Memorial
Featherstone Castle Prisoner of War Camp (Camp 18)
Source: Copyright Thomas Johnson
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Current Location
entrance to the old camp, minor road along the River South Tyne, from below Featherstone Castle, near Rowfoot, about 4 miles SW of Haltwhistle, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE49 0JG, England
OS Grid Reference
NY 67200 60860
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 78285
- Description
- Slate Plaque on one of the stone gateposts at the former entrance to the camp
- Inscription
- HERE WAS THE ENTRANCE TO P.O.W. CAMP 18 WHERE /THOUSANDS OF GERMAN OFFICERS WERE HELD IN THE/YEARS 1945-48. THE INTERPRETER SINCE JANUARY/1946 WAS CAPTAIN HERBERT SULZBACH O.B.E. WHO/DEDICATED HIMSELF TO MAKING THIS CAMP A SEED-BED OF BRITISH-GERMAN RECONCILIATION. OUR TWO NATIONS OWE HIM HEARTFELT THANKS. THE FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE FEATHERSTONE/PARK ASSOCIATION OF FORMER INMATES OF CAMP 18/1982
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Components
- Plaque
Made from: Slate
Condition: Good
- Photograph-http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/247592