Images & Documents

"Pontavert - Le moulin dit de l'Espion"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-002
Item
1914 - 1918

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

"The mill surnamed of spy."

Aike Hom

ROYG-IMG-02-273
Item
Unknown

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

Aike Hom

ROYG-IMG-02-272
Item
Unknown

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

"Muhlenwerk an der Mundung des Hull in Kingston upon Hull"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-029
Item
1942

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This illustration formed part of a larger folder compiled by the German General Staff in Berlin. The folder was marked Top Secret and not for public distribution. It was produced on the orders of the German High Command in relation to Operation Se...

"Grossmuhle Spillers in Newcastle on Tyne (Northumberland)"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-028
Item
1942

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This illustration formed part of a larger folder compiled by the German General Staff in Berlin. The folder was marked Top Secret and not for public distribution. It was produced on the orders of the German High Command in relation to Operation Se...

"Getreidemuhle in Bishop Auckland (Durham)"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-027
Item
1942

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

"Messrs. Ferens Bros Ltd. Flour Mills, gennant Gaunless Mills". This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.27. This illustration formed part of a larger folder compiled by the German General Staff in Berlin. The folder was m...

Aike Hom

ROYG-IMG-02-271
Item
1994-05

Part of Roy Gregory Collection

"Fort Amsterdam 'now the Battery' in Kieft's days"

MCFC-WAR-USA-003
Item
1918 or earlier

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1918 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.

"The 'Salisbury Plain'..."

MCFC-WAR-DEU-017
Item
4 September 1935

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

German military manoeuvres on Lüneburger Heide, Hanover. The windmill is unidentified. The photograph appeared in "The Evening News". This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.37.

"That one's just the German side of the Frontier..."

MCFC-WAR-GBR-030
Item
1940s

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Satirical cartoon from the "Daily Mail" showing a Dutchman pointing out that the swastika-powered windmills are on the German side. This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.45.

"The windmill that chases the wind"

MCFC-WAR-GBR-031
Item
23 March 1948

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

From "The Daily Mirror" - German POWs carry an agricultural model smock mill at the Dancer's Hill POW camp. This image is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.43.