One of the more bizarre items in my Salonika-related post card collection is a dead mosquito, apparently captured in February 1919 and mounted on a post card.
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Remembering William James Pearce : 1919
In this final instalment of extracts from William Pearce’s diary of the campaign in Macedonia, we have a timely reminder that men were still serving overseas, even though the guns had fallen silent. My thanks to Mark Pearce, William’s great-grandson, for making this diary available.
Remembering William James Pearce : 1918
The diary of Willaim Pearce – who served with a mechanical transport unit of the BSF – continues into 1918. My thanks to Mark Pearce.
Remembering William James Pearce : 1917
The diary of William Pearce, who served with an ASC Mechanical Transport Unit as a mechanic, continues into 1917. My thanks to Mark Pearce.
Remembering William James Pearce : 1916
My thanks go to Mark Pearce who has very kindly shared extracts from his great-grandfather’s diary about his time in Salonika and allowed me to put them here. Extracts from 1917, 1918 and 1919 will follow shortly.
Another sale – a souvenir of LZ85
I’ve said before that I don’t want to become an advertising arm of eBay – they get enough out of me as it is – but when interesting items related to the campaign appear, it seems a shame not to share them.
French film about the Salonika Campaign
I hope you have already taken a look at the film about the campaign, commissioned by Away from the Western Front, to add to that here is a French film – by France 24 English – that I have come across on YouTube which gives an outline of the campaign, with much interesting footage, from the French and Serbian perspective (so don’t expect much on the BSF). It’s a pity British broadcasters couldn’t come up with something similar for the centenary!
Intriguing Connaught Rangers medals
My thanks go to Tim Mole for bringing this interesting set of medals to my attention. For just $999.99 they can be yours!
Happy New Year!
I wish all our readers all the very best for 2019. Continue reading “Happy New Year!”
Happy Hogmanay, 1918
Browsing through back issues of The New Mosquito I came across an article about members of the Highland Mountain Brigade (TF), RGA, celebrating Hogmanay in 1918.
Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918 