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Royal Natal Carbineers

Regiment

Name history

  • 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934)
  • Natal Carbineers (1934–1935)
    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) — this name
    "Royal" conferred (same act as Durban Light Infantry).
  • Natal Carbineers (from 1961)
    Republic of South Africa, 31 May 1961: "Royal" dropped (same republic-wide change as Durban Light Infantry).
221 records in this database

No information on file for this regiment.

Part of

Formation Type Relationship Dates
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
1935-01-01 – 1957-10-31 UDF Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt) Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed. Source

Personnel

221 on the roll across 2 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (221) Union Defence Force (220) South African Defence Force (1)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
4457 Cooper Herbert William H W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
4470 Cope John Henry J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
4569 Cowan John Arthur J A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
4666 Crerar David John D J Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-04-12
5068 Davidson Douglas James D J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
5600 Deverneuil Harry Maurice H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
5683 Dicks Maurice William M W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
5785 Dives Robert Basil R B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-11-16
5957 Dowling Anthony Terrance A T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
5968 Downing Samuel Joseph S J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-19
5996 Draper Ernest Raymond E R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-18
5998 Dredge Trenly John T J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
6029 Drummond Hugh Malcolm H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
6055 Du Plessis Charles Phillip C P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-08
6081 Du Plessis John Henry J H Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
1016 Duggan Frederick Michael Bampfield F M B Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-21
6395 Easton Glen Isaac G I Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-03
6512 Egner Max Grenwell M G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
6569 Elliott Thomas Raymond T R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-15
6894 Falk Werner W Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-02
7181 Fisher Clement William C W Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
7207 Fitzgerald James J Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
7240 Flear Harry H Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-06-25
7439 Fourie Adam Johannes A J Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
7456 Fourie Johannes J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-11
7473 Fourie Marcus Johannes M J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-30
7596 Fraser Donald Mitchell D M Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1943-06-27
7620 Fray Charles Henry C H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
7660 Freer Clifton Henry C H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
7836 Gallimore Lionel French L F Major UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1945-02-28
7934 Gay Samuel Robert S R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-02-13
8033 Georgeson Alexander A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-25
8325 Goldsmith Frederick Ronald F R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
8425 Gordon Ian Alexander I A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
8566 Grant Bolton B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-05-07
8589 Gratton Ronald R Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-04-16
8614 Gray Leslie L Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-20
8630 Greaves George Sydney G S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-28
9215 Harley John Stanley J S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-12-02
9317 Harrison James Clarence J C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-27
9433 Hathorn David Alister Roy D A R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
9434 Hathorn Walter Blaikie W B Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1941-10-24
9482 Hawkins Frank Rodney Harlan F R H Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-02
9697 Hendry Geoffery Leith Hamilton (bill) G L H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-06-20
10090 Hogben Terence Anthony T A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
10264 Hornby Brian Melville B M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
10299 Horsley Lyddon Claude L C Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-05
10686 Inman Frederick Arthur Perkins F A P Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-02
11277 Johnson Ian Lorimer I L Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-14
11396 Jones Allan Mortimer A M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-30