German national in England 1914

[mentmore]

What would have happened to a German national living and married with a family in London at the outbreak of WW1?

[KGarrad]

He would have been arrested, and sent to an Internment camp.

[crisane]

A couple of sites that may help

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/internees.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/britain/espionage.htm

And this on Rootschat

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=112434.0

[groom]

It looks as if the records may have been destroyed.

http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/world-war-internment

He would have been arrested, and sent to an Internment camp.

It depends how old he was, it was only men of fighting age, between 18 to 50, who were interned from 1914 to 1919. My great grandfather who lived in London wasn't interned.

[KGarrad]

OP did say he was married?! So I assumed over 18

[groom]

Could also be over 50!   

[Marmalady]

My Grandfather's sister married a Moravian in the early 1900's. He was then arrested & interned for the duration of WW1.
He was again arrested at the start of WW2 but released and allowed to resume his normal civilain life

[mentmore]

Thank you all for your replies.

My German relative was born about 1879, married 1907 Lewisham.
I can't find a death for him, as yet, his widow died 1958, in her Will it states she is a widow.

[groom]

Do you want to give us a name and we'll see if we can find him?


Does anyone know if it was only people who were born in Germany that were interned? My great grandparents were both of German birth, but my grandfather was born here. He wasn't interned although he would have been about 35 in WW1, but he wasn't in the UK army either. In WW2 he was in the Home Guard.