POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 36
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13.
On this parade one has to turn out smart, boots cleaned,
clothes brushed etc. It seemed to my humble mind that we
were rather doing the Germans job for them. A My idea
was been to make things as difficult as possible for them.
The cooking catering etc is in the hands of the French
who feed us for I think 1.50 per diem. We are in messes
which are in the passages of the main building. We
had to provide ourselves with tables, forms china
crockery knives forks etc. I cannot say I think much
of the feeding . Breakfast 8 a.m. coffee and bread &
[insert] butter! [/insert] supplemented by the individual messes to taste.
Meaning that jam and sausage can be purchased
in the canteen. The staple food is veg[insert] e [/insert] tables , cabbages,
and potatoes. - the amount of meat issued for dinner
at 1 pm is not much. We also have an issue of
caramel be[insert] e [/insert]r, This is a non alcoholic drink of
kinds. For supper bread & cheese & perhaps soup.
We have one member of the mess each day told off as
orderly. His job being to draw the various commodities
from the canteen when they are cooked. We have also
to peel our own potatoes- This is another fatigue.
We have one British Pte.. to help- who cleans the dishes
and assists in the fatigue.
Another fatigue is coal fatigue- we fetch our own
coal by rooms. Again we have to make up our
own beds- we have a British Pte.. to sweep out our
living room.
There is a bath or rather a douche, hot + cold water
Hot water however can only be obtained in the afternoon
The Germans on the whole do not bother us much.
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13.
On this parade one has to turn out ... , boots cleaned,
clothes brushed etc. It seemed to my humble mind that we
were rather doing the Germans job for them. A My idea
was been to make things as difficult as possible for them.
The cooking catering etc is in the hands of the French
who feed us for I think 1.50 per diem. We are in ...
which are in the passages of the main building. We
had to provide ourselves with tables, ... which
crockery knives forks etc. I cannot say I think much
of the feeding . Breakfast 8 a.m. coffee and bread &
[insert] butter! [/insert] supplemented by the individual messes to taste.
Meaning that jam and sausage can be purchased
in the canteen. The staple food is veg[insert] e [/insert] tables , cabbages,
and potatoes. - the amount of meat issued for ...
at 1 pm is not much. We also have an issue of
caramel be[insert] e [/insert] This is a non alcoholic drink of
kinds. For supper bread & cheese & perhaps soup.
We have one member of the mess each day told offces
orderly. His job being to draw the various commodities
from the canteen when they are cooked. We have also
to peel our own potatoes- This is another fatigue.
We have one British Pte.. to help- who cleans the dishes
and assists in the fatigue.
Another fatigue is coal fatigue- we fetch our own
coal by rooms. Again we have to make up our
own beds- we have a British Pte.. to sweep out our
living room.
There is a bath or rather a douche, hot + cold water
Hot water however can only be obtained in the afternoon
The Germans on the whole do not bother us much.
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13.
On this parade one has to turn out ... , boots cleaned,
clothes brushed etc. It seemed to my humble mind that we
were rather doing the Germans job for them. A My idea
was been to make things as difficult as possible for them.
The cooking catering etc is in the hands of the French
who feed us for I think 1.50 per diem. We are in ...
which are in the passages of the main building. We
had to provide ourselves with tables, ... which
crockery knives forks etc. I cannot say I think much
of the feeding . Breakfast 8 a.m. coffee and bread &
[insert] butter! [/insert] supplemented by the individual messes to taste.
Meaning that jam and sausage can be purchased
in the canteen. The staple food is veg[insert] e [/insert] tables , cabbages,
and potatoes. - the amount of meat issued for ...
at 1 pm is not much. We also have an issue of
caramel be[insert] e [/insert] This is a non alcoholic drink of
kinds. For supper bread & cheese & perhaps soup.
We have one member of the mess each day told offces
orderly. His job being to draw the various commodities
from the canteen when they are cooked. We have also
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