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1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)

Regiment

Name history

  • 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934) — this name
  • 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)
    "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).
10 records in this database

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Part of

Formation Type Relationship Dates
7 Mounted Brigade Brigade organic 1914-01-01 – 1915-12-31
German South West Africa campaign, WWI.

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1913-01-01 – 1919-12-31 UDF Mounted Infantry Active Citizen Force
Raised 1855 as Pietermaritzburg Irregular Horse; mounted role from inception. Source

Personnel

10 on the roll

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
4607 Cox Sydney Alfred Robert S A R Trooper UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) 1915-12-12
7775 Furner William George W G Trooper UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "D" Squadron 1914-11-25
8996 Hains Redvers Seymour R S Lieutenant UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) 1914-11-04
11120 Jeffery Arthur Gifford A G Trooper UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "D" Squadron 1915-04-27
13547 Liddell William Wilfred W W Private UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "D" Squadron 1914-11-30
14417 Madsen Alexis A Sergeant UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "A" Squadron 1915-05-06
16126 McLAREN J F Sergeant UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) 1915-01-22
20115 Pexton Harold H Trooper UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "B" Squadron 1915-04-27
21489 Ridsdale George Henry G H Corporal UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) 1915-07-30
26492 Van Aardt Thomas Wolseley T W Private UDF 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "A" Squadron 1915-05-29