"German troops on patrol in Holland during the Second World War"
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- 13 August 2004
Cutting from the "Daily Telegraph" page 4.
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"German troops on patrol in Holland during the Second World War"
Cutting from the "Daily Telegraph" page 4.
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.
Unknown photographer
Page 14 shows flooded plains with a derelict tower mill in the Yser valley.
Page 14 shows a Gotha shot down in flames near a post mill near Dunkirk.
"Evin-Malmaison (Apres la Guerre) - Les Ruines du Vieux Moulin"
"Ostende - At the Mill - Chapel Street. Effect of a bomb the 21st March 1918"
Destroyed during the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917.
Page 10 shows King George V visiting Canadian troops in Picardy.
"King George Arrives at the Front"
The exact location of this mill is not known. However, the King was visiting the Front at the Somme between 8-15 August 1916. He is seen here inspecting the Canadian Corps. The Imperial War Museum has film footage of this same scene (Catalogue number IWM 192) here This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.42.
Postcard came from the Stephen Buckland Collection via Frank Gregory.
"Conlie (Sarthe) - Passage de nos Allies Russes, 5 Aout 1916"
Russian soldiers pose for a group photograph at a train station, Conlie, Sarthe, Pays-de-la-Loire, with a wind engine visible in the background.
Captured sawmill in Northern France
German postcard dated 24 September 1916. Sent from a German soldier in the XVII Army Corps. German soldiers pose outside a captured French sawmill in Northern France. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.42.
Russian and French soldiers pose next to a miller and his son
A Russian and French soldier from WW1 pose next to the miller and his son of the unidentified French tower mill. This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.42.
French soldiers posing on a sluice
The reverse reads: "Moulin d'Amour 26 June 1915 [illegible]".
"Hebuterne (Pas-de-Calais) - Le Moulin a vent sur la route de Souastre - Fevrier 1915"
Postcard postmarked 14 April 1915.
Zouave soldier near a post mill in the Diksmuide area
"Le vieux Moulin demoli en 1915"
The location of the mill was redacted by the British Army Field Post Office.
Billhead receipt of Joseph Walker Ltd, Electric Saw Mills, Leeds
"Enfant, souviens-toi! Tout pour la Patrie et l'humanite!"
Postcard postmarked 1917. [Child, remember! All for Motherland and humanity!] This postcard is used in "Mills at war", 2019, p.47.
"Guerre 1914 - Colonne d'Infanterie allant prendre position"