Leo Pokrowsky

Leo Pokrowsky

Leo Pokrowsky ( - 25 December, 1900, Utrecht, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa) was a Pole and Captain in the Russian Army, who fought and died on the side of the Boers during the Second Anglo-Boer War. He was killed on Christmas Day 1900 when he and his men attacked the British garrison in Utrecht.

A commemorative plaque to his memory can be seen on the Burgher monument in the town of Utrecht.

References

* [http://www.utrecht.co.za/see.htm]


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