Salonika: The Battle Against Boredom

Dr Jake Gasson is a National Army Museum Fellow based at King’s College London, where he is a postdoctoral researcher. He obtained a DPhil from Pembroke College, Oxford, specialising in the Macedonian front of the First World War. He is also the first recipient of the Salonika Campaign Society’s Philip Barnes Bursary. Jake joined the Society’s 2024 battlefield visit to Greece, delivering two presentations to the tour party while there. We recently published his article on Searching for Scapegoats: The ‘unreliable Zouaves’ and the Second Battle of Doiran. Jake will also be writing a piece for the The New Mosquito in the future.

In the meantime, Jake is giving a talk on ‘The Battle Against Boredom’ on 13th December 2024, 12.00pm – 1.00pm where he “seeks to understand the endurance and morale of British soldiers serving in territory that today spans northern Greece and North Macedonia. While focusing on the psychological challenges presented by boredom, he will also explore the wider campaign and the nature of this often-forgotten front.”

The free-of-charge talk is available online, and in-person at the National Army Museum, but advance booking is required. For full details, please click here.

Image from NAM