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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

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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

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
49 Abrahams Henry H Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-12-19
150 Adams John Eustace J E Lieutenant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-21
258 Airey Bruce B Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-05-10
526 Andrews Dennis Lovert D L Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1941-11-30
653 Arkin Solomon David S D Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-11-04
668 Armstrong Herbert Stanley H S Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1940-11-01
776 Auld James Ernest J E Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-11-17
784 Auret Cecil Noel C N Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-06-05
803 Auths Evan John E J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-06-24
936 Baker Andries Nikolas A N Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1944-06-17
987 Ball Fred Joseph Hildebrand F J H Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
1073 Barclay George Stevenson G S Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-07-21
1095 Barker Clifford Mark C M Lieutenant Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-27
1112 Barlow Ignatius Petrus I P Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-06
1279 Basson Thomas Richard T R Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-22
1312 Batten Arthur A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
1385 Beaton John Frederick J F Captain Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-07-28
1390 Beatt Alexander Stuart A S Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1946-01-04
1391 Beattie Desmond Robert D R Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-04-29
1467 Behrens Geoffrey Justin G J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-10-11
1489 Beldon Alan Bruce A B Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-18
1547 Bendall Alfred A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-11-28
1582 Bennett Arthur John A J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-27
1635 Berlyn Clive Gerald C G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
1649 Berriman Neville N Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-02
1973 Blom Johannes Jacobus J J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-28
1975 Blomeyer Robert Herman Frederick Ernest R H F E Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
2078 Boolsen George Charles Arthur G C A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-07-28
2196 Botes HERMANUS JOHANNES known as HERMAN H J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-10
2280 Botha Theodorus Ernest T E Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-27
2434 Boyley Ronald Stephen R S Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-25
2506 Brasler Gerhardus Croeser G C Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-21
2602 Brighton Edwin Kenneth E K Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-07-17
2844 Brown Zane Z Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-11-08
2851 Browne George G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-06-05
3113 Burton Graham William G W Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-06
3178 Buys John Hendrik J H Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1941-11-29
3254 Callender Charles C Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-10-25
3383 Carlson Pieter Gideon P G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-18
29703 Carter John Charles J C Captain Royal Natal Carbineers 8 South African Infantry Battalion 1957-04-27
3514 Castle Edward Alfred E A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-08-25
3634 Chapman Victor Charles John V C J Lieutenant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-10
3895 Clark Ernest Roy Ryder E R R Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-24
3920 Clark Winston Valentine W V Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-05-14
3944 Clarke Peter John P J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-21
3970 Clayton Ian Barry I B Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-28
4055 Clover Joseph Alexander J A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1942-11-01
4093 Cockcroft Dallas Bernard D B Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-10
4338 Comrie Peter Courtney P C Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
4403 Cook John Kitchener J K Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-06-21