First World War internee Heinrich Steur, Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1917
Scope & Content: The identification of Heinrich Steur is based upon the prisoner number 16737 which appears on the glass plate and comparison with the repatriation and hospital lists which appear on the ICRC website. His Red Cross information bureau number was 26629. A prisoner with this name and same home address appears on a list of Germans interned in Nigeria in 1914 (number Nig 132, recorded as Landsturm). Admitted to hospital Knockaloe 19/8/17: Gastralgia. Home: Lindau a/Bodensee, Bavaria.
Nationality: German
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/7870/38282/2