Natal Mounted Rifles

Natal Mounted Rifles
Natal Mounted Rifles
Active
Country South Africa
Allegiance South Africa
Branch Army
Type Armour
Role Mechanised infantry
Size Regiment
Part of Army Conventional Reserve
Garrison/HQ Durban

The Natal Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit. It is part of the South African Army Armour Formation and is based in the city of Durban.

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History

Formation

In May 1868 the Regimental Committee of the Durban Mounted Rifles presided by Captain WH Addison held a meeting to discuss the forming of the Natal Mounted Rifles. The formation of the regiment would entail the amalgamation of four Volunteer Units; Royal D’urban Rangers (1854), Victoria Mounted Rifles (1862), Alexander Mounted Rifles (1865) and Durban Mounted Rifles(1873).[1]

Anglo Boer War

The regiment was re-activated in Durban during February and March 1901 for service in the South African War. It was originally called the 2nd Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment but the name was soon changed to Natal Mounted Infantry. The unit was armed and equipped by the Natal Volunteer Department and horsed by the Imperial Remount Department. The first depot was at Dundee, but, on the unit changing its name, this was transferred to Newcastle.[2]

World War I

World War II

On 1 July 1913 the Regiment was re-amalgamated with the Border Mounted Rifles, renamed the 3rd Mounted Rifles (Natal Mounted Rifles) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Force. In 1932 the Regiment's name was simplified to The Natal Mounted Rifles and in 1934 it was converted to infantry.

In addition to the campaigns in which its various constituent units fought in before the Regiment's formation, the Natal Mounted Rifles served in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), the Zulu Rebellion (1906 - 1907), World War I (specifically in South-West Africa from 1914 to 1915), World War II (See 1st SA Infantry Division and South Africa's post-war internal conflicts and "Border War".

Post World War II

Regimental

Symbols

  • Regimental motto: "Just and frank" (from 1888 to 1913) and "Rough but ready" (from 1913 onwards).

Alliances

  •  United Kingdom - The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

Battle honours

References

  1. ^ "Ladysmith History and the Boer War". Natal Mounted Rifles. http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/british-regiments/natal-mounted-rifles/. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "South African Units". Natal Mounted Infantry. http://www.angloboerwar.com/south-african-units/1996-natal-mounted-infantry. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 

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