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On 17 July 1940 the 1st (Royal) Natal Carbineers sailed for Kenya as part of the 1st South African Brigade. Their destination was the Italian colonial empire in East Africa . For the next 10 months the Regiment participated in the South African advance through Italian Somaliland and Abyssinia (now Ethiopia ), until Italian resistance was broken ...
Originating from the 1st and 2nd Royal Natal Carabiniers, [38] the South African Carabiniers served during the Boer Wars as mounted infantry, [57] and infantry during the First World War's South-West Africa campaign, and later as the 1st Royal Natal Carbineers in the Second World War, notably participating with the 8th Army at the Second Battle ...
place of death manner of death place of burial Q16743962: Nikos Eleutheriadis: 1940-09-30 2025-03-07 Cypriot association football player association football player: Cyprus: Q3816003: Knut Andersen: 1927-07-20 2025-03-07 Norwegian association football player (b.1927) association football player: Norway: Oslo: Q4912989: Billy McCullough: 1935-07 ...
Natal Command was a Command of the South African Army. It was headquartered in Durban , South Africa . By the 1980s, it was responsible for the security of the region, forming the primary level of command for military operations in support of the Police.
The Natal Mounted Police make their way to the front under darkness - The Illustrated London News (1879) The Natal Mounted Police saw little action until the Zulu War of 1879 when it was attached to the British Army as part of the Colonial mounted force and entered into the Zulu Kingdom with the Central Column under the command of Lord Chelmsford.
Monument to the 1,600 Belgian grenadiers killed in action during World War I. The Grenadier Regiment was founded on 8 May 1837 by King Leopold I.Originally designated as the Regiment of Grenadiers and Voltigeurs, it was created by bringing together the elite companies of each of the twelve regiments of line infantry then in existence.
In 1935, King George V conferred the title Royal on two Regiments being the Royal Durban Light Infantry and the Royal Natal Carbineers, as a recognition of their seniority and service. [4] In 1961 with the formation of the Republic, the title "Royal" was considered incompatible and the Regiment reverted to being the Durban Light Infantry.
The Carabineros was an armed carabiniers force of Spain under both the monarchy and the Second Republic. The formal mission of this paramilitary gendarmerie was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country, operating against fraud and smuggling. As such the Carabineros performed the dual roles of frontier guards and customs officials.