POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 142

• June 26, 2017 17:49:20 Annick Rodriguez

  When I was first taken prisoner, at the time we were placed

  in the wine factory at A ... I was hatless. Here I obtained

  a piece of felt which was employed as a wine strainer. This

  I used as a sun hat; and as a sun hut it appeared in

  the summer of 1915 to everyone amusement for it was big

  and shapeless. In rigging myself up for escape purposes

  the difficulty was  a hat. It seemed nearly impossible

  to obtain a suitable one. Ultimately I spent a whole

  month in making my wine strained into a Homburg

  hat. I dont think the result was bad- Unfortunately

  I fear the Germans now have possession of my effort

  at spring hat making.

• June 26, 2017 17:45:53 Annick Rodriguez

  When I was first taken prisoner, at the time we were placed

  in the wine factory at A ... I was hatless. Here I obtained

  a piece of felt which was employed as a wine strainer. This

  I used as a sun hat; and as 

  
  

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