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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
26823	Van Heerden	George Sebastian	G S	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-10
27013	Van Schalkwyk	Guillaume Jacobus	G J	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1944-06-26
27102	Van Wyk	Casper Jan Hendrik	C J H	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-04-14
27176	Van Zyl	Willem Andries	W A	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-05-14
27198	Varty	Herbert Rex Boyd	H R B	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1941-02-22
27352	Viljoen	Frederick Coenraad David	F C D	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-10
27361	Viljoen	Jacobus Schalk	J S	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-06
27388	Vincent	Stanley Thomas	S T	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1941-06-05
27620	Wallace	Gordon	G	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-09-13
27815	Watkins	Daniel Vernon Vale	D V V	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-11-28
27879	Watt	Justus Christian	J C	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-24
27920	Webb	George	G	Lance Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-21
28231	Whitecross	Bartlett Wallace	B W	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-27
28406	Williams	David Jacobus	D J	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-11
28413	Williams	Eric George	E G	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1944-06-04
28744	Wolfaardt	Cornelius J F	C J F	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st Bn.	1944-10-10
28749	Wolff	Edward Mervin	E M	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-07-27
28783	Wood	Maurice Jasper	M J	Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-12-05
28792	Wood	Wilfred George	W G	Sergeant	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-12-22
29073	Zeeman	Stephen John	S J	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-07-22
29092	Zietsman	Louis	L	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1941-04-22