De La Rey | Hendrik Johannes Albertus | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boshof Commando |
De La Rey | Hendrik Johannes Albertus | | | Prisoner number: 13436
Captured: Komatiepoort 19 Sep 1900
Sent to: Unknown
Age: 24
Address: Germiston
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | J C | | Burger | Commando: General de la Rey. Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
De la Rey | J H | | General | Member of the late Legislative Assembly, Transvaal. Member of the Union Senate.
123 of 580 awards | Unknown |
De la Rey | J H | | Kommandant | Source: Roll of DTD recipients | Boer Forces |
De la Rey | J H | | Ass. Kommandant Generaal | Source: Roll of DTD recipients | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Jacobus Herculaas | | Asst Commandant General | Commando: Transvaal. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst) and received the Wound Ribbon (Lint voor Verwonding). Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Jacobus Herculas | | | Prisoner number: 23167
Captured: Doornfontein 07 Sep 1901
Sent to: India, Shahjahanpur
Age: 25
Address: Elandsfontein
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Jacobus Hercules | | | Prisoner number: 23168
Captured: Hexpoort 29 Aug 1901
Sent to: India, Shahjahanpur
Age: 26
Address: Sandfontein
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Jacobus Hercules | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Rustenburg Commando |
De la Rey | Jacobus Hercules (Koos) | | General | He was born near Winburg in 1847, the son of a Voortrekker. He lived near Lichtenburg. He first worked as a transport rider in the diamond fields and saw military service in the third Basuto war 1865 and against Sekhukhune in 1876. He entered politics in 1893 and represented Lichtenburg in the Volksraad. Although opposed to the Boer War, he joined the commandos and, being promoted to General, successfully operated in the west, taking part in the battles of Graspan and Modder River. At the battle of Modder River he was wpunded and his son was killed. While he was not fit enough to fight at Magersfontein. It was Del la Rey who suggested the line of entrenchment should be at the base of the include and not at the top as the British expected. He was known as the 'The Lion of the West'. He attacked the British camp at Nooitgedacht and was able to capture Lord Methuen at Tweebosch in March 1902. He participated in the peace negotiations. He became a Senator in the Union Parliament. He commanded government troops during the 1914 Johannesburg strike. He met an unfortunate death. While driving through Fordsburg with General Beyers, the car he was travelling in failed to stop at a road block in Johannesburg that was set up to catch the Foster gang. The car was fired on. He was killed by the shot but General Beyers was totally uninjured in the incident. | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Jan Hendrik | | Commandant | Commando: General de la Rey. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst). Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
De La Rey | Johannes Jacob Du Piessis | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boshof Commando |
De La Rey | Johannes Petrus | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Bloemhof Commando |
De La Rey | Johannes Petrus | | | Prisoner number: 18179
Captured: Middelfontein 06 Mar 1901
Sent to: Bermuda
Age: 37
Address: Middelfontein
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
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