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The Natal Border Guard (also known as the River Guards) was an auxiliary force levied for the defence of the Colony of Natal during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.[1]

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  1. 26 relations: Anglo-Zulu War, Anthony Durnford, Battle of Isandlwana, Battle of Rorke's Drift, British Overseas Territories, Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal), Cetshwayo, Colony of Natal, Durban Light Infantry, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Greytown, South Africa, Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, Helpmekaar, Henry Bartle Frere, Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, High Commissioner for Southern Africa, Hut tax, Isandlwana, Natal Native Contingent, Natal Native Pioneer Corps, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, Pattern 1853 Enfield, Tugela River, Weenen, Zulu Kingdom.

  2. 1878 establishments in the British Empire
  3. Anglo-Zulu War
  4. Colony of Natal
  5. Military units and formations established in 1878

Anglo-Zulu War

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

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Anthony Durnford

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony William Durnford (24 May 1830 – 22 January 1879) was an Irish career British Army officer of the Royal Engineers who served in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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Battle of Isandlwana

The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.

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Battle of Rorke's Drift

The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.

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Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal)

The Buffalo River (uMzinyathi; Buffelsrivier) is the largest tributary of the Tugela River in South Africa.

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Cetshwayo

Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.

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Durban Light Infantry

The Durban Light Infantry is a Motorised Infantry regiment of the South African Army.

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Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford

General Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, (31 May 18279 April 1905) was a British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a Zulu force at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.

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Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley

Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, (4 June 183325 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army.

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Greytown, South Africa

Greytown is a town situated on the banks of a tributary of the uMvoti River in a richly fertile timber-producing area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Harcourt Mortimer Bengough

Major General Sir Harcourt Mortimer Bengough (25 November 1837 – 20 March 1922) joined the British Army in 1855, and retired in 1899, after more than forty years of distinguished service from the Crimea to all quarters of the Empire.

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Helpmekaar

Helpmekaar is a village 26 km south-east of Dundee.

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Henry Bartle Frere

Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, (29 March 1815 – 29 May 1884) was a British colonial administrator.

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Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer

Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and brother to Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat.

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High Commissioner for Southern Africa

The British office of high commissioner for Southern Africa was responsible for governing British possessions in Southern Africa, latterly the protectorates of Basutoland (now Lesotho), the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) and Swaziland (now Eswatini), as well as for relations with autonomous governments in the area.

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Hut tax

The hut tax was a form of taxation introduced by British in their African possessions on a "per hut" (or other forms of household) basis.

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Isandlwana

Isandlwana (older spelling Isandhlwana, also sometimes seen as Isandula) is an isolated hill in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

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Natal Native Contingent

The Natal Native Contingent was a large force of auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa, forming a substantial portion of the defence forces of the British colony of Natal. Natal Border Guard and Natal Native Contingent are 1878 establishments in the British Empire, British colonial regiments and colony of Natal.

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Natal Native Pioneer Corps

The Natal Native Pioneer Corps, commonly referred to as the Natal Pioneers, was a British unit of the Zulu War. Natal Border Guard and Natal Native Pioneer Corps are Anglo-Zulu War, British colonial regiments, colony of Natal and Military units and formations established in 1878.

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Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

Newcastle is the third-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is the province's industrial centre.

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Pattern 1853 Enfield

The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a.577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle.

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Tugela River

The Tugela River (Thukela; Tugelarivier) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

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Weenen

Weenen (Dutch for "wept") is the second oldest European settlement in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Zulu Kingdom

The Zulu Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa.

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See also

1878 establishments in the British Empire

Anglo-Zulu War

Colony of Natal

Military units and formations established in 1878

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_Border_Guard

Also known as River guards.