POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 148
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Page 82.
coffee- bread & sausage & cheese. The bread was nothing
like so bad as the war bread I had previously come across.
Thus we were certainly given a living ration. For this
we were charged 2/3 of our pay.
Hut No. 10 to which in a few days I was transferred was
outwardly exactly similar to No.9. Inwardly it was
very different. The German orderlies were much inferior
It was run by a typical German Frau no doubt a worthy
person & it was full of French officers. The rule here was
that however many or few officers they were always to
be crowded up as close together as possible in the sleeping
room. No rule as to smoking was observed. The French
officer on my right smoked a German pipe most of the
night. There was never hot water till about 10, & the
bath was only used for tea things & basins. The place
was seldom ventilated & was on the hot side. Here
I spent Christmas & New Year. We had a christmas tree
put up by the nurse in the main building . It was
rather pathetic with its penny decorations. After spending
about 3 weeks here relieved by the moving of one party
of French we were one morning visited by a party of
Swiss - and within a few hours were moved to the
main building.
A party of German wounded who had come through from
Switzerland now occupied the place, but they gradually
were sent away to their homes. I expect they had
a fairly cheerless Christmas - There were plenty of flags
& evergreens & welcome home to the fatherland
but little else. Any how they kept their joy pretty
quietly.
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82.
coffee- bread & sausage or cheese. The bread was nothing
like so bad as the war bread I had previously came across.
Thus we were certainly given a living ration. For this
we were charged 2/3 of our pay.
Hut No. 10 to which in a few days I was transferred was
outwardly exactly similar to No.9. Inwardly it was
very different. The German orderlies were much inferior
It was run by a typical German Frau no doubt a worthy
person & it was full of French officers. The rule here was
that however many or few officers they were always to
be crowded up as close together as possible in the sleeping
room. No rule as to smoking was observed. The French
officer on my right smoked a German pipe most of the
night. There was never hot water till about 10, & the
bath was only used for tea things & basins. The place
was seldom ventilated & was on the hot side. Here
I spent Christmas & New Year. We had a christmas tree
put up by the nurse in the main building . It was
rather pathetic with its penny decorations. After spending
about 3 weeks here relieved by the moving of one party
of French we were one morning visited by a party of
Swiss- and within a few hours were moved to the
Main building.
A party of German wounded who had come through from
Switzerland now occupied the place, but they gradually
were sent away to their home. I expect they had
a fairly cheerless Christmas - There were plenty of flags
& evergreens & welcome home to the fatherland
but little else. Any how they kept their joy pretty
quietly.
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82.
coffee- bread & sausage or cheese. The bread was nothing
like so bad as the war bread I had previously came across.
Thus we were certainly given a living ration. For this
we were charged 2/3 of our pay.
Hut No. 10 to which in a few days I was transferred was
outwardly exactly similar to No.9. Inwardly it was
very different. The German orderlies were much inferior
It was run by a typical German Frau no doubt a worthy
person & it was full of French officers. The rule here was
that however many or few officers they were always to
be crowded up as close together as possible in the sleeping
room. No rule as to smoking was observed. The French
officer on my right smoked a German pipe most of the
night. There was never hot water till about 10, & the
bath was only
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82.
coffee- bread & sausage or cheese. The bread was nothing
like so bad as the war bread I had previously came across.
Thus we were certainly given a living ration. For this
we were charged 2/3 of our pay.
Hut No. 10 to which in a few days I was transferred was
outwardly exactly similar to No.9. Inwardly it was
very different. The German orderlies were much inferior
It was run by a typical German Frau no doubt a worthy
person & it was full of French officers. The rule here was
that however many or few officers they were always to
be crowded up as close together as possible in the sleeping
room. No rule as to smoking was observed. The French
officer on my right smoked a German pipe most of the
night. There was never hot water till about 10, & the
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82.
coffee- bread & sausage or cheese. The bread was nothing
like so bad as the war bread I had previously came across.
Thus we were certainly given a living ration. For this
we were charged 2/3 of our pay.
Hut No. 10 to which in a few days I was transferred was
outwardly exactly similar to No.9. Inwardly it was
very different. The German orderlies were much inferior
It was run by a typical German Frau no doubt a worthy
person & it was full of French officers. The rule here was
that however many or few officers they were always to
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