First World War internee Johannes Kuhl and others in front of the wire, Douglas Camp Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1917
Scope & Content: Sentry hut in the background.
glass plate marked 1754 Kuhl which corresponds to 1754 Johannes Kuhl in the Douglas Camp daybook. He appears in another image in the series, in merchant service officer's cap with title 'Captain'. By comparison he is the man on the right in this group.
The closest match on the ICRC database would appear to be Johannes August Adolf Wilhelm Kuhl with Red Cross information bureau number 4676. He appears on a 1914 list of prisoners with details: age 23. Rank: Vizesteurmann. Kaiserlich Marine (Reserve). Home address: Hoyer, Schleswig-Holstein. He appears in Danish church records, date of birth recorded as 23/8/1891 in Hoyer (Ancestry). A Johannes Kuhl of the right age and Danish nationality appears as 3rd officer aboard the SS Atlanterhavet arriving at New York in the early 1920s.
Language: eng
Extent: overall: 16 cm x 12 cm
Physical description: Black & white glass half-plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/7870/37122