BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Major Sydney R Shutte
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Camp occupation:Camp Superintendent
Unique ID:338
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Date departure:15/11/1901
Date departure:15/11/1901
Reason departure:sacked
Date appointed (as staff):By 1/3/1901
Notes:nd: salary £500 pa

10/9/1901: applies for 3 weeks leave;
13/9/1901: CSRC: refused unless he has broken down in health; 'During the past 16 months, I, as well as my Headquarters Staff have not had a holiday of any sort.'

11/11/1901: Telegram: Kendal Franks to DA, Bloemfontein: Not suitable for the post
12/11/1901: Shutte to CSRC: Regretting his efforts to give satisfaction have been unsuccessful
Sources
Title:SRC 34
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:34
Dates:Oct-Dec 1901
Notes:A299, 11/11/1901: Telegram: Kendal Franks to DA, Bloemfontein
Title:SRC 13
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:13
Dates:Sept 1901
Notes:RC4883, 10/9/1901, Superintendent, Kimberley to CSRC and reply
Title:SRC 16
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:16
Dates:Nov-Dec 1901
Notes:RC6271, 25/9/1901, Nurse McAdam to CSRC
Title:SRC 03
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:03
Dates:Mar 1901 RC497-779
Notes:RC561, 1/3/1901, List of officals in RCs ORC
Title:SRC 08
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:08
Dates:June 1901
Notes:RC2530, List of camp staff


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.