Predecessors
While R.W.P has been in existence only since 1934, it regards itself as the successor to several small and short-lived units which were formed in the Western Cape country districts in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. They were:
First Volunteer Movement
- Stellenbosch Volunteers - formed 1856, disbanded c1865
- Worcester volunteers - formed 1856, disbanded c1863
- Paarl Rifle Corps - formed 1856, disbanded 1859
- Malmesbury Volunteer Cavalry - formed 1856, disbanded c1866
- Paarl Cavalry - formed 1857, disbanded 1859
- Paarl United Volunteers - formed 1859, disbanded c1862
- Robertson & Montague Rifle Corps - formed 1860, disbanded c1864
No volunteer units in these districts between 1866 and 1878.
Second Volunteer Movement
- Worcester Volunteer Rifles - formed 1878, disbanded c1879
- Worcester Volunteer Rifles - formed 1885, disbanded 1901
- Paarl Volunteer Rifles - formed 1885, disbanded 1897
- Wellington Volunteer Rifles - formed 1885, disbanded 1901
- Victoria College Volunteer Rifles - formed 1888, disbanded 1899
- Robertson Volunteer Rifles - formed 1890, disbanded
- Malmesbury Volunteer Rifles - formed 1892, disbanded 1896.
- Western Rifles - an administrative grouping, which existed from 1893 to 1908, of the Worcester, Paarl, Wellington, Stellenbosch, Robertson, and Malmesbury units
- Western Light Horse - formed at Worcester 1903, disbanded 1908
- Paarl Volunteers - formed 1906, disbanded 1909.
No volunteer units in these districts between 1909 and 1913.
Citizen Force
- Western Province Mounted Rifles - formed at Worcester 1913, disbanded 1929
- 1st Western Province Rifles - formed at Worcester 1913, disbanded 1929
- 2nd Western Province Rifles- formed at Malmesbury 1913, disbanded 1929
- 3rd Western Province Rifles - formed at Stellenbosch 1913, disbanded 1929
No CF units in these districts between 1929 and 1934.
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