First World War internee Ernst Alfred Hansel in front of an internment hut, Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1917
Scope & Content: The identification of Ernst Alfred Hansel is based upon the prisoner number 12503 which is marked on the glass plate, and comparison with the repatriation and hospital lists on the ICRC website. He arrived at Knockaloe 22/7/15 and was transferred to Spalding 28/1/18. His Red Cross information bureau number was 4817. He first appears on a 1914 list of prisoners, age 28 home address: Bischofswerda, Sachsen. Kamenzerstr.22. He was released after initial internment and then re-arrested.
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/7870/38077