Hi Barbara, Perhaps something here can help: http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=21 See number 2: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=224 Hope this helps, 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

> http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=21 The above are for British POWs - i.e., British Soldiers captured by the enemy > See number 2: > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=224 This guide is for internees - as you will see very few records for individual internees have survived. Mike S