BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr James Polson
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Unique ID:309
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date appointed (as staff):c.1/3/1901
Notes:issuer
Sources
Title:SRC 03
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:03
Dates:Mar 1901 RC497-779
Notes:RC557, 14/3/1901, Petition regarding the quality of meat and related correspondence
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC479, 5/3/1901, Report on Bloemfontein camp


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.