TOPIC: TINTOWN, LADYSMITH

Elmarie
Thank you for this post. I had no idea that the Ladysmith Tintown was so large. It is a pity that many of the old group photographs carry no names. In the case of the nurses it might be easier to get identifications.
Regards
Brett
PS Clearly, four of the five ladies were not enjoying the experience. I expect they could frighten their patients into recovering.

Brett

Ha ha! you are right, they look scary! See Attached photo with names.

Thank you, Elmarie.
Having names attached certainly makes a photograph more interesting. Presumably Annie and Hilda Talbot were sisters and finding them on a roll would be a good starting point to research their background. Sergeant McCarty (?McCarthy) was probably a RAMC Orderley,so he too should be traceable. The two men from Zoutpansberg might also be researchable.
I hope that the medical staff and the Boer prisoners got on well together.
Regards
Brett

PS In my first admission to a hospital in the early 1950's, I shared a ward with an old man who had been on commando with the Boers. Although we spent several days together, I was too young and ignorant to ask him about his experiences. Perhaps it is just as well I did not know what he thought about me. I was in any case very intimidated by him and the ward Sister, which must have contributed to my relatively rapid recovery.

Great photos, thank you.

I learnt my grandfather was part of the ZARS and was in this camp before he was sent to Bermuda.

Would you have records of the names of the men in the photos?

Boervanzyl

Please send me the name of your grandfather then I can check for photographs and did you also know in which camp in Bermuda your grandfather was?

Elmarie