BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr G S van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Notes:27/6/1901: Commandant of the Winburg district
Unique ID:1807
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Farm History
Name:Ferndale
District:Bethlehem
Sources
Title:SRC 08
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:08
Dates:June 1901
Notes:RC2753, 27/6/1901, List of Boer officers in Bloemfontein camp


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.