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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
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
13961 Lowe Cecil Dixon C D Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-08
13928 Louw Willem Adriaan W A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-25
13554 Liebenberg Christoffel Jacobus C J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-31
13215 Lee Philip Henry P H Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
13197 Ledingham Francois F Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-12
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
12898 Landrey Maurice Ralph Paton M R P Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
12868 Lambrinos Harry H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-22
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
12593 Kotze Petrus Benjamin P B Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
12578 Kossowsky David Theodor D T Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-07-17
12479 Koch Basil B Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-24
12434 Knight Alwyn Stephen A S Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-11-14
12339 Kirton Harold George H G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-08-29
12310 Kirk Alan Everitt Ashby A E A Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-07-29
11872 Kay Lionel Phillip L P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-09
11396 Jones Allan Mortimer A M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-11-30
11470 Jones Stanley S Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-21
11277 Johnson Ian Lorimer I L Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-14
10686 Inman Frederick Arthur Perkins F A P Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-03-02
10299 Horsley Lyddon Claude L C Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-05
10264 Hornby Brian Melville B M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
10090 Hogben Terence Anthony T A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-21
9697 Hendry Geoffery Leith Hamilton (bill) G L H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1940-06-20
9482 Hawkins Frank Rodney Harlan F R H Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-02
9433 Hathorn David Alister Roy D A R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
9434 Hathorn Walter Blaikie W B Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1941-10-24
9317 Harrison James Clarence J C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-27
9215 Harley John Stanley J S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-12-02
8630 Greaves George Sydney G S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-28
8614 Gray Leslie L Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-20
8589 Gratton Ronald R Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1943-04-16
8566 Grant Bolton B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-05-07
8425 Gordon Ian Alexander I A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
8325 Goldsmith Frederick Ronald F R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
8033 Georgeson Alexander A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-25
7934 Gay Samuel Robert S R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-02-13
7836 Gallimore Lionel French L F Major UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1945-02-28
7660 Freer Clifton Henry C H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
7620 Fray Charles Henry C H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
7596 Fraser Donald Mitchell D M Trooper UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1943-06-27
7439 Fourie Adam Johannes A J Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
7456 Fourie Johannes J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-11
7473 Fourie Marcus Johannes M J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-30
7240 Flear Harry H Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-06-25
7207 Fitzgerald James J Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10