The Salonika Campaign Society sends it’s very best wishes to Redwings Adoption Star Muffin – who is also SCS Honorary Member Salonika 4 – on his 30th birthday. We wish you a very happy birthday and hope you enjoy your special party at Redwings Caldecott in Norfolk. Continue reading “Mule Lines – Happy Birthday Muffin!”
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Mule Lines – Muffin’s 30th Birthday
In 2015 the Salonika Campaign Society adopted Muffin, a mule resident at the Redwings Horse Sanctuary at Caldecott in Norfolk. This was felt to be a fitting way to commemorate the mules on which the BSF depended one hundred years ago. At the Society’s annual meeting in that year, Muffin was made an honorary member of the Society with the special membership number Salonika 4, as a reminder of the BSF’s pack transport establishment of the same name. Continue reading “Mule Lines – Muffin’s 30th Birthday”
The New Mosquito #6 : September 2002
I have jumped forward a couple of years for this next issue, which contains the first of a two part article on 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Tony Richards, who served as SCS Treasurer for a number of years. This first part includes an account of the Battalion’s role in the First Battle of Doiran.
The New Mosquito #1 : April 2000
Last October I promised to start providing details of back issues of the Society’s journal, The New Mosquito. Six months on, with nothing yet achieved, I’d better get cracking – especially as another issue will be out later this month! Continue reading “The New Mosquito #1 : April 2000”
Remembering Lt John Jones Savin
Lt John Jones Savin was mentioned in an earlier post on the formation of 16 Corps Cyclist Battalion (09/12/2016). It was a name I was familiar with, having read the war diary of 28th Divisional Cyclist Company many times. Continue reading “Remembering Lt John Jones Savin”
British Regimental Museums
Regimental museums and collections can be a useful resource for those researching units of, and individuals who served with, the British Salonika Force. The Army Museums Ogilby Trust website enables you to search for army museums by regiment, region, museum or collection.
For World Poetry Day : Bill
On UNESCO World Poetry Day it’s good to be able to highlight a book which takes the Salonika campaign as its theme: Bill, by Richard Devereux. Richard is a Bristol based poet who has been widely published in anthologies and magazines. Continue reading “For World Poetry Day : Bill”
Faces of Salonika : Luigi Villari, Italian Army Liaison Officer
Luigi Villari (1876–1959) was an Italian historian, traveller and diplomat. He worked in the Italian Foreign Office and was later a newspaper correspondent. Villari served as Italy’s Vice-Consul in three American cities between 1906 and 1910. He devoted most of his life to the study of international problems, more especially to the relations between Italy and the English-speaking countries (Wikipedia). Continue reading “Faces of Salonika : Luigi Villari, Italian Army Liaison Officer”
The death of Lady Harley
Lady Harley, the sister of Sir John French, was killed in Bitola, Serbia, on 17 March 1917. The New Mosquito issue 17 (April 2008) contained an article – Lady Harley and her Gravestone in Two Languages – by Philp Barnes. This is an extract from the article giving the circumstances of Lady Harley’s death and subsequent burial. Continue reading “The death of Lady Harley”
Faces of Salonika : Refugees
Refugees fleeing conflict are rarely out of the news today, but this is not a new phenomenon. With the Balkans facing its third war since 1912 it is hardly surprising that there were communities of refugees across the region, although they are rarely mentioned. Continue reading “Faces of Salonika : Refugees”
Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918 