POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 143
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... In purple ink at the top of the page:
B Our friends the Belgians had a personal interest, because they also had m ade
a trap door. If the scheme had succeeded there would have been more than
the English at large in Hunland.
... A large drawing in colour of the camp Commandant, signed PL , with Horn written under the drawing
The above was the favourite kit of the Commandant. The
uniform consisted of a cap and spurs. He only condescended
to wear full dress or uniform of any real kind when a
senior to him was visiting the camp. He lived in
the mine managers house about 200 [superscript] x [/superscript] outside the
camp. Always about to go on leave for a presumably
for fatness, and always at the last moment stopped
an escape or something untoward. Was a potato
and veg merchant.
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... In purple ink at the top of the page:
B Our friends the Belgians had a personal interest, because they also had
a trap door. If the scheme had succeeded there would have been more than
the English at large in Hunland.
... A large drawing in colour of a camp Commandant, signed PL , with Horn written under the drawing
The above was the favourite kit of the Commandant. The
uniform consisted of a cap and spurs. He only condescended
to wear full dress or uniform of any real kind when a
senior to him was visiting the camp. He lived in
the mine managers house about 200 [superscript] x [/superscript] outside the
camp. Always about to go on leave for a presumably
for fatness, and always at the last moment stopped
an escape or something untoward. Was a potato
and
merchant.
-
... In purple ink at the top of the page:
B Our friends the Belgians had a personal interest, because they also had
a trap door. If the scheme had succeeded there would have been more than
the English at large in Hunland.
... A large drawing in colour of a camp Commandant, signed PL , with Horr.. written under the drawing
The above was the favourite kit of the Commandant. The
uniform consisted of a cap and spurs. He only condescended
to wear full dress or uniform of any real kind when a
senior to him was visiting the camp. He lived in
the mine managers house about 200 [superscript] x [/superscript] outside the
camp. Always about to go on leave for a presumably
for fatness, and always at the last moment stopped
an escape or something untoward. Was a potato
and
merchant.
-
... In purple ink at the top of the page:
B Our friends the Belgians had a personal interest, because they also had
a trap door. If the scheme had succeeded there would have been more than
the English at large in Hunland.
... A large drawing in colour of a camp Commandant, signed PL , with Horr.. written under the drawing
The above was the favourite kit of the Commandant. The
uniform consisted of a cap and spurs. He only condescended
to wear full dress or uniform of any real kind when a
senior to him was visiting the camp. He lived in
the ... managers house about 200 [superscript] x [/superscript] outside the
camp. Always about to go on leave for a presumably
for fatness, and always at the last moment stopped
an escape or something untoward. Was a potato
and
merchant.
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