POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 113

• June 23, 2017 16:15:46 Annick Rodriguez

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  all in black from which I deduced that the local Regiment

  had just had it in the neck.  ...  After Hindenburg had been

  collecting his new army I noticed that many of the hospitals

  were empty & that there were but few conv[insert] a [/insert[ ilescents about.

  It was their practice to put their cured convelescents [insert] soldiers [/insert] on 

  guard over us. Then a wire would come. Generally

  after some big show, and a draft of these men would

  go off the front. And to the front they went right

  into the firing line. I think this command was in

  Belgium. (These were not the local Regt.) The local Regt.

  were lagers & in 1915 were against the Italians. One day

  we went to see a new camp which was bring opened at

  Altenan. The whole walk was only about 16 miles-

  but it was enough to show how very unfit I now had

  become. I did not think much of the camp. It was

  much smaller than our own. Neither did it seem to

  offer any facilities for escape. Later I heard some did

  escape from there.

  Originally as a mess orderly we had a Frenchman. He

  it was who designed the menu attached . He was really

  rather an artist & it hardly does him credit. He used to

  paint in oils. He was a good  mess waiter when he tried.

  He was all on to make money & I fancy did the canteen 
  down. In the end he took to photography & used to

  make money that way rather at the expense of his

  other work. Finally he was taken away to wait on

  the French  & after that sent to a mens camp. We

  then had a  ...  of English orderlies. When we

  got a good one the Germans promptly sent him off to

  a mens camp

• June 22, 2017 22:32:31 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                          55.

  all in black from which I deduced that the local Regiment

  had just had it in the neck.  ...  After Hindenburg had been

  collecting his new army I noticed that many of the hospitals

  were empty & that there were but few conv[insert] a [/insert[ ilescents about.

  It was their practice to put their cured convelescents [insert] soldiers [/insert] on 

  guard over us. Then a wire would come. Generally

  after some big show, and a draft of these men would

  go off the front. And to the front they went right

  into the firing line. I think this command was in

  Belgium. (These were not the local Regt.) The local Regt.

  were lagers & in 1915 were against the Italians. One day

  we went to see a new camp which was bring opened at

  Altenan. The whole walk was only about 16 miles-

  but it was enough to show how very unfit I now had

  become. I did not think much of the camp. It was

  much smaller than our own. Neither did it seem to

  offer any facilities for escape. Later I heard some did

  escape from there.

  Originally as a mess orderly we had a Frenchman. He

  it was who designed the menu attached . He was really

  rather an artist & it hardly does him credit. He used to

  paint in oils. He was a good  mess waiter when he tried.

  He was all on to make money & I fancy did the canteen 
  down. In the end he took to photography & used to

  make money that way rather at the expense of his

  other work. Finally he was taken away to wait on

  the French  & after that sent to a mens camp. We

  then had a 

  
  

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• June 22, 2017 22:26:36 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                          55.

  all in black from which I deduced that the local Regiment

  had just had it in the neck.  ...  After Hindenburg had been

  collecting his new army I noticed that many of the hospitals

  were empty & that there were but few conv[insert] a [/insert[ ilescents about.

  It was their practice to put their cured convelescents [insert] soldiers [/insert] on 

  guard over us. Then a wire would come. Generally

  after some big show, and a draft of these men would

  go off the front. And to the front they went right

  into the firing line. I think this command was in

  Belgium. (These were not the local Regt.) The local Regt.

  were lagers & in 1915 were against the Italians. One day

  we went to see a new camp which was bring opened at

  Altenan. The whole walk was only about 16 miles-

  but it was enough to show how very unfit I now had

  become. I did not think much

  
  

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• June 22, 2017 22:23:52 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                          55.

  all in black from which I deduced that the local Regiment

  had just had it in the neck.  ...  After Hindenburg had been

  collecting his new army I noticed that many of the hospitals

  were empty & that there were but few conv[insert] a [/insert[ ilescents about.

  It was their practice to put their cured convelescents [insert] soldiers [/insert] on 

  guard over us. Then a wire would come. Generally

  after some big show, and a draft of these men would

  go off the front. And to the front they went right

  into the firing line. I think this command was in

  
  

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• June 22, 2017 21:41:23 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                          55.

  all in black from which I deduced that the local Regiment

  had just had it in the neck.  ...  After Hindenburg had been

  collecting his new army I noticed that many of the hospitals

  were empty & that there were but few conv[insert] a [/insert[ ilescents about.

  It was their practice to put their cured convelescents [insert] soldiers [/insert] on 

  guard over us. Then a wire would come. Generally

  after some big show, and a draft of these men

  
  

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