The Maritz Rebellion (also known as the Boer Revolt or Third Boer War) broke out in South Africa in 1914 at the start of World War I. Men who supported the reinstitution of the old Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa. Many members of the government were former Boers who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Anglo-Boer War twelve years earlier. The rebellion was a failure, and the ringleaders were assessed large fines and, in many cases, imprisoned.
Categories: South African Military History
Person Profiles (9)
Coenraad Jacobus Brits 19 Apr 1868 - 17 Jul 1932
Edwin Alfred Conroy 02 Nov 1879 Hanover, Cape Colony - 10 Feb 1947
Johannes Petrus Fourie 24 Aug 1890 - 02 Jan 1961
Joseph Johannes Fourie 27 Aug 1878 Wildebeesthoek, Schurweberg, Pretoria, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek - 20 Dec 1914
Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp 10 Jun 1872 Amersfoort, Zuid Afrikaanshe Republic - 31 Dec 1946
Lodewikus Arnoldus Slabbert Lemmer 26 Oct 1864 Buffelshoek, Marico, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic - 18 Jun 1944
Salmon Gerhardus Maritz 26 Jul 1876 Kimberley, Cape Colony [South Africa] - 19 Dec 1940
Christiaan Hendrik Muller 04 Jan 1865 Adelaide, Cape Colony - 14 Jan 1945
Tobias Smuts 25 Nov 1861 Ermelo, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. - 12 Aug 1916