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Natal Carbineers

Regiment

Name history

1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934)
Natal Carbineers (1934–1935) — this name
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) — this name
Republic of South Africa, 31 May 1961: "Royal" dropped (same republic-wide change as Durban Light Infantry).

62 records in this database

Natal colonial mounted regiment. Gillings records Maj Duncan Mackenzie’s Natal Carbineers riding with Capt H. Bottomley’s Imperial Light Horse in Maj H. de la P. Gough’s composite mounted infantry into Ladysmith just before sunset on 28 February 1900, ending the 118-day siege (sections mixed so neither unit alone could claim first entry). Source: Gillings, Ken. While They Kept The Flag Flying: The Relief of Ladysmith — The Battle of the Thukela Heights, 12th to 28th February 1900. 2nd ed. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-920315-80-1).

Wikipedia

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units	Category	organic
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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
1934-01-01 – 1934-12-31	UDF	Infantry	Active Citizen Force
Probable dismounting date, not independently confirmed for this specific regiment. Source

Personnel

62 on the roll across 3 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (62) Colonial forces (pre-Union) (48) Union Defence Force (11) South African Defence Force (3)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Unit	Date of Death
49283	Abel		C W	Corporal	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1901-08-20
49284	Adie		P	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-15
49507	Bale	T P	T P	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			Unknown
49285	Ballantyne		P	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers
49286	Bassage		W F	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-24
49287	Birkett		J L	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-02-12
49282	Bowen		B M	Regimental Sergeant Major	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-03-28
49288	Brittian		F H	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-03-01
49289	Buxton		W	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-18
49295	Chapman		S	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-02-09
29741	Christopher	Vernon Joseph William	V J W	Lance Corporal	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers		11 Commando	1906-07-05
49290	Cleaver		W	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-10-24
49291	Cohen		J B	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-03-06
49292	Colville		A E	Sergeant	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-10-24
49293	Colville		J S H	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-01-20
49294	Comrie		P C	Corporal	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-12-14
4607	Cox	Sydney Alfred Robert	S A R	Trooper	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles	1915-12-12
49296	Davies		J E	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-01-21
49297	Duke		F	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-02-20
49298	Durham		J W	Sergeant	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1901-09-03
49299	Elliott		T	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-18
49300	Faulder		R N	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers
7775	Furner	William George	W G	Trooper	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles, D Squadron	1914-11-25
49301	Goldstein		M	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-02-16
49302	Gray		D M	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-15
49303	Greenall		K M	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-01-29
49304	Hackland		A T	Sergeant	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1901-05-10
8996	Hains	Redvers Seymour	R S	Lieutenant	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles	1914-11-04
49305	Harcourt		W J	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-04-08
49306	Jacques		J F	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-15
11120	Jeffery	Arthur Gifford	A G	Trooper	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles, D Squadron	1915-04-27
49506	Jenner	H N	H N	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			Unknown
13547	Liddell	William Wilfred	W W	Private	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles, D Squadron	1914-11-30
49280	Lucas		E	Captain	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-08-07
49307	Madsen		M	Corporal	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-04-25
14417	Madsen	Alexis	A	Sergeant	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles, A Squadron	1915-05-06
49508	Mann	G G	G G	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			Unknown
49308	Mapstone		J	Troop Sergeant Major	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-11-04
49309	McKellar		G	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-12-14
16126	McLAREN		J F	Sergeant	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles	1915-01-22
49310	Miller		A J	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1901-07-23
49311	Miller		R M M	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1899-12-18
49312	Moody		W R	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-01-10
49313	Murray		P A	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-04-06
32420	Palmer	Richard Charles	R C	Rifleman	SADF	Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1976-10-10
32421	Palvi	Anthony Keith	A K		SADF	Natal Carbineers	South African Infantry Corps		1980-11-14
49314	Patton		D	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-03-27
20115	Pexton	Harold	H	Trooper	UDF	Natal Carbineers		1st Mounted Rifles, B Squadron	1915-04-27
49315	Price		I	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-03-16
49316	Raw		S W	Trooper	COLONIAL	Natal Carbineers			1900-01-11