Cradock Municipal Cemetery,Dreary Avenue,Cradock
32 deg 09 min 37.5 sec S, 25 deg 36 min 51.2 sec E
Significance
General P.H. Kritzinger joined the Rouxville Commando at the beginning of the Anglo-Boer War. He was promoted to General in April 1901. He was regarded as one of the effective leaders of the guerilla phase of the War. He was wounded and captured in March 1902. He was tried for actions during the War and was acquitted on all counts. After the War, he raised funds overseas for Christian National Education. He became a member of the Cape Provincial Council in 1929. He died in 1935.
Further information
Commandant P.H. Kritzinger in the Cape December 1900 - December 1901 by Neville Gomm
Military History Journal Vol 1 No 7 - December 1970