BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Andrew Holmes
Place of birth:Kimberley RC
Born in camp? Yes
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:16 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:asthenia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:customs officer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:74897
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Date departure:05/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:2252, 2266
Farm History
Name:Holmes family
Town:Boshof
Name:Holmes family
Town:Boshof
Status
Type:oath of neutrality
Notes:16 Mar 1900, Bloemfontein
Relationships
Master Andrew Holmes
      is the son of Mrs Aletta Jacoba Holmes
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.123
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:15/11/1901, p.653
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.068a


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.