Nominal Roll Pre 1903
In 1890 men mainly from the Bechuanaland Border Police and Bechuanaland Mounted Police were recruited into the British South Africa Company's Police to escort the pioneer Column into what became Rhodesia.
Once there they transitioned into the Mashonaland Mounted Police (1892) and in 1893 the Matabeleland Mounted Police was also formed. In 1896 these two forces and others were combined to form the British South Africa Police but operated administratively as four separate entities being the Mashonaland, Matabeleland, Bechuanaland and North Zambezi Divisions.
In 1903 these divisions were amalgamated administratively under one Commissioner.
If you look at this list in Regimental Number order (by clicking on the Reg No header), you will notice there are multiple members with the same Regimental Number. This is because during the period 1890 to 1903 there were multiple units formed, disbanded and/or merged each potentially starting at No. 1.
Unfortunately we are yet to find records that would assist in clarifying this situation.
For a list of these units please click here.