After the success of the 2022 Salonika Battlefield Tour, the SCS offers another chance to visit a number of key sites linked to the history of the British Salonika Force.
If you have not visited the ground once trodden by the BSF, we encourage you to come along as there is nothing like walking the ground to help get a better understanding of the campaign and the experiences of the men and women who served in the Balkans during the First World War.
The tour, starting on Sunday 24th September and finishing on Monday 2nd October, will be led by SCS Chair and co-author of Under the Devil’s Eye, Alan Wakefield. The plan is for the tour to cover Thessaloniki, The Birdcage Line, The Struma Valley, the Doiran battlefield, the Krusha Balkan Hills and the Roche Noire Salient. The tour group will also attend official ceremonies of Remembrance connected to the Salonika Campaign and visit a number of the CWGC cemeteries.
For further information, please contact SCS Chair, Alan Wakefield by email here.
Proposed Itinerary
Sunday 24th September
Tour group meets at the airport in Thessaloniki at 11.10am
Visit to Birdcage Line defences
Overnight in Doiran
Monday 25th September
Visit to the Doiran Battlefield – Grand Couronne, The Hilt, Hill 340
Overnight in Doiran
Tuesday 26th September
Visit to Doiran Battlefield – La Tortue, Petit Couronne, Pip Ridge
Overnight in Doiran
Wednesday 27th September
Visit to the Doiran Memorial & CWGC Cemetery
A trip into the Krusha Balkan (‘Cushy Balkan’) Hills
Overnight in Kilkis
Thursday 28th September
A drive through the Krusha Balkan Hills to the Struma Valley
Visit to the village of Mavroplagia (formerly Karamudli) once sponsored by the Salonika Reunion Association.
Paleokastro Bulgarian trench network
Skotoussa (Prosenik) village – site of 4th Rifle Brigade ambush in 1918
Overnight in Serres
Friday 29th September
Visits to various locations in the Struma Valley including:
Monokklisia and Provatas (The Karajakois and Yenikoi)
BSF Outpost line river defence line positions
CWGC Struma Cemetery
CWGC Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Cemetery
Overnight in Thessaloniki
Saturday 30th September
Visit to Lembet Road Allied Military Cemetery
Visit to Monastir Road Indian Cemetery
Visit to the site of the former BSF GHQ
Overnight in Thessaloniki
Sunday 1st October
Attend ceremony of commemoration at the Allied Five Nations Memorial near Polykastro
Visit to CWGC Karasouli Cemetery
Visit to the Roche Noire Salient
Overnight in Thessaloniki
Monday 2nd October
End of tour and return home
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