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Revision as of 05:43, 5 June 2018
The Cape Royal Rifles was a regiment founded on 28 November 1855, as the first volunteer unit in the Cape Colony.
Originally called the Cape Rifle Corps, it was also known as the Cape Royal Rifles, and later as the Cape Town Volunteer Rifles. After 1910 it became known as The Cape Town Rifles (nicknamed Dukes), an infantry regiment of the South African Army.
The brass orchestra of this company performed as part of the programme in some theatrical performances in Cape Town from time to time.
The performances
In 1859 they appeared as Cape Royal Rifles with the Cape Town Theatrical Club as interlude with :
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_Rifles
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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