WWI and WWII internees

[alistquin]

Hi Frances_mnb,

Many thanks for that information. 

Alistair

[Frances_mnb]

does the information fit in with what you know about a Johann Kuss - as you can see from my web site I've researched all the accounts I can find in the public domain - do you have access to any letters emanating from Knockaloe (or any other camp - as it would appear from his PoWIB number (see my site for info re this) that he was interned before the end of 1914 - possibly one of the London camps).

[alistquin]

Frances, if you PM me an email address, I can send you everything I sent to .The Knockaloe Charitable Trust., which expands on what is here.

Alistair

[Frances_mnb]

need to correct his departure date from Knockaloe - it was August not Sept (I misread my database) - the ICRC card gives some additional information from which it appears he was interned probably by early December but was released following the Kitchener directive that released most who could be vouched for by employers etc but was reinterned following the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915, he was briefly held in Handforth (near Manchester) before being transferred to Knockaloe where he remained until late August 1919

[bbart]

I'm sure you have seen these, but just in case the following articles are about your Johann Kuss:

Birmingham Daily Post 10 March 1915 -- page 4

Tamworth Herald 13 March 1915 -- page 8

Tamworth Herald 12 June 1915 -- page 5

There are mentions of his wife, brother-in-law, etc. as well.  If these are new to you, and you cannot locate them, let me know!

[Frances_mnb]

would love to see these - My interest in is the Manx connection + especially in terms of WW1 the life in Knockaloe, the site of which I can see from my window and also the Douglas camp - I understood from a previous researcher that no camp-related material seems to have survived in the family.
However as you can see from my site www.manxnotebook.com I've collected the various stories found in the UK and IoM national archives but haven't so far searched local papers other than the Manx.
Please eiother PM me or via my web site contact.

[alistquin]

bbart,
Thanks for that - I already have the newspapers you refer to.

Frances_mnb,
I didn't send them to you as they refer to matters unrelated to IoM, but I'll look them out and email them to you.

Alistair