WW1 RUINS of VILLERS FRANQUEUX taken from the Original Negatives from my collection. Negatives / photos were taken in 1918-1919. The village suffered extensive shelling during the war. The names of the owners houses are on the photos. I printed the photos into a hardback book from the negs . I will be going to the village in Oct. Keith
Here are some photos that i have taken on the visit. We were made very welcome, we did a lot of walking to find what houses that were left after ww1, most were taken down after the war. I have a lot more info to enlarge the book now. Some then and now photos of the houses. Keith
At last i found and bought some original German air photos of the village and area 40 in all from 1917-1918. I will add some of them and up date the book. Keith
I have a original German map dated 19 May 1918 of the area around Villers Franqueux, Thil, Courcy, Hermonville, Loivre, Cauroy. Does anyone know what the legend / symbols on the map are for. h, i, g4, l, f, o2, g2, w3, g, m, k, ect. , you can see some on the air photo, they might be gun batteries? Keith
Here are some of the map with its symbols. z1, m1, o4, qu2, k1,n1. Ect Ect. The symbol info is not on the map. Keith
The German map shows the area just above Reims up to Menneville. This info is on the map , unit/ Rgt ? 476. ----- Rgt and might be a name under Rgt. Date of the map.
1st Photo of the station pre war. 2nd photo of village. ww1. photo 3 & 4 of blown up windmill. 5 .photo from a postcard .station. last photo same place. Keith
more original ww1 photos, from my collection shows the French army HQ in a house in ruins taken in 1917 VILLERS FRANQUEUX.
Here are a few photos taken from the original negs of the village that i have put colour using AI software. Keith
I have updated my ww1 photo book and it is now in colour. The photos are taken from my ww1 negatives and i used AI software to add the colour and a lot of work to make them look good. There are some old post cards i have made in colour, as well and some German air recon photos. Keith
This officer is in some of the photos , has been ID as from the 114 th RI. 2nd Battalion in reserve at Villers Franqueux May 1917. I think he is the CO. Photos of Durand Jean Baptiste Raymond. Keith