Parish Notes

German Prisoner of War Camp 1914-18

Stanhope

Notes

The History of Stanhope by Stanhope Women’s Institute 1950s states:-
During World War 1 a German Prisoner of War Camp was built at Shittlehope Burn Farm, Stanhope. The prisoners worked at Parson Byers, Rogerley and Newlandside quarries and on some of the local Farms.

The Illustrated Chronicle 1st April 1919 carries these photos in
Stanhope Churchyard.

They are of two tombstones marking the graves of German prisoners who worked in the quarries at Stanhope. The tombstones were carved by prisoners from the stone they were quarrying.

One reads:
Hier
ruht in Gott
Karl Lux
Inf. des Res. Inf.Regts.
No.111
Er starb am 23 April 1918
(The bottom line cannot be read from the photo)

The second one reads:
Hier
ruht in Gott
Michael Krebs
Jäger des Kurhess.
Jäger Battle. No.11
Gest AM25 Oktobr.1918
Ourch-unfall
Gewidmet
?on seine kamaraden

(These photos are not clear.)

The headstones are no longer in the Churchyard.

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