POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 79

• June 21, 2017 18:45:34 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                            41.

                            WAGONHAUS.

  This was really the same camp as the last & after May

  it was virtually one place. I was bundled across here

  with but a few hours notice. In many ways the change

  was for the work. I was put into a large room with

  about  50 others. We were about 5 English ^[insert]amount a  ...  mostly French [/insert]. Wagonhaus itself

  was ^[insert] really [/insert] a mobilization stores. On the ground floor was a

  kind of shed where one could walk on rainy days. A

  small portion had been cut off to make the canteen.

  This was where the horses had been kept. It had been

  used for a quite a little time for its legitimate purpose

  as one could see by the feeding boxes. On the floor further

  on was the little room where parcels were originally given

  out. This was afterwards changed to a room on the 3rd..

  floor. The main part of the building was wood. You went

  up a flight of stairs to the 2nd.. storey. There was a long

  passage running along the ride of the building which

  of each room was a peep hole. There were all the big

   ...  stair case on the other side of the building

  led down to the Canteen.

  From both ends you could go up to the  3rd.. & top storey

  The difference here was that the passage ran along

  the centre so the rooms were a different shape &

  somewhat smaller. The two ends of the building in

  which the staircase was placed were  ...  above, & here

  were the smallest rooms. They accomidated 6 officers

  & here was to be found our colonels. Also the office

  & the packet room.

  
  

• June 21, 2017 18:41:49 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                            41.

                            WAGONHAUS.

  This was really the same camp as the last & after May

  it was virtually one place. I was bundled across here

  with but a few hours notice. In many ways the change

  was for the work. I was put into a large room with

  about  50 others. We were about 5 English ^[insert]amount a  ...  mostly French [/insert]. Wagonhaus itself

  was ^[insert] really [/insert] a mobilization stores. On the ground floor was a

  kind of shed where one could walk on rainy days. A

  small portion had been cut off to make the canteen.

  This was where the horses had been kept. It had been

  used for a quite a little time for its legitimate purpose

  as one could see by the feeding boxes. On the floor further

  on was the little room where parcels were originally given

  out. This was afterwards changed to a room on the 3rd..

  floor. The main part of the building was wood. You went

  up a flight of stairs to the 2nd.. storey. There was a long

  passage running along the ride of the building which

  of each room was a peep hole. There were all the big

   ...  stair case on the other side of the building

  led down to the Canteen.

  From both ends you could go up to the 

  
  

  
  

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