Cape Mounted Riflemen

Cape Mounted Riflemen
Cape Mounted Riflemen patch with a CMR blisterbeetle (Hycleus oculatus) in the centre
Active	1793 (1793) - 1926 (1926)
Allegiance	Union of South Africa British Empire
Branch	South African Army  British Army
Garrison/HQ	Simonstown
Engagements	Cape Frontier Wars Moorosi Campaign Basutoland Gun War Matabeleland Campaign Bechuanaland Campaign Second Boer War World War I Rand Revolt

The Cape Mounted Riflemen were South African military units.

There were two separate successive regiments of that name. To distinguish them, some military historians describe the first as the "imperial" Cape Mounted Riflemen (originally the "Cape Regiment"), and the second as the "colonial" Cape Mounted Riflemen.