BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Captain Arthur Frederick William King
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:British
Occupation:doctor
Notes:28/11/1902: Indian Medical Corps

Medical Directory, 1900, p.1884: Military: Capt IMS Bombay; MRCS, LRCP Long 1894; (St Thos); late Clin Asst Department for Diseases of Throat St Thos Hospital.
Unique ID:1942
Camp History
Name:Springfontein RC
Date departure:24/03/1902
Date departure:21/3/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Orange River RC
Notes:21/3/1902, CSRC to SRC, Springfontein: To tell Dr King that he must proceed to OR RC to take over position as PMO as soon as possible. The reasons is that the doctor there [Gibson] at present only holds the appointment as a temporary measure and as he is taking over the medical charge of the camp to be formed at Uitenhage, he is required to proceed to East London to confer with Mr Mansergh re future medical arrangements in his camp.
Name:Orange River RC
Sources
Title:SRC 39
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:39
Dates:Mar-Apr 1902
Notes:A1030, 21/3/1902, CSRC to SRC, Springfontein and related correspondence
Title:SRC 31
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:31
Dates:Nov-Dec 1902
Notes:RC10393, 28/11/1902, CSRC to Major C Moss, DAAG for AAG, Bloemfontein


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.