Knockaloe Internment Camp

Knockaloe Internment Camp.Painting by George Kenner.

Knockaloe Internment Camp was a WWI internment camp on the Isle of Man, at Knockaloe Farm near Patrick, Isle of Man, near Peel, which housed 23,000 prisoners-of-war and 3,000 guards between 1914 and 1919.^[1] It was served by the Knockaloe railway station and branch line.

Knockaloe Farm in Patrick, Isle of Man had been used for military training, and in November 1914 was opened as a purpose-built internment camp.^[2]

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^ "Knockaloe WW1 Internment Camp | Knockaloe | Isle of Man". www.knockaloe.im.
^ "Centre will 'unlock' internment stories". BBC News. November 23, 2017.

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Media related to Knockaloe Internment Camp at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Knockaloe WW1 Internment Camp | Knockaloe | Isle of Man". www.knockaloe.im.

[2] "Centre will 'unlock' internment stories". BBC News. November 23, 2017.

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