BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Walter McKenzie Watson
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:hotelkeeper
Unique ID:62729
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:43
Date arrival:17/08/1901
Reason departure:gone to
Destination:Durban
Tent number:396
Notes:RT 396
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Farm History
Name:Watson family
Town:Ermelo
Notes:2 erven in town
Status
Type:surrendered
Notes:15/8/1901, came from Ermelo via Wonderfontein, 17/8/1901
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0396
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:W 03


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.