The New Mosquito – Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918

‘The New Mosquito’ – September Edition Update

As many members will already be aware, the Society’s journal, The New Mosquito, has not yet arrived on doorsteps as expected. We sincerely apologise for this delay and wish to assure you that every effort is being made to complete dispatch at the earliest opportunity. We thank all members for their patience and continued support.

New Mosquito #48 is here!

Issue 48 of The New Mosquito was mailed to Society members by our printers this week. This issue features a fascinating in-depth piece about the 26th Divisional Company Theatre Company and has articles ranging from the Italian Regia Marina to the Society’s innovative ‘Trench Maps Place Names Project’. Not to be missed!

UK members should receive their copy by September 25th, overseas members a little later. If you haven’t received yours, do please let us know and we’ll get a copy to you asap.

More on shorts!

The nice thing about doing these web posts is that sometimes people reply to them and so it has been with last week’s post on the shorts worn by the BSF.

Bombay Bloomers

If you have read the latest issue of The New Mosquito (47, April 2023), you may recall that in the section on shorts on page 24 I commented that I had yet to see any images of the later pattern of shorts which had flaps to be folded down in the evening to prevent mosquitoes getting to the legs. It turns out that such an image was right in front of me – the Christmas card image on the opposite page showing a combined Yeomanry and cyclist patrol!

Thanks Andy – you beat me to it!

I was just typing an announcement about the April 2023 issue of The New Mosquito when I saw that the ever efficient Andy has beaten me to it!

‘The New Mosquito’ #47 – on its way!

Members can expect a bumper issue of this Spring’s edition of ‘The New Mosquito’ to arrive on doormats within the next few days. Skillfully put together by former editor of this site, Robin Braysher, issue #47 has a focus on what the soldiers of the campaign wore in a climate infamous for its range of extreme conditions. If you haven’t received your copy by the end of April, do let us know and we’ll get your copy to you asap.

And, on the subject of ‘The New Mosquito’, here’s a reminder that, although Robin has stepped into the breach for this edition, we still have a vacancy for an editor. We look forward to hearing from you!

Would you like to write an article for ‘The New Mosquito’ ?

I always look forward to the thump of the society’s journal, The New Mosquito, falling through the letter box onto the floor beneath. I also look forward to the tactile pleasure of holding a printed publication and reading with more leisure and a slower pace than I tend to do with online materials.

It may be that you have something that you would like to share, via the journal, with fellow members of the society. Perhaps you have a story of a relative who served in Salonika, results of research, or letters and photographs from the time. If so, we would be delighted to hear from you and, to help the process, we have put together a simple webpage which you can find here. We look forward to hearing from you!

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