Bushveldt Carbineers

Bushveldt Carbineers

The Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) were a short-lived, multinational mounted infantry regiment of the British Army, 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, 180 miles north of Pretoria, and saw action in the Spelonken region of the Northern Transvaal during 1901-1902. About forty percent of the men in the BVC were Australians, and the regiment also included about forty surrendered Boers who had been recruited from the internment camps.

The unit is perhaps most famous as the one in which Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were serving when they were court martialed. They were executed on 27 February 1902 by a firing squad of Cameron Highlanders for allegedly murdering civilian prisoners of war. Lieutenant George Witton who had also been sentenced to death by the court-martial was reprieved after 3 years.

References

*"The Bushveldt Carbineers and the Pietersburg Light Horse" by William (Bill) Woolmore (2002, Slouch Hat Publications Australia) ISBN 0-9579752-0-1


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