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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
21690 Robinson Roy Brown R B Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
21532 Ritchie Thomas T Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-22
32681 Richardson Colin C SADF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps Royal Natal Carbineers 1960-06-20
21420 Richards Gerald Hilary G H Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-04
21185 Rawlinson Clive Francis Methley C F M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-06-04
20896 Raath Hendrick Nicolas H N Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1941-01-19
20831 Putterill William Keith Dent W K D Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-11
20785 Pugin Ronald Theodore Arthur R T A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
20531 Potgieter Adrian Matthys Johannes A M J Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-10-03
20469 Pollock Everard David E D Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-23
20265 Pierce Richard Hamburg Buxton Bennett Percy R H B B P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-12
20191 Phillpott Walter Frank W F Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-05-05
19754 Paton Atholl Mason A M Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-12-16
19702 Parsons John Dudley J D Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-24
19563 Paeper Adolphe Ludwig Herman A L H Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1945-11-04
19556 Paddison Geoffrey Michael G M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-02
19505 Otto Henry Vaughan H V Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1942-04-13
19422 Oosthuyse Nicolaas Johannes N J Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-20
18762 Nicholson Joseph J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-30
18748 Nichols John Hurwood J H Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-31
18020 Mundell Donald Charles D C Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-17
17916 Muir John Harold J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
17627 Moss Sydney Winston S W Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-10-14
16696 Mills Clement Dudley C D Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-14
16494 Meyer Jan Van Rooyen J V R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-09-24
16373 Melville Alexander Saunders A S Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-30
16298 Meade George Ronald G R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
16238 McNICHOLAS Laurence Gregory L G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
16190 McMENAMIN John Gerald J G Lieutenant Colonel UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
16163 McLEOD Ian Melville I M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-28
16092 McKENZIE Richard George R G Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-08
15972 McFIE Roy Thomson R T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-04-13
15967 McFARLANE David D Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15901 McCULLOUGH Donovan Bertram D B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
15866 McCLUNG Gilbert Murray G M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-30
15853 McCATHIE Gordon Fernie G F Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15680 Maxwell Hector Ross H R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-05-21
15657 Maunsell Errol Creagh E C Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1942-07-06
15503 Mathew Hubert Myles H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-02
15438 Masterton-Smith Herbert Philip H P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
15420 Mason William W Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
15287 Martin Nigel George N G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
15239 Martens Roland Trevor Milton R T M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-22
15222 Marshall Edward Thomas E T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-03
15155 Maritz Johannes Gerhardus Andries J G A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-29
15133 Margolis Hyman H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1944-10-10
15124 Maree Samuel Joseph S J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-30
14574 Maile Arthur Bernard Maurice A B M Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-13
14375 MacVICAR Angus A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-03
14253 MacINNES Norman Angus N A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-19