BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Mercy Sills
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:62179
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:8
Date arrival:17/08/1901
Date departure:29/10/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Ermelo (Town)
Tent number:399
Notes:RT 399
Farm History
Name:Sills family
Town:Ermelo
Relationships
Miss Mercy Sills
      is the daughter of Mr John Joseph Sills
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:139
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:S 11


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.