Pietersburg Light Horse

Regiment

Name history

Bush Veldt Carbineers (until 1901-12-01)
Pietersburg Light Horse (from 1901-12-01) — this name
Unit page: Bush Veldt Carbineers renamed Pietersburg Light Horse 1 December 1901.

2 records in this database

Renamed from Bush Veldt Carbineers 1 December 1901. Bush Veldt Carbineers enrollment/discharge ledger (WO127-style scans on angloboerwar.com's Bush Veldt Carbineers and Pietersburg Light Horse unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab, Roll 1). Raised Pretoria February 1901; north of Pietersburg / Spelonken. Renamed Pietersburg Light Horse 1 December 1901. Stirling, J. (1907), The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, as reproduced on the same unit page: Capt P. F. Hunt and Sgt F. Elands killed 6 Aug 1901, and 1 man on the 10th; SSM Evans killed Spelonken 23 Mar 1902. Witton, G. R., Scapegoats of the Empire (1907), online at angloboerwar.com. Deaths only. Disch/Dis./MU/TE/Stock/transfer skipped. Durban recruitment sheets (bvc2) are attestations without fate — not used to add casualties. Forum 'Medals to the Pietersburg Light Horse' names survivors (May, Billingham), not additional dead.

Personnel

2 on the roll

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Unit	Date of Death
49639	Nicholls	William	W	Trooper	COLONIAL	Pietersburg Light Horse			1902-01-31
49638	Evans	Thos	T	Squadron Sergeant Major	COLONIAL	Pietersburg Light Horse			1902-03-23