WW1 Internees - List of Knockaloe internees sent to Dartford Hospital

Background

The background to this list can be found elsewhere - the 137 internees were moved to London Dartford War Hospital on the 1st February 1917 in anticipation of repatriation probably in mid February which was thwarted by cessation of the Dutch Steamship service by early February. Most of the internees were then moved to Alexandra Palace Camp (AxP) on the 9th March 1917. The 1917 age was generally derived by adding 2 years to the age given in the 1915 initial entry in the ICRC lists - thus is only approximate. A number of internees gave British addresses - whether they had a British born family is still to be investigated (probably via the 1911 census). Several of the internees were recorded in later Knockaloe records indicating that they had been returned to the camp.

A number of internees had previous records of hospital treatment either in the Camp Hospital or if more serious at Noble's hospital - however for most no prior camp record can be found. As the list only gave the PoWIB number it has not generally been possible to match names against Knockaloe camp numbers. For some it has been possible to find their names and PoWIB numbers in lists of repatriated internees early in 1918 which transfers to Holland were via transit camps at Spalding or Sleaford - the reference in such cases is to the ICRC record.

A-H indicates an Austro-Hungarian, otherwise the internee is found in German lists.

Other than the repatriation lists there are no records giving names of those transfered between camps - these have to be deduced by the appearance of the internee in a camp record - the Knockaloe Camp number can however often give an approximate date of arrival. There is often a discrepancy in the records as the ICRC lists give the last date spent in the camp prior to departure while the Knockaloe arrival register will record arrival the following day or even the day after that depending on when the boat arrived and the party transferred to camp.

Two parties of internees repatriated via Sleaford on 24th February 1918 can be seen (see column headed Slf) - a party of 16 would appear to have been sent from Alexandra Palace (Slf 317-332) and a small party (Slf 388-391) that had not been transferred to Alexandra Palace but possibly repatriated from LDH via Sleaford. The Spalding group (1076-1077) would appear to be part of larger group from Alexandra Palace that were repatriated via Spalding supposedly on 23rd February but almost certainly on the same boat from Boston. Others were repatriated in early 1918 from Alexandra Palace when presumeably some ferry service from Tilbury or Gravesend had been re-established.

