Internment Collection

Prisoner of War Camp, Handforth, Cheshire
A coloured illustration of the First World War prisoner of war/ internment camp at Handforth in Cheshire. The picture is captioned Kriegsgefangenen Lager -- German for POW camp

Cunningham Holiday Camp - Isle of Man
The Cunningham Holiday Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man. In September 1914 the Camp, cleared of its usual campers and staff, was requisitioned as an internment camp for enemy aliens - split into three

British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI
British Soldiers escorting German Prisoners, destined for internment in England - WWI Date: circa 1915

Horse box, by Robert Walker, WW1
Horse box, watercolour by Robert Walker, First World War. Walker was an internee at Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp, near Berlin. 1915

Ornaments - German Internees - Knockaloe Internment Camp
A pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration with inscriptions - one saying Zur Freud (In Joy) and one saying Im Leid (In Sadness)

German Battlecruiser Goeben renamed Sultan Selim I
WW1 - Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - The German Battlecruiser Goeben renamed Sultan Selim I - passing the Allied fleet for internment after capture/surrender. Date: 1916

Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp
Pila - a town in northwestern Poland (known as Schneidemuhl in German). During the First World War, Schneidemuhl had a prisoner of war camp

Ruhleben camp, WW1
Where the Boche interns British civilians - a birds eye view of the camp at Ruhleben where British civilians, living in Germany at the time of the outbreak of war were interned

Three women police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three women police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Three police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War. Their duties included luggage checks and guarding internees

Woman police officer, Isle of Man, WW2
Woman police officer (WPS Ivy Baxter) of the Met Police during the Second World War. In July 1940 she was promoted from constable to sergeant and posted to the Isle of Man

Women police officers and others, Isle of Man, WW2
Four women police officers and others in a group photo at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War, where they were responsible for security, including luggage checks

Four women police officers doing luggage search, WW2
Four women police officers doing a luggage search at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

WW1 - Demonstrations in London in favour of Alien Internment
WW1 - Demonstrations in London in favour of German Enemy Alien Internment at Tower Hill (left) and at The Royal Exchange (right). Date: 1915

Interned prisoners at Ruhleben performing Trial by Jury, WW1
Interned prisoners at Ruhleben camp near Berlin, dressed up in costume for a production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, Trial by Jury. The play was produced by Mr J. H

Ornaments - German Internees - Knockaloe Internment Camp
A pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration with inscriptions - one saying Zur Freud (In Joy) and one saying Im Leid (In Sadness)

WWI carved bone
First World War carved bone decorated with flowers and chains. Inscribed Remembrance 1915, 1916. Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Trench Art

Barracks in the camp
The barracks in the camp. (From Ruhleben Internment Camp 1914-17 Sketch Book). Robert Walker

Skyline of Spandau from the Camp
When the Golden Sun sinks in the West The skyline of Spandau from the Camp. (From Ruhleben Internment Camp 1914-17 Sketch Book). Robert Walker

Wooden box with Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms
Inlaid wooden box inscribed with the Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms on lid, together with the Camp motto Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

Ruhleben Internment Camp, 1914-17 The Soup March
Ruhleben Internment Camp, 1914-17. The Soup March - dated 17.5.15. Robert Walker

Civilian internment camp at Ruhleben
Incidents in the life at the civilian internment camp at Ruhleben, showing an engravers kiosk and the office for distributing the eagerly-awaited parcels from England

Internment camp
Illustration showing the cramped interior of a Japanese internment camp at Changi, Singapore, during World War Two. Date: 1942

Donington Hall, near Derby to serve as an internment camp ag
View of Donington Hall, near Derby, famous during the years 1914 - 1918 as an internment camp for German officers, taken over by the Government again in 1939 to serve the same purpose during World

Last days of Emperor Nicholas II and his family
An article recounting the last days of the imperial family. The photograph shows the familys faithful entourage during internment at Tsarkelo-selo in the summer of 1917

Performance by British POWs during WWII
A Christmas Show (Pantomime) performed by British Prisoners of War - during WW2. Possibly one of the less glamorous chorus lines of the 1940s (foreground) !!! Date: circa 1942

Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWI
Chateau d Oex internment camp, Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - card sent by Private C. Cusworth (8662) of the 2nd Manchester Regiment - interned Prisoner of War

British internment camp WWII
Enemy aliens internment camp in a Northern British town during World War II, a view from outside the compound. The camp is a new Northern Town housing estate which has been totally surrounded by

WW1 - French Turkos troops - Prisoners of War
WW1 - Captured French Turkos (or Turcos) troops - the nickname of the Algerian and Tunisian rifles of the French army, which were officially known as Tirailleurs Algeriens and Tirailleurs Tunisiens

Its an Ill Wind by Dudley Tennant
Humorous cartoon depicting British made toys marching past an assortment of German manufactured dolls and teddy bears who have been put in an internment camp for the duration of World War One

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