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Knockaloe Farm Internment Camp, Patrick, Isle of Man. Currently Private. Free Entry.

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Accessibility:

The site is only open for events at present, but during these times there is usually disability parking.

Brief Description:

Knockaloe Farm is currently owned by the IOM Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture and is the site of the Royal Manx Agricultural Show each year. Previously the farm was used as an internment camp for over 20,000 ‘enemy aliens’, including Germans of military age, during the First World War.

At the Manx Museum (free admission) in Douglas, the visitor can find out about the places of Internment of civilians who were born in enemy countries during World War I and World War II, and a number of buildings and houses in Douglas and elsewhere on the Isle of Man were used for this. Please see the following links for further information on this:

Hutchinson Internment Camp - Wikipedia (on Hutchinson Square close to Broadway and Douglas Promenade) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson_Internment_Camp

Internment during world wars 1 & 2 - Manx National Heritage www.manxnationalheritage.im/wp-content/uploads/2013/.../CG4-Internment_Web.pd. And also at

http://www.imuseum.im/search/archive/

Genealogy Pages Isle of Man - Internment (WW1 and WW2) www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/genealgy/intern.htm

WW2 - The Second World War: The Isle of Man during World War Two 2ndww.blogspot.com/2010/01/isle-of-man-during-world-war-two.html

Internees - The National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk › Help with your research › Research guides

BBC - WW2 People's War - Timeline www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a6651858.shtml

World War internment | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/overseas/world-war-internment

(Men of fighting age, roughly 18 to 50, were interned from 1914 to 1919 at Douglas and Knockaloe Farm (near Peel; this venue on our website))

BBC - WW2 People's War - Internment Camp 1940-41 www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a3332611.shtml

Further Information:

Address:

Knockaloe Farm, Patrick, Isle of Man IM5 3AJ

Email:

None available

Phone:

None available

Website:

http://www.knockaloe.im/

Opening Hours:

Currently Government land.

Directions:

Knockaloe Farm is on a private track just West off the A27 at Patrick.

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Transport:

The Isle of Man has its own public transport system: https://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/bus-and-rail/. For more details you can visit the website or telephone +44 (0)1624 662525.

The buses are all low-floor with ramps available, making them accessible to travellers with a disability.

Amenities:

When the property is used for shows, such as the Royal Manx Agricultural Show, there are many stands and stalls selling food and drink. At other times there are no amenities.

Knockaloe Farm Internment Camp, Patrick, Isle of Man. Currently Private. Free Entry.

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