Bushveldt Carbineers

Bushveldt Carbineers
Pietersburg Light Horse
Bushveldt Carbineers, a unit that included Henry Harbord "Breaker" Morant, which took part in the Second Boer War
ActiveFebruary 1901 - December 1902
CountrySouth Africa
AllegianceBritish Empire
BranchBritish Army
TypeIrregular Mounted Infantry
Scouts
SizeRegiment
Garrison/HQStrydpoort
Pietersburg
EngagementsSecond Boer War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Robert Lenehan
Capt. Percy Hunt
Capt. Alfred Taylor

The Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) were a short-lived, irregular mounted infantry regiment, raised in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

The 320-strong regiment was formed in February 1901 and commanded by an Australian, Colonel R. W. Lenehan. It was based at Pietersburg, 260 kilometres north-east of Pretoria, and saw action in the Spelonken region of northern Transvaal, during 1901–1902.

About two-fifths of the regiment's members had previously belonged to units recruited in Australia.[citation needed] The BVC also included about 40 Boers, who had been recruited at internment camps;[citation needed] among the members of the BVC, these Boers were known as "joiners".[citation needed]

The unit was later renamed as the Pietersburg Light Horse on 1 December 1902[1]