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Old Photograph Cottages Stobs Village Scotland
Old photograph of cottages in Stobs village near Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. In 1914 men from all over the British Empire came to a Camp by Stobs to train as soldiers. So great were the numbers that men had to be accommodated in the town church in Hawick, public halls, and even a local mill was pressed into service. Among the many Scottish regiments to train at Stobs were the 12th Scottish Rifles, the 9th Royal Scots and the 13th Highland Light Infantry. But in late 1914, it was announced that Stobs Camp would house German prisoners of war. The POWs were put to work in construction, building a highly praised sewerage system for the camp. Other prisoners of war also worked on nearby farms.
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