Date: 13/04/2023

The Stobs Camp near Hawick includes a WW1 prisoner of war hut, training trenches and firing ranges.

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The Stobs Camp near Hawick includes a WW1 prisoner of war hut, training trenches and firing ranges.

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View west at Stobs on 6 February 2008 over part of the site of the former Stobs Camp (1903-1959). The various remains dotted around the hillsides say little of the many thousands of men who passed through here over the years, including those on their way to fight in two world wars. In addition, Stobs also operated for a time as a PoW Camp. The area was rail served by a branch leaving the Waverley Route near Acreknowe Farm, north of Stobs Viaduct and, while few details are known due to the site being a militarily sensitive area for much of its life, Butts Directory lists a <I>private station</I> at Stobs Camp, although no opening or closing dates are given.
Location: Stobs Camp
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
06/02/2008 John Furnevel

And finally... a particularly interesting bottle discovered in the undergrowth at the end of the headshunt from the former Stobs Yard in 1987. This bottle displays the embossed markings 'Alexander Scott' and 'Hawick' and it is easy to imagine how it might have arrived here.
Location: Stobs Camp Siding
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
26/03/1987 James Young

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