1847
Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914)
Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914)
Koos de la Rey, South African Boer general (died 1914)
Koos de la Rey
South African military officer during the Boer Wars (1847–1914)
- Born
- 1847
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, better known as Koos de la Rey, a South African military officer, served as a Transvaal Boer general during the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence. His death at the hands of the South African Police under controversial circumstances had a major role in sparking the Maritz rebellion of 1914 to 1915.
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