List

Kck number	LDH number	AxP number	Slf number	Name	First Names	Age 1917	Further information
	3411	12716		Ruck	Martin August	45	Born Haagen - 21 Springfield East Ham London E
	3412	12717	Spg1076	Pannenbecker	Franz Georg
	3413			Wawrzszyn	Makszyn		A-H; addr Post Horostkof(Poland)
	3414			Sandulisk	Miron	23	A-H;address Linitiza; O-68-5 + later health reports seriously ill 17.4.17 onwards;
	3415	12719		Oguntke	Hermann
	3416	12720		Mitzscherling	Max Erhard	22
	3417	12721	Spg1077	Schulenberg	Johann	41
	3418	12722		Sawinski	Aleko		returned to Knockaloe as 29673 on 14 September in a party of 34 from AxP to Knockale camp 4
	3419	12723		Procyk	Semko		A-H; repat 7th April 1918 from AxP
4103	3420	12724		Graetz	Fritz		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3421			Leicht	Oscar Johann	27	addr Wurzburg
	3422			Deipel	Friedrich	50	born Hannover - Spring View Wheelwright Lane Exhall nr Coventry (his 16yr old son Harry was also interned)
	3423			Fischer	Charles	50	born Jena - 81 Nordhey St London
7080	3424	12725	317	Tofante	August	51	born Boffzen - 64 South Park Rd Wimbledon Surrey
8133?	3425	12726	318	Schafer	William	50	born Mengerhausen - 23 Winchendon Rd Fulham London
	3426		Spg1101	Maes	William	56	born Niederweiler - 21 Ritson Rd Dalston London N E
	3427	12727		Winzer	Charles Burton	42	born Hamburg - 15 Petherton Rd Highbury London N
	3428	12728		Niederbuchner	Michael	45	addr Munich; returned to Knockaloe as 28767 on 2 May 1917 and repatriated on 16 March 1918 via AxP(15627) and Tilbury
	3429	12729		von Schneider (Baron)	Berhard Eugen Louis	52
	3430	12730		Kelkel	Peter	53
	3431	12731		Filter	Wilhelm Franz Eduard	43	repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3432	12732		Jahnke	Gustav Hugo		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3433			Bendig	Hermann	42
	3434	12733	319	Sinclair	Adolf
	3435	12734	320	Jung	Heinrich
	3436	12735		Kessler	Henry
	3437	12736		Kremer	Anthony	39
16496	3438	12737		Knulle	August
	3439	12738		Endress	Gottlieb
176	3440			Ferstl	Alexander	24	A-H; allocated new PoWIB number on entry to Dartford where noted as Pulmonary TB + Tubercular menigitis
	3441	12739		Hutgrabner	August		D-267-24 shows AxP as final camp ? released
	3442			Stemerowicz	Michel Stenewik		A-H;
5204	3443			Brechtel	Otto Peter		repat 30th January 1918 from LDH
7953	3444			Pankop	Paul Richard Randolph
	3445	12740		Stein	Reinhard Gotthard	22	returned to Knockaloe as 28768 on 2 May 1917 and repatriated 20 March 1919 via Spalding(1899) but had a spell in camp hospital in February 1918 for observation on account of an old operation; born Berlin - 88 Islitre St Lambeth London
9379	3446			Wilms	Robert		D-131-16 Death 10.3.17 TB of lungs
10995	3447	12741		Tuellmann	Bernhard Ludwig	37
	3448	12742	321	Quentin	Charles
	3449	12743		Walter	Victor Henry Emil	41
11060	3450	12744		Ade	Henry		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3451	12745		Kunze	Kurt Hugo	44
	3452	12746		Brautigam	Christoph
	3453	12747		Schertz	Ernst
11611	3454			Schafer	Jacob	38
11637	3455	12748	Spg2601	Hamel	George Wilhelm	53
	3456	12749		Creuziger	Albert William
	3457			Lochler	William	44
11993	3458			Dittmer	Rudolf
12074	3459	12750		Richard	Emil	38
12170	3460	12751		Hoffmann	Wilhelm Paul Ferdinand
	3461	12752		Bretschneider	Frank		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3462	12753		Martini	Paul Hugo	35	addr Gnesen
	3463			Gottlieb	Albert	40	born Adelsheim - 60 Latimer Avenue East Ham London E
	3464	12754		Nohle	Hermann
13822	3465			Grabowski	Hermann		D-126-22 - died in train en route [assumed LDH# as K# only fits here in list]
	3466	12755		Wulff	Wilhelm
	3467			Dutack	Franz		tfr AxP(1324?) 4.5.17? 4 overtyped ?9
14656	3468			Sachs	August		repat 30th January 1918 from LDH tfr 1.2.17
	3469	12756		Falkenberg	Conrad Theodor Friedrich	51	addr Crefield; repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
15186	3470	12757		Lehmann	Hans
15247	3471			Ebel	Wilhelm (Alfred Hermann)		was Colonial number 255C but PoWIB renumbered on transfer to LDH
	3472	12759		Jost	Georg Joannes Wilhelm Charles		returned to Knockaloe as 28769 on 2 May 1917
	3473	12760		Busweg	Johann		A-H;
	3474			Ketterer	Georg Karl	21	noted as seriously ill by 8.2.17
	3475	12761		Stermann	Henry		returned to Knockaloe as 28770 on 2 May 1917
	3476	12762		Scherer	Paul	41	addr Neustadt
15883	3477	12763		Heldt	Carl Heinrich		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
15906	3478		388	Mucke	Herman Ernst Emil
	3479	12764		Krieger	Friedrich Eduard
	3480	12765		Degan	Paul
20807	3481	12766		Borodovski	Theodor	21	A-H; returned to Knockaloe as 29674 on 14 September in a party of 34 from AxP to Knockale camp 4; departed 7th May 1918 via Kings Lynnfor Boston Docks workcamp
	3482	12767		Bayer	August	39	born Ingelfingen - 60 Warwick St Liverpool
