Hi Janice, There is a strong chance that your ancestor was interned. Many people with clearly German names, but with no sympathy for the Nazi cause, were rounded up and interned for the duration of the war as the authorities felt they could have been fifth columnists. A good number of them were held in a well known camp on the Isle of Man. Roland Hayward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Duke" <mshx@optonline.net> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com>; <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals. > Hi Barbara/Listers, > > As I reread your subject line & query, I have the following thought. If > your person was born in England, he would not be a foreign national. > > Janice > USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Short" <b.short@virgin.net> > To: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:31 PM > Subject: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals. > > >> Can anyone advise on how I can discover whether an ancestor with a German >> name ( although born in England ) was interned during WW1 ? >> >> He was running a long established business, but family legend ( well, my >> brother-in-law ! ) insists that he was interned. >> >> Barbara >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >