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Koos de la Rey

Koos de la Rey

South African military officer
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer... Wikipedia
Died: September 15, 1914 (age 66 years), Langlaagte, Johannesburg, South Africa
Spouse: Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff (m. 1876)
Full name: Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Nationality: South African
Children: 12 biological; 6 fostered
Nickname(s): Koos; Leeu van die Wes Transvaal (translation: Lion of West Transvaal)