Carved wooden picture frame

Manx Museum Accession Number - 1995-0085

This wooden picture frame carved by a prisoner in the Douglas Aliens Internment Camp carries the dates 1914-15 and shows the tents which made up the camp. Douglas Camp was in fact the Cunninghams Young Men’s Holiday Camp, requisitioned by the War Office for the purpose of holding prisoners. However the tented accommodation proved unsuitable in winter, and this along with overcrowding provoked a riot in December 1914. Conditions eased when the purpose built Knockaloe Camp was opened at Peel in the following year.

This picture frame is on display in the Manx Museum, Douglas.

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