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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
11470 Jones Stanley S Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-21
11872 Kay Lionel Phillip L P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-09
12310 Kirk Alan Everitt Ashby A E A Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-07-29
12339 Kirton Harold George H G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-08-29
12434 Knight Alwyn Stephen A S Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-11-14
12479 Koch Basil B Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-24
12578 Kossowsky David Theodor D T Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-17
12593 Kotze Petrus Benjamin P B Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
12650 Kruger David D Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-02
12664 Kruger Jan Andries J A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
12868 Lambrinos Harry H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-22
12898 Landrey Maurice Ralph Paton M R P Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
13135 Le Roux Johannes Van Heerden J v H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-12
13140 Le Roux Septimus S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-03
13197 Ledingham Francois F Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-12
13215 Lee Philip Henry P H Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
13554 Liebenberg Christoffel Jacobus C J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-31
13928 Louw Willem Adriaan W A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-25
13961 Lowe Cecil Dixon C D Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-08
14109 Lyttle William Edward W E Warrant Officer Class II UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-07-29
14110 Lyttle William Maxwell Fearne W M F Staff Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-10
14253 MacINNES Norman Angus N A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-19
14375 MacVICAR Angus A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-03
14574 Maile Arthur Bernard Maurice A B M Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-13
15124 Maree Samuel Joseph S J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-30
15133 Margolis Hyman H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1944-10-10
15155 Maritz Johannes Gerhardus Andries J G A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-29
15222 Marshall Edward Thomas E T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-03
15239 Martens Roland Trevor Milton R T M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-22
15287 Martin Nigel George N G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15420 Mason William W Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
15438 Masterton-Smith Herbert Philip H P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
15503 Mathew Hubert Myles H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-02
15657 Maunsell Errol Creagh E C Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-06
15680 Maxwell Hector Ross H R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-05-21
15853 McCATHIE Gordon Fernie G F Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15866 McCLUNG Gilbert Murray G M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-30
15901 McCULLOUGH Donovan Bertram D B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
15967 McFARLANE David D Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15972 McFIE Roy Thomson R T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-04-13
16092 McKENZIE Richard George R G Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-08
16163 McLEOD Ian Melville I M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-28
16190 McMENAMIN John Gerald J G Lieutenant Colonel UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
16238 McNICHOLAS Laurence Gregory L G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
16298 Meade George Ronald G R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
16373 Melville Alexander Saunders A S Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-30
16494 Meyer Jan Van Rooyen J V R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-24
16696 Mills Clement Dudley C D Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-14
17627 Moss Sydney Winston S W Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-10-14
17916 Muir John Harold J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22