BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr William Anderson Bloomfield
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:club manager
Camp occupation:transferred to staff rations
Notes:Red Cross
Transferred to staff rations
Unique ID:59138
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:27
Date arrival:17/08/1901
Date departure:transferred to staff rations
Destination:Standerton
Tent number:402
Notes:RT 402
Employed by Poynton Bros.
Farm History
Name:Bloomfield family
Town:Ermelo
Notes:no property
Status
Type:AB, ABC
Notes:came from Ermelo via Wonderfontein, 17/8/1901
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:B 03, B 18
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0402


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.