Part of a larger photograph of a mill damaged during fighting in the First World War. Click to enlarge.
This month’s image from our windmill archive is of a war-damaged windmill near Calais in northern France. This mill was photographed in 1916.
A scan of a old French postcard from our extensive picture archive.
A 1905 picture postcard of a ruined windmill in St. Leon, Allier, France.
More images ftom our picture archive of mills in France.
An old picture postcard of a beautiful windmill in Ile de Barz, France, c.1910.
A sniper in a windmill in France!
A plate from an old ‘Navy & Army Illustrated’ from 1915. This found at a car boot sale in Somerset.
“A windmill is an ideal coign of vantage”
Click image for larger version of this picture of a French sniper.
See also our webpage with a selection of old photographs of windmills in France.
A French windmill and a postman on a dog cart!
An old postcard featuring a mill in France and a postman being pulled along in a cart by a dog.
More French windmills in old photographs and on old picture postcards.