BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Charles Benjamin Rossiter
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:British
Occupation:doctor
Camp occupation:doctor
Notes:FRCS

Medical Directory, 1900, p.311: London: 97 Southwark Park Rd, SE (Martin & Rossiter); FRCS Edin 1899; LRCP, LRCS Edin, LFPS Glasg and LM 1895; (University Vict and Edin); Silver Medal in Mat Med University Colonial Liverp 1892; 1st class Honours Certif in Med. Midw and Surg Edin School of Med 1894; later Resident House Surg Flintsh Disp and Resident Surg Roy South Hospital Liverp. Contrib 'Melaena Neonatorum; British Medical Journal, 1895; 'Case of Poisoning by Lin. Opil-Necropsy', Lancet, 1899.

Medical Directory, 1903, p.1575: Overseas: Observatory & Cape Town; MO Cape Government Ry Observatory and Mowbray; late PMO ORC RC 1901-2.
Unique ID:1849
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Notes:1/1/1902: Telegram, Magte to Secy Administration, Bloemfontein: Bradby arrived at understanding with Dr Rossiter who will take entire medical charge medical help when necessary.
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Notes:6/12/1901: Dr Rossiter to CSRC: Asking if a camp is started at PE, he should be considered for a post. Has been making arrangements for his wife to come out from England and to stay at PE.
9/12/1901: Reply: Will be considered if a camp is started there.
Name:Vredefort Road RC
Date departure:21/3/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Kroonstad RC
Sources
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A530, 1/1/1902, Telegram: Magte to Secy, Administration, Bloemfontein
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A530, 1/1/1902, Telegram: Magte to Secy, Administration, Bloemfontein
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Dates:Feb-Mar 1902
Notes:A953, 8/3/1902: CSRC to SRC, Kroonstad and related correspondence
Title:SRC 17
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:17
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:RC6815, 2/1/1902, CSRC to Dr Rossiter and related correspondence
Title:CO 26A Correspondence
Type:Secretary to the ORC Administration
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:26A
Notes:2370/01: List of doctors sailing from England for service in RCs


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.