Images and documents

"Guerre 1914-15 - Ramscapelle. Vue generale"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-036
Item
1915

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

MCFC-WAR-BEL-044
Item
1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. Depicting the Battle of Langemark in 1917. Probably a stylised depiction of a Langemark mill.

"Les Anglais a la Bataille des Flandres Du 4 Octobre au 12 Novembre 1914"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-046
Item
1914 - 1915

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.41. Probably a stylised depiction of a Langemark mill.

"Inneres einer zerschossenen Muhle in Moorsleede"

MCFC-WAR-BEL-047
Item
1914 - 1915

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

German postcard dated 29 November 1915. Sent by a German soldier in the 243rd Infantry Division.

"Truppenubungsplatz Munsingen. Artillerie"

MCFC-WAR-DEU-006
Item
Before 1909

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

The military training ground in Münsingen. German postcard postmarked 26 July 1909. Sent by a German soldier in the 5-6N Ubungsplatz.

Unidentified mill with Danish soldiers marching past

MCFC-WAR-DNK-005
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

The message on the reverse is in Danish which is why the mill has been provisionally located in Denmark.
This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.40.

"Requisitioned"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-007
Item
No date

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

French cavalry requisition a windmill. Painted by Andrew Carrick Gow. From a drawing in the collection of W. Cuthbert Quilter. Engraved by J.C. Armytage.

"Cholet - Mi-Careme 1914 Le Moulin Rouge"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-008
Item
1914

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postmarked 7 August 1914.

Wounded French soldiers by a post mill

MCFC-WAR-FRA-012
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Un soir de bataille - Deux soldats furent trouvés, blessés, mourants, le front marque du signe de la Croix fait de leur sang. (One night of battle - Two soldiers were found, wounded, dying, the forehead marked by the sign of the Cross made of their blood.)

"Mont-Cassel (Nord)"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-013
Item
1960s

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Moulin de Cassel with the statue of Marshal Foch in the foreground. Note on reverse reads "JSPB Sept 65". Postcard came from the Stephen Buckland Collection.

"La Statue du Marechal Foch et le Vieux Moulin"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-018
Item
Before 1954

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postcard postmarked 20 July 1954.

"Une Corvee de lavage au Moulin Ste-Catherine"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-019
Item
1900s

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

French soldiers washing near Moulin Ste-Catherine, Toul. Postmarked 16 August 1907.

"Les As du Moulin"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-023
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

French WW1 soldiers named "The Aces of the Mill".

What is left of Wacques Farm, Champagne

MCFC-WAR-FRA-024
Item
1915 - 1918

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postmarked 9 March 1918. The ruin of Wacques Farm, Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus with a wind engine. Nearby lies the nécropole nationale de la 28e brigade who fought in the area between the 25-30 September 1915.

"Chateau de Romefort (Indre)"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-028
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

The watermill at the Chateau de Romefort. Note on reverse reads "JSPB Aug 1964". Postcard came from the Stephen Buckland Collection.

"Gannat - Tour Caliste Moulin - Restes des Fortifications"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-033
Item
1914 -1917

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Postcard postmarked 29 June1917.

"Haut-Koenigsbourg - Le Beffroi et Le Moulin"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-035
Item
Mid 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

"Gruß aus dem Westen"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-038
Item
1914 - 1918

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

German postcard showing two French mill sites, a mill in Saint-Soulet that was destroyed during WW1 and the mill pond at Auberive.

"Muhle bei Rouvres"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-046
Item
1914 - 1918

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Sent from a German soldier in the Kgl. Sächsisches Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 102. The mill was used as the dressing station for the Landwehr Infantry Regiment during the battle of Rouvres in late August 1914. The village was completely destroyed by the Germans and the picture was taken on the 25 August 1914.

"Rethel - Spinnerei u. Wassermuhle vor der Beschiessung"

MCFC-WAR-FRA-052
Item
Early 20th century

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

The German postcard shows the town of Rethel before and after WW1 bomb damage. the mill is seen on the left of both images.

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