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Douglas, Isle of Man, the location of Hutchinson Camp. The camp consisted of 39 houses around Hutchinson Square close to Broadway in Douglas on the Isle of Man. Because of the large number of people interned in the relatively small number of houses, internees were required to share beds. [1]
The camp comprised four former hotels and boarding houses: the Alexander (later renamed the Continental) and Metropole Hotels, the Waverley and Dodsworth's.. The Metropole Hotel had on its ground floor a canteen, a general store, a billiard room, a hall, a library, and a dining room, (which also acted as a recreation room outside of mealtimes).
Mooragh Camp was a World War II internment camp in Ramsey, Isle of Man, in operation from May 1940 until September 1945. It was the first such camp on the island since World War I . The opening of the camp
It occupied approximately 5 acres (2 hectares) and consisted of two parts bisected by Victoria Road. [3] The Commanding Officer of HMS St George when it was commissioned was Captain F.S. Bell with Captain A.J. Lowe being officer in charge of Ballakermeen School. [4] A staff of over 300 officers would provide cadets with practical and technical ...
Port Erin Women's Detention Camp was a World War II internment camp on the Isle of Man at Port Erin.It was Europe's only all-female internment camp. [1] Notable internees included Dora Diamant, the lover of Franz Kafka in the last year of his life, and Fay Taylour, champion motorcycle, speedway and racing car driver.
Royal Air Force Jurby, or more simply RAF Jurby, is a former Royal Air Force station built in the north west of the Isle of Man.It was opened in 1939 on 400 acres (1.6 km 2) of land acquired by the Air Ministry in 1937, under the control of No. 29 Group, RAF.
During World War II the Isle of Man was used as the primary site for the internment of civilian enemy aliens, both male and female. The camps were predominantly in commandeered hotels and boarding houses in seaside towns on the island. Around the camps for males, barbed wire fences were erected and military guard was brought over from England.
The first major excavation of the site took place towards the end of World War II. [6] German archaeologist Gerhard Bersu and his wife were interned on the Isle of Man in 1940 as "enemy aliens". [7] Bersu was permitted to use a team of internees to conduct excavations of significant archaeological sites on the Island during their internment.