[1] The Rimington's Guides also had the name Rimington's Tigers due to the leopard skin hatbands worn on their slouch hats.

[2] Rimington gave his Corps of Guides the nickname "catch-'em-alive-o's while other forces gave him the nickname "The Night Cats" because of their night marches and stealth like movement.

The force was reorganised as Damant's Horse under Major Frederic Damant, Rimington's second-in-command, though they were often known by his name through the remainder of the war.

[1] The unit was recruited from English speaking South Africans.

They were armed with carbines and pistols, riding light ahead of the main army.