WWI German Internee in England

I am researching the family of Paul Carl Erdmann Tetzner (sometimes the
forenames are transposed) who was born in Germany in 1874.He was a waiter in
London and married Jane Morris in 1898. According to his marriage
certificate his father was Alfred Tetzner (an engineer). He was interned in
England at the outbreak of the First World War and nothing more is known of
him.If he died in England, would this have been registered here? If he was
repatriated, is there any way of finding where he went to and when he died?

Forrest Anderson...

Whist it doesn't answer your question, the National Archives has a
leaflet on internees at

The National Archives also has a list of internees in the UK in WW1,
under the following reference:

HO 144/11720
ALIENS (see also Nationality and Naturalisation): Internment of enemy
aliens during 1914-1918 war: Classified List

Andrew Sellon...

Adrienne -

I understand that about 25,000 German internees were housed in camps on
the Isle of Man during WW I. Those who died were initially buried on the
island, but after the war they were re-buried somewhere on the mainland.
Not of direct help I'm afraid, but it may be of some assistance.

Charles Ellson...

Also, if he died on the island then he would be recorded in the Manx
(not the English) registration system. The Society of Genealogists has
microfilms of the indexes to the Manx registers but I don't recall
what years are covered (they have at least up to 1908 when my ggm died
there).

Yours Aye Andrew Sellon