BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr William Hy Dickinson
Other Names:Dickinson
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Died in camp? Yes
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:British
Occupation:doctor
Camp occupation:doctor
Notes:MB, ChB
Longholm, Jarrow-on-Tyne
One of 6 doctors recruited from England.

Medical Directory, 1903, p.1513: Overseas: DS Boshof ORC; MB, ChB Edin (2nd Class Honours); (University Edin) 1901; late MO Burgher Camp Kimberley.
Unique ID:1886
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Reason departure:resigned: accepted appointment as DS Boshof
Destination:Boshof
Sources
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A422, 11/12/1901, telegram, Green to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 20
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:20
Dates:Feb-March 1902
Notes:Deleted
Title:SRC 45
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:45
Dates:Sept-Oct 1902
Notes:A1981, 31/7/1902, Dickinson to Under Secretary of State, London and related correspondence
Title:SRC 34
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:34
Dates:Oct-Dec 1901
Notes:A367, Correspondence on appointment of six doctors


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.