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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
1489	Beldon	Alan Bruce	A B	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-18
1467	Behrens	Geoffrey Justin	G J	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1945-10-11
1391	Beattie	Desmond Robert	D R	Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1945-04-29
1390	Beatt	Alexander Stuart	A S	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1946-01-04
1385	Beaton	John Frederick	J F	Captain	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-07-28
1312	Batten	Arthur	A	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1941-02-22
1279	Basson	Thomas Richard	T R	Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-22
1112	Barlow	Ignatius Petrus	I P	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-06
1095	Barker	Clifford Mark	C M	Lieutenant	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-07-27
1073	Barclay	George Stevenson	G S	Sergeant	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-07-21
987	Ball	Fred Joseph Hildebrand	F J H	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1941-02-22
936	Baker	Andries Nikolas	A N	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1944-06-17
803	Auths	Evan John	E J	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1945-06-24
784	Auret	Cecil Noel	C N	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps	1st	1942-06-05
776	Auld	James Ernest	J E	Sergeant	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-11-17
668	Armstrong	Herbert Stanley	H S	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1940-11-01
653	Arkin	Solomon David	S D	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-11-04
526	Andrews	Dennis Lovert	D L	Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1941-11-30
258	Airey	Bruce	B	Lance Corporal	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-05-10
150	Adams	John Eustace	J E	Lieutenant	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1944-10-21
49	Abrahams	Henry	H	Private	UDF	Royal Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1945-12-19