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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
7181 Fisher Clement William C W Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
6894 Falk Werner W Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-02
6569 Elliott Thomas Raymond T R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1942-02-15
6512 Egner Max Grenwell M G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
6395 Easton Glen Isaac G I Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-03
1016 Duggan Frederick Michael Bampfield F M B Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-21
6055 Du Plessis Charles Phillip C P Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-08
6081 Du Plessis John Henry J H Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1944-06-17
6029 Drummond Hugh Malcolm H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
5998 Dredge Trenly John T J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
5996 Draper Ernest Raymond E R Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-18
5968 Downing Samuel Joseph S J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-04-19
5957 Dowling Anthony Terrance A T Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
5785 Dives Robert Basil R B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1945-11-16
5683 Dicks Maurice William M W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
5600 Deverneuil Harry Maurice H M Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-17
5068 Davidson Douglas James D J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-04-22
4666 Crerar David John D J Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-04-12
4569 Cowan John Arthur J A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
4470 Cope John Henry J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
4457 Cooper Herbert William H W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
4403 Cook John Kitchener J K Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-21
4338 Comrie Peter Courtney P C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
4093 Cockcroft Dallas Bernard D B Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
4055 Clover Joseph Alexander J A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1942-11-01
3970 Clayton Ian Barry I B Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
3944 Clarke Peter John P J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-21
3895 Clark Ernest Roy Ryder E R R Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-24
3920 Clark Winston Valentine W V Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-05-14
3634 Chapman Victor Charles John V C J Lieutenant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
3514 Castle Edward Alfred E A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-08-25
29703 Carter John Charles J C Captain UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 8 South African Infantry Battalion 1957-04-27
3383 Carlson Pieter Gideon P G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-18
3254 Callender Charles C Lance Corporal UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-25
3178 Buys John Hendrik J H Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1941-11-29
3113 Burton Graham William G W Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-06
2851 Browne George G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-05
2844 Brown Zane Z Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-11-08
2602 Brighton Edwin Kenneth E K Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-17
2506 Brasler Gerhardus Croeser G C Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-21
2434 Boyley Ronald Stephen R S Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-25
2280 Botha Theodorus Ernest T E Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-27
2196 Botes HERMANUS JOHANNES known as HERMAN H J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-10
2078 Boolsen George Charles Arthur G C A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-07-28
1975 Blomeyer Robert Herman Frederick Ernest R H F E Sergeant UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
1973 Blom Johannes Jacobus J J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-06-28
1649 Berriman Neville N Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1944-10-02
1635 Berlyn Clive Gerald C G Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-02-22
1582 Bennett Arthur John A J Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-27
1547 Bendall Alfred A Private UDF Royal Natal Carbineers South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-28