers riding with Capt H. Bottomley’s Imperial Light Horse in Maj H. de la P. Gough’s composite mounted infantry into Ladysmith just before sunset on 28 February 1900, ending the 118-day siege (sections mixed so neither unit alone could claim first entry). Source: Gillings, Ken. While They Kept The Flag Flying: The Relief of Ladysmith — The Battle of the Thukela Heights, 12th to 28th February 1900. 2nd ed. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-920315-80-1).

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Formation Type Relationship Dates
German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units Category organic
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1st South African Infantry Brigade Brigade organic 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31
South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades).

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1934-01-01 – 1934-12-31 UDF Infantry Active Citizen Force
Probable dismounting date, not independently confirmed for this specific regiment. Source

Personnel

62 on the roll across 3 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (62) Colonial forces (pre-Union) (48) Union Defence Force (11) South African Defence Force (3)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
21489 Ridsdale George Henry G H Corporal UDF Natal Carbineers 1st Mounted Rifles 1915-07-30
49317 Shaw E H Trooper COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1900-02-20
49318 Smith W C Trooper COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1899-12-18
33015 Smith Henry H Sergeant COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1906-01-18
33061 St. John Ayre Cecil Derrick C D Lance Corporal SADF Natal Carbineers 1965-05-18
49279 Taunton C E Major COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1899-11-03
49319 Taunton F W Trooper COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1900-06-14
26492 Van Aardt Thomas Wolseley T W Private UDF Natal Carbineers 1st Mounted Rifles, A Squadron 1915-05-29
49320 Wade F B Trooper COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1899-12-01
49321 Warren B W Trooper COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1899-12-15
49281 Wyld-Browne A Lieutenant COLONIAL Natal Carbineers 1900-05-28
3281 Zunckel Ivan Maurice I M Second Lieutenant UDF Natal Carbineers 2nd 1934-01-27