First World War Internee boxer Karl Heinrich Ludwig Schottelndreier, Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1918
Scope & Content: The identification of Karl Heinrich Ludwig Schottelndreier is based upon the prisoner number 20717 which is marked on the glass plate, and comparison with the hospital and repatriation lists which appear on the ICRC website. He was admitted to hospital with influenza between 26/12/1916 and 26/1/17. His age was recorded as 17. His Red Cross bureau number was 206.
His Red Cross index card records the fact that he was first interned at Lancaster with number 2431, in No1 Boys Company. There is an address for a next of kin [?] contact, Wilhelm Meier, Nilnstdorf 72, Post Sulbeck. Another address appears to be: Schottelndreier, Lippl, 15 Hilfsverein fur Kreigsfursorge, Kamen i/W. fur familia Schottelndreier Hohestr. 1 Bergkamme o/Kamen Westf.
He is mentioned in a boxing report in Lager Zeitung, Thursday, January 25, 1917, which states that his reach was in inverse proportion to the length of his name. In this photo he poses as a boxer in front of a hut.
Language: English
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/7870/39344
Subject tags : boxing sport