BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr P Bisseaux
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:1210
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date departure:11/4/1901
Reason departure:to join family
Destination:Aliwal North RC
Notes:28/3/1901: long letter requesting to go to Basutoland to join his mother, and where most of his stock was. He had taken all this over the border, with permission from Mohale's Hoek, but was captured when he returned for the rest.
28/3/1901: application refused.
Farm History
Name:Brakfontein
District:Rouxville
Sources
Title:SRC 05
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:05
Dates:Apr 1901
Notes:RC1208, 11/4/1901, CSRC to Superintendent, Bloemfontein re men to be transferred to Aliwal North
Title:SRC 04
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:04
Dates:Mar-Apr 1901
Notes:RC872


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.