Knockaloe Isle of Man

[valbenson]

Hi

Does anyone know where records of internees of the above camp from World War 1 might be kept?

Regards

Val

[dickiesam]

Hi Val,
Some info here with possible sources of more data....
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook ... intern.htm

However, that site also says this:
It seems that all the personal files relating to WWI internees held by the British Government were destroyed, probably by accident, during the 1970's. The original card index was destroyed by enemy action in WWII. However it would appear that the Geneva-based Red Cross may, in the future allow some access to its own records compiled from UK weekly returns of internees and POW's - please contact the Anglo-German FHS for more details. No records were kept on the Island though there are many incidental records, not all indexed, kept by for example the Island police force that are now in the Manx Museum Library.

The Anglo-German FHS is here http://www.agfhs.org.uk/

[MaryA]

Very informative DS, thanks for that.

[valbenson]

Hi DS

Thanks for your reply, and the information I did contact the Red Cross a couple of years ago but the information they provided was very limited and basically what I already knew. Hoped there might have been some more records somewhere. I will look at the site you sent me, you never know there might be some clues to his life there.

Thanks again for your help.

Regards

Val