We were very different back then to that of modern nations and news coverage/digestion incredibly different to modern media so the short answer is yes, but with nuances and caveats haha.

Interestingly, my masters degree thesis is actually published and located at the University of Manchester John rylands library that addresses anti-German xenophobia during the First World War if you were ever actually interested in a search and read.

There were series of riots across all major British cities that Panikos Panayi has argued were anti-German riots (at the time, circa 2011, he was pretty much the only person who had touched upon these riots to any extent). In my research, I actually came to the conclusion that although anti-German sentiment existed, the vast majority of the rioting targeted food stuffs shops/stores and were to an extent, riots/looting of food. It just so happens that in early 20th century Britain, Germans living in the UK were heavily represented in the grocer/baker/butcher industries. Even British owned stores were targeted in the same riots and the police archives of interviews and arrest records supported such actions related primarily to food theft.