Sep 2022 – Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918

AGM forced to go online!

UPDATE – FRIDAY 30th SEPTEMBER
Emails with details of how to join the online AGM have been sent out to members today. If you have not received the email, do please get in touch and we will email the details in time for the meeting on Saturday.

The rail strike announced for Saturday 1st October makes it very difficult, or near impossible, for many members of the Society and of the committee to attend. Regrettably, therefore, the AGM will now be taking place online and not in London. In addition, the preceding ceremony at the Cenotaph will not take place this year.

Details on how to join the online meeting will be sent out to members.

Please accept our sincere apologies for this but the committee believes that this is the only appropriate option given the circumstances, which are beyond our control.

Featured image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay

A new book on a forgotten front

Whilst browsing wistfully through the Helion & Company website – they have so many books on military history, some of which are intriguingly ‘left field’ – I came across a book on the Macedonian campaign to be published this autumn:

A malaria vaccine at last!

We all know that malaria was a terrible scourge of the BSF during the Macedonian campaign. It says something for the tricksy nature of the disease that it has taken over one hundred years for a reliable vaccine to be developed – and it still needs to be approved and manufactured:

BBC: New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists

Heritage Open Days 9-18 September 2022

Many readers will know of Sandham Memorial Chapel and Stanley Spencer’s stunning paintings reflecting his experiences of Salonika. If you haven’t visited before, there is a great opportunity to do so this September as part of a programme that offers over 3,000 free in-person or virtual visits to sites in the UK.

The sites open this September include several military museums and other sites of relevant interest. For example, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has created a number of open days and tours across the country.

To find out more about the sites open across the UK, use these links:
https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/arts-culture-and-heritage/european-heritage-open-days
https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/
https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/whats-on/open-doors-events

Featured image: Commonwealth War Graves Commission