I vaguely remember that the Provost was the military police in those days....They would have given authorization for people, citizens and military, to move around in the district or between districts. Almost a martial law senario. In more modern times I found the acronym Access Control Point. Not sure ....just an idea. Regards Allan Southern ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Möhr" <mohr@lantic.net> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Meaning of 'ACP' ? or Amnesty Civilian Person or As Civilian Prisoner? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Möhr" <mohr@lantic.net> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Meaning of 'ACP' ? > How about As Civilian Person? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter John Jones" <peter_jones@telkomsa.net> > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Meaning of 'ACP' ? > > >> If you google "ACP military term" you get some 45 possibilities; None of >> them seem to refer to concentration camps so your guess is as good as >> mine. >> >> Pete >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michele Cocker" <michele.cocker@mweb.co.za> >> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 10:25 AM >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Meaning of 'ACP' ? >> >> >>> My husband is a Military history boff. >>> >>> He doesn't know (sounds funny in retrospect doesn't it?) but he has >>> posted >>> a >>> question on several of his war forums. >>> >>> So if no-one else on the mailing list can help - you do have a bunch of >>> war >>> boff's on it for you. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michele >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dave Long >>> Sent: 07 August 2011 23:02 PM >>> To: BOER-WAR@rootsweb.com; SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Meaning of 'ACP' ? >>> >>> Good day >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know what the abbreviation 'ACP' stands for in a military >>> context? >>> >>> >>> >>> It pops up on the BCCD website (British Concentration Camps of the >>> South >>> African War 1900-1902): >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Examples where used: >>> >>> >>> >>> . Reason departure : transferred ACP Town >>> >>> . Reason departure: returned home, ACP Fordsburg. >>> >>> . Reason departure: gone to live per ACP. Destination: >>> Johannesburg. >>> >>> . Reason departure: to town, per ACP. >>> >>> >>> >>> Also of interest is that the some wives of the POW's are listed in the >>> searchable database under the names of their husbands (e.g. Mrs Joe >>> Bloggs). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Dave Long, Cape Town >>> >>> >>> >>> Researching: LONG, MURPHY, GRANT, BRAITHWAITE, HUNTER >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message