BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr R Meyer
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Notes:6/6/1901: brought in to Hoopstad and from thence to Brandfort with main body in January. Has family in camp.
Unique ID:1713
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date arrival:January 1901
Date departure:05/06/1901
Date departure:5/6/1901
Reason departure:escaped
Farm History
Name:Meyer family
Town:Bloemhof
Sources
Title:SRC 08
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:08
Dates:June 1901
Notes:RC2564, 6/6/1901, Superintendent, Brandfort to CSRC


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.