A SERVICE will be held today to remember the first German Glasgow University student to fall in World War 1.
A cross planted in the university's memorial garden will mark 100 years since the death of Franz Schlor who is believed to be the first German student from a UK university to be remembered in this way.
Tributes will also be paid to Colonel John Esslemont Adams, a graduate of the University, who secured the truce in 1914 and led the famous service on the battlefield.
Lieutenant Christian Knorn, a German officer in the University's Officers' Training Corps, will plant the cross for Schlör and a number of other German soldiers who fell, many of whom are still nameless. The service will also be attended by representatives of the University's British and German communities.
Franz Schlör is the first soldier from the Central Powers to be honoured by the university's Great War Project which marks the death of every member of the university community to be killed in World War regardless of which side they fought on.
The service of remembrance will be held this evening in the university's Memorial Chapel and will be led by university Chaplain, Reverend Stuart MacQuarrie.
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