Christmas dinner menu from Douglas Camp
Date made: 1918
Description: Watercolour sketch by an internee at Douglas Internment Camp 1914-1917. Christmas 1918 Officers Mess Eastcliff Diner...etc Eastcliffe was the large house adjecent to the camp which was requisitioned as officers' billets and mess. Latterly Eastcliffe Resource Centre run by IOM Social Services Dept.
Internees were held on the Isle of Man in two camps, a requisitioned holiday camp in Douglas and a purpose built camp located at Knockaloe near Peel on the west coast of the Island. These held at their peaks over 4,000 and 23,000 men in some cases for nearly five years between opening in 1914 and final closure in 1919. Over 30,000 men passed through Knockaloe between 1914 and 1917 more than the population of Douglas the largest town.
Measurements: h 9 in w 6 in
Materials: card : watercolour & pen & ink
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-6978/6
Subject tags : #WW1INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS
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