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Hallo, I have only just discovered this great conversation and would like to add some info in case it's of some use. Also if anyone comes across my grandfather's name I would be most delighted. The Anglo-German FHS has been very helpful and I now have the PoW No. and release date of my grandfather, Erich Heinrich Gustav JACOBS. My grandmother said that he had died in the great 'flu epidemic but I was told that the epidemic never spread into the IoM. He was released in Feb 1919, so he would have missed the flu. I shall try the Red Cross to see if I can find out what happened to him. The family is sure he survived. Grandmother re-married in 1923. The effect of his internment on the family including my mum was profound.