BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Nurse Taylor
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Occupation:nurse
Notes:28/2/1901: Wages to be 5/- pd NB. Different from the Nurse Taylor at Bloemfontein

30/8/1901: Secretary of Permits to HC to CSRC: pencil note: drunk [don't know which Nurse Taylor this applies to]
24/8/1901: SRC Kimberley to CSRC: whilst upon the topic of nurses, referring to you letter 1511/01 re Nurse Taylor; it is rather her general disquieting manner, and inability to conform to circumstances, combined with a habit of continually grumbling about everything and everybody with which and whom she is brought in contact, emphasised by tears; than any definite fault that she has committed; the MO agrees with me that there are bad qualities to be found in a nurse, when duties tend to make her emotional. / I am informed by my Native Superintendent that she is not entirely free from the vice of intemperance, which may perchance account for the aforgoing. / I understand that she has previously been tried at two RCs, but without success; is this the case?
28/8/1901: Telegam: Reply: If you find Nurse Taylor unsuitable and you suspect her of drink, she can easily be dismissed. In the meantime, please, keep a careful watch on her and the moment there is anything wrong wire me and I will take steps to get rid of her.
Unique ID:119
Camp History
Name:Kroonstad RC
Date appointed (as staff):By 28/2/1901
Sources
Title:SRC 02
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:02
Dates:Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901
Notes:RC302 28/2/1901, CSRC to Superintendent, Kroonstad
Title:SRC 12
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:12
Dates:Aug-Sept 1901
Notes:RC4434, Re Nurse Buckley


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.