de KOCK – CHRISTIAN G.
| Born: Rank: LIEUT. Regiment: CLANWILLIAM CONVOY GUARD GPS: |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: CLANWILLIAM Date of death: 1901/10/31 Memorial: |
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IN HIS BOOK “MY LEWE EN STREWE“, GENERAL MANIE MARITZ DESCRIBES THE INCIDENT IN WHICH LIEUT. DE KOCK LOST HIS LIFE. “ONE AFTERNOON, WE HEARD OF A BRITISH CONVOY WHICH HAD LEFT LAMBERTSBAY, HEADED TO CLANWILLIAM. MARITZ’S MEN FIRST ATTACKED THE CONVOY WITHOUT SUCCESS, BUT EARLY THE NEXT MORNING ATTACKED THE CONVOY AGAIN, AND CAPTURED 15 FULLY LADEN WAGONS. SOME WERE SENT BACK AND THE OTHERS WERE BURNT. MARITZ LOST ONE KILLED AND THE BRITISH A FEW, AMONG WHOM WAS LIEUT DE KOCK OF MALMESBURY”. – (TRANSLATED FROM THE AFRIKAANS).
