Christiaan de Wet

Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (1854-1922) first gained military prominence with his leadership at the famous 1881 Battle of Majuba. His natural military leadership genius soon saw him promoted to "fighting general," a post he held to the end of the Second Boer War. After that conflict, he played a prominent role in Boer politics, which ended with his participation in the unsuccessful armed Boer Rebellion of 1914. He was buried at the foot of the Women's Memorial in Bloemfontein.

Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (1854-1922) first gained military prominence with his leadership at the famous 1881 Battle of Majuba. His natural military leadership genius soon saw him promoted to "fighting general," a post he held to the end of the Second Boer War. After that conflict, he played a prominent role in Boer politics, which ended with his participation in the unsuccessful armed Boer Rebellion of 1914. He was buried at the foot of the Women's Memorial in Bloemfontein. See less