BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Sister R Griffiths
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Camp occupation:army nursing sister
Unique ID:17183
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date departure:26/4/1902
Reason departure:dismissed because no longer needed
Destination:army service
Date appointed (as staff):20/12/1901
Notes:14/1/1902: R Griffith to SRC Brandfort: Applying for a week's leave to see the Supt of her hospital in Bloemfontein, on official business. Also wants here teeth attended to; has had a good deal of pain and inconvenience.
20/1/1902: CSRC in reply: Granted
Sources
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A457, 16/12/1901: L Thornton, 12 General Hospital Springfontein to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 40
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:40
Dates:Apr-May 1902
Notes:A1215: 26/4/1902: CSRC to PMO Bloemfontein and related correspondence
Title:SRC 36
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:36
Dates:Jan-Feb 1902
Notes:A625: 14/1/1902: R Griffith to SRC Brandfort and related correspondence


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.