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|branch= |type=Infantry |role=Motorised infantry |size=One battalion |command_structure=South African Infantry Corps Army Conventional Reserve |current_commander= Lt Col Francois Marais , B Mil |garrison=Cape Town |ceremonial_chief=Colonel Les Masterson |ceremonial_chief_label=Honorary Colonel |colonel_of_the_regiment= |colonel_of_the_regiment_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= ''Semper Eadem'' |colors= |identification_symbol_2= |march= |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=28 November (Regimental Day) |decorations= |battle_honours= |identification_symbol=200px |identification_symbol_label= Company level Insignia |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= SA Motorised Infantry beret bar circa 1992 |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }} The Cape Town Rifles (Dukes) (also referred to simply as the Dukes) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. ==History== The Regiment was founded on 28 November 1855, as the Cape Rifle Corps. It was the first volunteer unit in the Cape Colony. It was also known as the "Cape Royal Rifles", and later as the "Cape Town Volunteer Rifles". On 30 September 1867, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh granted the CTVR the title "Duke of Edinburgh's Own", after it had formed a guard of honour for him during a visit to Cape Town. The nickname "the Dukes" appears to have come into use in the 1880s. The Regiment's original purpose was home defence, to supplement the British Army garrison which was stationed in Cape Town. It initially consisted of two companies, but later grew to five, the fifth (formed in 1859) being a Scottish company. The Scottish company left the Regiment, and became a unit in its own right, in 1861, and disbanded in 1866. During the depression of the 1860s and early 1870s, the Regiment shrank to only one company, and was one of the few volunteer units to remain in existence 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Town Rifles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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