Johannes Gerhardus Celliers | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 21 July 1861 Fraserburg, Karoo, Cape Colony |
Died | 9 January 1931 | (aged 69)
Nationality | Afrikaner |
Profession | Police officer, Boer general |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 1880–1881, 1899–1902 |
Commands | Lichtenburg and Marico |
Battles/wars |
First Boer War, Second Boer War
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Johannes Gerhardus Celliers (Jan Celliers, also Cilliers, 21 July 1861 – 9 January 1931) was a Boer general in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa. [1] [2]
Jan Celliers was born in Fraserburg in the Karoo, Northern Cape, as a son of Jacob Daniel Celliers (circa 1835 - 1871) and Johanna Elizabeth Blom (Kruger, Fraserburg, circa februari 1837 - Lichtenburg, 11 July 1921). At a young age Celliers migrated to the Transvaal ( South African Republic) where he fought in the First Boer War (1880-1881) in the Marico Kommando.
At the outbreak of the Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer War) in October 1899 he was a police officer at Krugersdorp. In this war Celliers served as a general for the districts of Lichtenburg and Marico. He became renowned for his methods of firing a gun while galloping fast on a horse, [3] as well as silencing British cannons. [2] [4] In early 1902 he surprised with less than 500 soldiers British Colonel Stanley Brenton von Donop and his 1000 troops who fled. [5] In a meeting with Boer commanders on 29 May 1902 at Vereeniging, Celliers' vote was with those who proposed to stop fighting. [6] Subsequently, he was one of the signatories of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria concluding the war on 31 May 1902.
Johannes Gerhardus Celliers | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 21 July 1861 Fraserburg, Karoo, Cape Colony |
Died | 9 January 1931 | (aged 69)
Nationality | Afrikaner |
Profession | Police officer, Boer general |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Years of service | 1880–1881, 1899–1902 |
Commands | Lichtenburg and Marico |
Battles/wars |
First Boer War, Second Boer War
|
Johannes Gerhardus Celliers (Jan Celliers, also Cilliers, 21 July 1861 – 9 January 1931) was a Boer general in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa. [1] [2]
Jan Celliers was born in Fraserburg in the Karoo, Northern Cape, as a son of Jacob Daniel Celliers (circa 1835 - 1871) and Johanna Elizabeth Blom (Kruger, Fraserburg, circa februari 1837 - Lichtenburg, 11 July 1921). At a young age Celliers migrated to the Transvaal ( South African Republic) where he fought in the First Boer War (1880-1881) in the Marico Kommando.
At the outbreak of the Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer War) in October 1899 he was a police officer at Krugersdorp. In this war Celliers served as a general for the districts of Lichtenburg and Marico. He became renowned for his methods of firing a gun while galloping fast on a horse, [3] as well as silencing British cannons. [2] [4] In early 1902 he surprised with less than 500 soldiers British Colonel Stanley Brenton von Donop and his 1000 troops who fled. [5] In a meeting with Boer commanders on 29 May 1902 at Vereeniging, Celliers' vote was with those who proposed to stop fighting. [6] Subsequently, he was one of the signatories of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria concluding the war on 31 May 1902.