In the News: British kindness to Germans!
16/10/1915Manchester Evening News – British Kindness to Germans: Tributes from Foes at Stobs Camp 16 October 1915
Read moreIn the News: 9th (Reserve) Battalion at Stobs!
19/10/1915Berwickshire News and General Advertiser – 9th (Reserve) Battalion at Stobs 19 October 1915 Ninth (Reserve) Battalion is at Stobs with one of its drafts being torpedoed in the Aegean.
Read moreStobsiade Civilian, Issue No. 4
24/10/1915
This fourth edition begins with a poem entitled The Ball in the Canteen. Followed by an editorial which is a supplement to previous addresses concerning life at camp. There are then two other essays one called Barbed wire, which details who invented it and its purpose in war, and a second called The Floor Manager, which talks of the role of floor manager and gives a snippet out of his diary. It goes on to give the origin of the term Stobs. Followed by puzzles, prize announcements, and advertisements. Full edition available here.
Read moreIn the News: Escape of three German Sailors!
28/10/1915The Scotsman – Escape of three German Sailors 28 October 1915
Read moreIn the News: Two of Germans who Escaped Arrested
28/10/1915Evening Telegraph – Two of Germans who escaped from Stobs Camp arrested 28 October 1915
Read moreIn the News: Escape of Three German Sailors
28/10/1915The Scotsman – Stobs War Camp: Escape of Three German Sailors 28 October 1915
Read moreIn the News: Former Stobs Prisoners to be liberated
28/10/1915The Southern Reporter – Former Stobs Prisoners to be liberated 28 October 1915
Read moreIn the News: Escape of three German PoWs
29/10/1915Kelso Chronicle – Escape of three German prisoners of war from Stobs Camp 29 October 1915 Three German sailors escaped on Tuesday from the war camp at Stobs near Hawick. Their names are Alfred Joksch, Emil Stehr and Karl Villbraudt.
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