BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr M P Strong
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Occupation:camp superintendent
Registration as head of family:Yes
Notes:1/3/1901: Strong subsequently became Superintendent of the Kaffirfontein NRC. See eg his reports - AskSam

13//1901: permission granted for his wife and children to join him.
Unique ID:79
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein Native Refugee Camp
Date appointed (as staff):1/3/1901
Sources
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC372, 1/3/1901, Report for Kaffirfontein RC
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC372, 1/3/1901, Report for Kaffirfontein RC
Title:SRC 05
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:05
Dates:Apr 1901
Notes:RC1210, 13/4/1901, Prov Commissioner of Municipal Police, ORC to CSRC, providing permit for Mrs Strong and children to travel


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.