Useful Links
Libraries, Archives and Museums
Imperial War Museum
IWM London, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ.
The IWM London is currently closed and will re-open on 29 July 2013.
The IWM contains a small collection of material relating to internment on the Isle of Man during the First World War.
iMuseum
Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3LY
Opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Thursday 10am - 7pm
An online resource housing Manx National Heritage's digital collections including the Manx newspapers from 1792 - 1960.
Manx National Heritage - Manx Museum and National Archive and Library
Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3LY
Opening hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
The Manx Museum has a display on internment on the Island during both World Wars. The National Archive and Library has a substantial body of material on internment.
The National Archives
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU.
The National Archives hold the majority of surviving government documents relating to internment throughout Britain during the war.
The Leece Museum
The Old Courthouse, East Quay, Peel, Isle of Man, IM5 1AR
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 12 noon - 4pm (Sunday opening during summer months only)
The Leece Museum has numerous internment articles in its collection including craft work and furniture.
The Quaker Library
The Library of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain, Friend's House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm.
The Quaker library holds a number of items relating to internment at Knockaloe as well as a much larger body on their involvement in internment throughout Britain, their assistance to women and children classified as enemy aliens and their support to those repatriated.
Family history
The Anglo-German Family History Society
The society is designed to help those researching the family history of ancestors from German speaking parts of Europe who settled in and around the British Isles.
International Red Cross Committee
The Red Cross hold details of internees from both the First and Second World Wars and for a fee should be able to provide you with details including date and place of birth.
Website related links
Dan Karran
Geo and web development. Dan created the Google Earth module used in this site.
Heritage Technology
3D visualisation and web design and hosting.