Identity
Person No.
4607
Service No.
E/3412
Last Name
First Name
Sydney Alfred Robert
Initials
S A R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,200
Drowned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Natal Carbineers 62
Later renamed
Royal Natal Carbineers
(1935)
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
Raised 1855 as Pietermaritzburg Irregular Horse; mounted role from inception.
Notes
Son of Sydney James and Ada Rosalind Cox, of 22 Oxford Street, Pietermaritzburg. Info from Natal Carbineers museum
Research notes
John Dovey, 1 Sep 2026: Regiment '1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)' split -- Regiment set to the enduring regimental identity 'Natal Carbineers' (matching the plain-name OrgEntity used elsewhere for this regiment across other eras), with '1st Mounted Rifles' (the WWI-era mobilised formation name) moved into Unit, same convention as Durban Light Infantry's WWI name '1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry)' living in Unit rather than Regiment.
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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