1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)

Regiment

Name history

1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934) — this name
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)
"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).

10 records in this database

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
7 Mounted Brigade	Brigade	organic	1914-01-01 – 1915-12-31
German South West Africa campaign, WWI.

Dates	Force	Role	Status
1913-01-01 – 1919-12-31	UDF	Mounted Infantry	Active Citizen Force
Raised 1855 as Pietermaritzburg Irregular Horse; mounted role from inception. Source

10 on the roll

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Unit	Date of Death
26492	Van Aardt	Thomas Wolseley	T W	Private	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"A" Squadron	1915-05-29
21489	Ridsdale	George Henry	G H	Corporal	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)		1915-07-30
20115	Pexton	Harold	H	Trooper	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"B" Squadron	1915-04-27
16126	McLAREN		J F	Sergeant	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)		1915-01-22
14417	Madsen	Alexis	A	Sergeant	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"A" Squadron	1915-05-06
13547	Liddell	William Wilfred	W W	Private	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"D" Squadron	1914-11-30
11120	Jeffery	Arthur Gifford	A G	Trooper	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"D" Squadron	1915-04-27
8996	Hains	Redvers Seymour	R S	Lieutenant	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)		1914-11-04
7775	Furner	William George	W G	Trooper	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)	"D" Squadron	1914-11-25
4607	Cox	Sydney Alfred Robert	S A R	Trooper	UDF	1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)		1915-12-12