Buffalo Volunteer Rifles

The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles (BVR) (formerly the Kaffrarian Rifles) 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.
Origin.
This unit was formed in East London in 1876, as the "Buffalo Corps of Rifle Volunteers", for service in the 9th Frontier War. It disbanded in 1879. (East London is situated on the Buffalo River, hence the name).
Reformed.
The unit was re-formed in July 1883 and was named after the region of Kaffraria, the 19th-century name for the region around East London. There had previously been many other units from this region, from which the Regiment can also claim descent: 
On 1 December 1900 George Herbert Farrar was appointed as a Major in the Kaffrarian Rifles.
Under the Union Defence Force.
By 1913 the unit was embodied in the Citizen Force as the "5th Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles)", but regained its old name in 1932. The unit was temporarily amalgamated with the First City Regiment, as the "First City/The Kaffrarian Rifles" from 1954 to 1956.
Conflicts.
This Regiment and its predecessors took part in all of South Africa's armed conflicts, including:
Under the SANDF post 1994 and Peacekeeping.
In order to keep pace with the changing political climate in South Africa, the regiment was renamed the "Buffalo Volunteer Rifles" in 1999, a revised form of the regiment's name when it was raised. It is thus defacto and dejure the successor to the reserve SAA formations of the Eastern Cape.
As of 2014 this regiment is considered to be a "fully integrated and representative" army unit. Members have been attached to the United Nations Operation in Burundi and 
recently a Rifle company returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a six-month spell of active duty as part of MONUSCO.
Regimental symbols.
Current Dress Insignia.
The Buffalo Volunteer Rifles still utilize a British Infantry tradition where officers had a red backing and ranks were blackened out on fatigues.
Battle honours.
The regiment claims four more battle honours, which have not been acknowledged: