POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 115

• June 23, 2017 14:20:13 Sami Rustom

  56.
  

  If any one did an escape. The rest of the camp was punished.
  

  One of their punishments was no walks for a fortnight.
  

  During the summer of 16 the Russian officers were allowed
  

  out walking once a walk under a guard & similarly the
  

  orderlies . But all walks except for the English ceased at
  

  the end of the summer.
  

  Then was a French Carpenter who was always employed at his
  

  job by the Germans. He did use a good turn of which more
  

  anon. A Russian gardener  the rest of the words in this line were inserted later whom I have mentioned

  before
  

  When we first came to the camp two French officers made
  

  an escape. It was an obvious way to go. I had no
  

  kit or I would have tried it. They found themselves at
  

  dawn one day near the targets of a field firing range
  

  which was being used & were caught. This was near
  

  Hanover. They brought back however some useful inform-
  

  ation. superscript a An escaped officer camp is always changed, but
  

  the German's always let them out for about 24 hours be-
  

  fore they leave, so even if one had no other methods of
  

  obtaining information they provided one.
  

  The winter of 1915 & the spring of 1916 I spent in making
  

  prepration for a bolt. I and an other officer with the help
  

  of a very sound French mathematican constructed a
  

  collapsable boat which weighted about 10 lbs & would carry
  

  both of us. Naval officers who afterwards saw it said
  

  it was quite sound. I procured myself a suit of
  

  mufti. This was not very hard in 1915. It was a fine
  

  tourists Kit - but I found I could not get a hat.
  

  varrious people such as the carpenter were allowed in
  

  the tower on their own - but it was verboden for
  

  them to buy Homburg hat.
  

  
  

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• June 23, 2017 14:19:35 Sami Rustom

  56.
  

  If any one did an escape. The rest of the camp was punished.
  

  One of their punishments was no walks for a fortnight.
  

  During the summer of 16 the Russian officers were allowed
  

  out walking once a walk under a guard & similarly the
  

  orderlies . But all walks except for the English ceased at
  

  the end of the summer.
  

  Then was a French Carpenter who was always employed at his
  

  job by the Germans. He did use a good turn of which more
  

  anon. A Russian gardener  the rest of the words in this line were inserted later whom I have mentioned

  before
  

  When we first came to the camp two French officers made
  

  an escape. It was an obvious way to go. I had no
  

  kit or I would have tried it. They found themselves at
  

  dawn one day near the targets of a field firing range
  

  which was being used & were caught. This was near
  

  Hanover. They brought back however some useful inform-
  

  ation. superscript a An escaped officer camp is always changed, but
  

  the German's always let them out for about 24 hours be-
  

  fore they leave, so even if one had no other methods of
  

  obtaining information they provided one.
  

  The winter of 1915 & the spring of 1916 I spent in making
  

  prepration for a bolt. I and an other officer with the help
  

  of a very sound French mathematican constructed a
  

  collapsable boat which weighted about 10 lbs & would carry
  

  both of us. Naval officers who afterwards saw it said
  

  it was quite sound. I procured myself a suit of
  

  mufti. This was not very hard in 1915. It was a fine
  

  tourists Kit - but I found I could not get a hat.
  

  varrious people such as the carpenter were allowed in
  

  the tower on their own - but it was verboden for
  

  them to buy H... hat.
  

  
  

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• June 23, 2017 13:43:59 Sami Rustom

  56.
  

  If any one did an escape. The .. of the camp was ...
  

  One of them ... was no walks for a ....
  

  During the summer of 16 the Russian offices were allowed
  

  out walking once a walk under a guard & ...ilarly the
  

  ... . But all walks except for the English ... at
  

  the end of the ...
  

  Then was a French carpentir who was always ... at his
  

  job by the Germans. He did use a good turn fo which more
  

  .... . A Russian gard... whom I have mentioned before.

  When we first came to the camp ... French offices made
  

  an escape. It was an obvious way to go. I had no
  

  kit or I would have tired it. They found .... at
  

  down one day near the ... of a fi... firing ...
  

  which was being used & were caught. This was near
  

  However. They brought back ... some useful inform-
  

  ation & an escaped officer camp is always changed, but
  

  the German always let them out for about 26 hours be-
  

  fore they hear, .. even if one had no other methods of
  

  obtaining information they ... one.
  

  The winter of 1915 & the spring of 1916 I spent in making
  

  prepration for a ... . I and an other officer with the help
  

  of a very ... French mathematican constructed a
  

  .... boat which weighted about 10 .. & would carry
  

  both of us. Normal officers who afterwards saw it said
  

  it was quite ... I ...ed any .. a .. of
  

  ... . This was not very hard in 1915. It was a time
  

  .... Kit - but I found I would not get a hat.
  

  ... people ... as the carpentir were allowed in
  

  the towjn on their own - but it was ... for
  

  them to buy H... hat.
  

  
  

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