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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
29092 Zietsman Louis L Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
29073 Zeeman Stephen John S J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-22
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
28749 Wolff Edward Mervin E M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-27
28744 Wolfaardt Cornelius J F C J F Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1944-10-10
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
28231 Whitecross Bartlett Wallace B W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
27920 Webb George G Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-21
27879 Watt Justus Christian J C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-24
27815 Watkins Daniel Vernon Vale D V V Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-28
27620 Wallace Gordon G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-13
27388 Vincent Stanley Thomas S T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-06-05
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
27198 Varty Herbert Rex Boyd H R B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
27176 Van Zyl Willem Andries W A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-14
27102 Van Wyk Casper Jan Hendrik C J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-04-14
27013 Van Schalkwyk Guillaume Jacobus G J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-26
26823 Van Heerden George Sebastian G S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
26746 Van Der Westhuizen Jan Willem J W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
26552 Van Den Heever Daniel Petrus D P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-17
26482 Valentine James Bastiton J B Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-30
25368 Tomlinson Reginald Campbell R C Major UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-24
25236 Thyer Percy Ernest P E Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
25219 Thrash Edgar Raymond Osborne E R O Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-11
25216 Thorpe John Domleo J D Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
25074 Thomas Percival Everard P E Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
24824 Taylor Geoffrey Knowles G K Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
24855 Taylor Percy Charles P C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-30
24857 Taylor Robert Percy Howden R P H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-21
24652 Symmonds Charles William C W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
24633 Swindon Leslie Arthur Mortimer L A M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-03
24514 Sutton George Cherrington G C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
24349 Streak Milton Alfred M A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
24307 Stott Allan Rowland A R Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
24294 Stopford Ronayne Justin R J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-02
24159 Stewart CLAUDE McDONALD C M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-30
23887 Spinas Reginald Louis R L Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
23876 Sperryn Percy Neville Henry P N H Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
23834 Sparks Norman N Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-14
23695 Snyman Jacobus Wilhelmus Rudolph J W R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
23550 Smith Joseph Ellis J E Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
23062 Sieni Antonio Giuseppe Francisco A G F Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
22359 Scheepers George Murray G M Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1947-06-10
22001 Rudd Johannes Lodewickus J L Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-09
21963 Rowe Patrick William P W Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
21784 Roodman Johannes Hendrik Nicolas J H N Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-25
21675 Robinson Hallowes Addison H A Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22