Discovery of 3000 glass negs of soldiers

[Flakdodger]

Three chests containing about 3000 glass negs of Allied WW1 soldiers have been discovered in an attic in Vignacourt, north of Paris.
Eighty two of them can be viewed here:
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday-night/galleries/article/-/article/8905654/image/82/lost-international-soldiers/

[deeiluka]

Thanks Flakdodger...... 

Two other links......

http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/

http://empirecall.blogspot.com/2011/02/trove-of-ww1-photos-found-in-vignacourt.html

Let's hope the Australian Government can scrape up enough money to purchase the remainder.

And wouldn't it be great to be able to help out with a search for some of the relatives, like we did with some of the Fromelles soldiers?


Dee   

[earlybird]

Yes, what a find! Terrific story on Sunday Night programme. I'll be having a look at the website.

[genjen]

What do we do if we think we have found a photograph which might, just might, belong to one of our families?

I had a great uncle whom I know was at Pozieres in July 1916. I have no photograph of him but his records give a description and he plainly looked very like his father, of whom I have several! I don't know if I am imagining the likeness between one of these soldiers and my great grandfather - all too easy to see what you want to see in these cases. But if there is the vaguest chance - how do I go about finding out more?

Should I just click on the 'Recognise one of these' box and see what happens!!

Jen

[Flakdodger]

Go for it genjen!
See what happens - and anyway, who could prove you wrong.
Dave

[genjen]

I've done it! Not that I expect any sort of reply or result but it can't do any harm can it?
Here are two photographs for comparison purposes....I wonder what others might think. Could my sea captain ggrandfather be the father of this soldier?

[Flakdodger]

I would go along with the comparison, I wonder what others will think.
Like you, I had a great uncle in the area, but he was taken from the front with a gunshot wound-jaw at Fromelles in July 1916. I have looked carefully at all the Aussies, but I think my chap was from a period prior to these photos.
Dave

[deeiluka]

For what my opinion is worth, there seems to be a strong family resemblance, Jen.

What a pity you don't actually have a photograph of him to make a closer comparison.


Dee   

[maidmarianoops]

lets hope one of our RICH COMPATRIOTS buys the rest of the photos for australia.

or the owner donates them to australia


sylvia