25074	3483	12768		Koerner	Reiner	60	born Eupen - 59 West Derby St Liverpool; ?re-admitted 3731 13.4.17 tfr AxP(13268) 9.5.17
25212	3484			Ludeke	Emil W	62	born Kl Prignitz Prussia - 19 Washington St Liverpool
	3485	[12769]					missing name - assumed to be 'other' nationality probably Bulgarian
	3486	12770		Reinhardt	Helmuth Carl Friedrich		originally K572; returned to Knockaloe as 28772 on 2 May 1917; noted as a teacher of Turkish in Camp1 after return
16412	3487	12771		Krause	Rudolf
16565	3488			Simon	Adam
16591	3489			Schwartz	Gustav		repat 30th January 1918 from LDH
	3490	12772		Kruse	Rudolf Fritz
	3491	12773	322	Patzschke	Arno
16734	3492		Spg1565	Herzog	Hans		mentioned in report on Hospital as a musician; repatriated via Spalding 16th March 1918
	3493			Lypka	Jannas		A-H;
16916	3494			Wunder	Hans (Peter)
	3495	12775	323	Roeder	Ernst
	3496	12776		Volkert	Wilheinrich
	3497			Gobells	Kaspar		tfr AxP(13246)? 9.5.17
	3498			Andrejcain	Janos		A-H; was 944C in Colonial List but renumbered in PoWIB list on entry to LDH
	3499			Uhlik	Johann
18885	3500		389	Schellerer	Johann	48
	3501	12779		Friedrich	Max Gustav Adolf
	3502	12780		Scharmuller	Adolf		returned to Knockaloe as 29678 on 14 September 1917
19417	3503	12781	324	Martini	Carl Traugott	49	born Koln - 32 University Rd Merton Surrey; had two sons conscripted into British Army
19537	3504			Warlich	Georg Friedrich Gustav	31
	3505	12783		Timm	Theodore	40	born Eutin - 1 Johnson St Notting Hill Gate London
	3506	12784	325	Schreiber	August	47	born Eschwage - 79 High St Poplar London E
	3507	12785		Gosser	Charles		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3508	12786	326	Weigend	Louis Karl Ludwig	51
	3509	12787		Hackon-Brook	Louis Charles Henry		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3510	12788	327	Krahmer	Max
19904	3511			Schmidt	Otto		A-H;
20151	3512			Rzydzik	Johann
	3513	12789		Luce	Robert
	3514	12790		Fechner	Walther
	3515	12791		Hoefling	Charles Jeremias Ludwig Julius Karl		repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3516	12792	Spg1554	Schenk	Georg Wilhelm		born Tennstadt - 1 Rhode St Chatham; repatriated via Spalding 16th March 1918
	3517			Rupflen	August
	3518			von Nickisch-Rosenegk	Ernst		born Bad Durkheim - 30 Flavell Rd Wandsworth London SW; tfr 1.2.17 AxP(13248)
21138	3519			Franken	Frank August Bernhard		tfr 1.6.17 AxP(13357)
	3520			Bielefeldt	Kurt		tfr 9.5.17 AxP(13250)
	3521	12793		Lehmann	Christian Adolf		return to Knockaloe as 28774 on 2 May 1917
	3522		390	Wohler	Theodor
	3523	12794		Froede	Emil
	3524	12795		Fritsch	Henry	43	addr Bauerwitz
	3525	12796	328	Stiebitz	Heinrich	47
	3526	12797		Scholz	Paul Georg	36	addr Leipzig
	3527	12798	329	Zipfel	Albert Carl
22024	3528	12799		Homann	Johannes Anton	47	repat 14th February 1918 from AxP
	3529	12800		Bohlen	Johann	51
22068	3530	12801	330	Zilken	Peter
	3531			Reisch	Gottlieb		A-H;
22896	3532	12802		Gille	Adolph
	3533	12803		Vorrath	Franz		A-H;
	3534	12804		Flemming	Hugo Karl	47
	3535			Scholl	Hermann	21
	3536	12805		Volker	Friedrich
	3537	12806		Marcus	Sigmund
	3538	12807		Richter	Martin
	3539	12808	331	Theil	Fritz		D-184-7 repat Sleaford(331) 24.2.18;
	3540	12809		Kovazcs	Michael Mily		A-H; shown returned to Knockaloe as 30752 but shown as discharged from Hospital on 13th December (probably the Asylum at 7pm and then admitted to Parish house St Pancras on 14th before being admitted to Colney Hatch Asylum on 20th Dec 1917 so looks as tho the Knockaloe Camp number reflects the overnight stay - possibly an earlier trasfer to Knockaloe + transfer to Asylum has been missed
	3541		391	Unterbusch	Wilhelm		D-184-6 repat Sleaford(391) 24.2.18;
	3542	12810		Ellon	Paul Richmond
	3543			Ellon	Ludwig (Dr)	50
	3544	12811		Klinger	Ludwig		returned to Knockaloe as 29679 on 14 September 1917
	3545			Berger	Joseph		A-H;
28152	3546			Leopold	August Moritz Ferdinand
	3547	12812	332	Kunschner	Charles		D-184-7 repat Sleaford(332) 24.2.18;

There was also a party of 8 sent from Douglas on the same day - at least one of these is known to have been repatriated via Alexandra Palace on the 9th Nov 1911 - as the Dutch ferries had ceased by then presumeably it was on one of the British Hospital Ships as had been used in late 1916.

Douglas number	LDH number	AxP number	Slf number	Name	First Names	Age 1917	Further information
3464	3548	12813	333	Morgenthau	Ferdinand	45	D-184-10 repat Sleaford(333) 24.2.18;
3481	3549	12814		Jonas	Leopold	47	D-167-5 repat 9.11.17 via Alexandra Palace
3627	3550	12815		Engisch	Ludwig	43
3659	3551			Wiedeman	Hans		from Privilege Camp;
3700	3552	12816		Chuwen	Isaac		A-H;
3968	3553	12817		Joseph	Harry Louis
3981	3554	12818		Krauss	Richard	39
4287	3555	12819		Rubenstein	Samuel	32	A-H; returned to Douglas from AxP 12.9.17 as D5139 - repatriated 13.2.18 via AxP(14963)


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