Stobs Camp Armistice Centenary Commemoration
Film showing the unveiling of the re-instated Stobs Memorial, 11th November 2018.
The Stobs Camp Project completed the reconstruction of the Stobs Camp memorial in the Armistice centenary year. Originally built by the German prisoners for their ‘comrades who died far from home’ it had fallen in to disrepair and all that remained was rubble where it once stood. The project's intrepid team of volunteers, guided by Tree-ditions Craft School, rebuilt the memorial as close to the original as possible.
In a moving ceremony on 11th November 2018 it was formerly unveiled by Margaret Eliott, Deputy Lieutenant of Ettrick, Roxburgh & Lauderdale and Colonel Jean-Bernard Lacroix, Minister & Security Co-ordinator from the German Embassy in London. A blessing was led by Rev Michael Scouler MBE and wreaths were laid. Music was provided by the Hawick Saxhorn Band and Ian Lowes unveiled a picture of Sebastian Bichler, a prisoner who had died at Stobs in 1919. Hawick High School ran a poetry competition and the winning entry was read by a volunteer from Kelso High School.
The Stobs Camp Project is grateful to Dawn Berry of SEEit Productions for filming the event. We hope you enjoy listening to these moving speeches.
For further information head to stobscamp.org or email [email protected].
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