Category: SCS News

News from the Salonika Campaign Society, 1915-1918.

A date for your diary : SCS Annual Meeting 2018

For a variety of reasons, the 2018 SCS annual meeting in central London will be on  Saturday 13th October. Once again this will take the form of a wreath-laying at the Cenotaph, followed by the meeting and talk at the Civil Service Club. Full details, including a booking form, will be in the April 2018 issue of The New Mosquito. There will also be announcements here and in The New Balkan News (email newsletter).

SCS Annual Meeting and Wreath Laying, 2017

Saturday 7th October saw the annual gathering of members in London. This commenced with the customary wreath laying at the Cenotaph to remember the men and women of the BSF who served and, in particular, those who died during the campaign or from the results of injury or disease. Continue reading “SCS Annual Meeting and Wreath Laying, 2017”

SCS Doiran Tour, April 2017 : just a few places left!

Continuing its programme of themed Centenary battlefield tours, the Salonika Campaign Society offers a chance to walk and study the ground fought over during the First Battle of Doiran (or Dojran) in 1917. There are just a few places remaining on this unique tour. Find out more in the colourful April 2017 Battlefield Tour Newsletter and in our earlier post.

SCS Battlefield Tour April 2017 : DOJRAN 100

Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 April 2017

Photograph: SCS tour group at the 'Devil's Eye' on Grand Couronné, a key feature of the Doiran battlefield. Photograph taken by SCS Chairman, Alan Wakefield, in September 2013.
SCS tour group at the ‘Devil’s Eye’ on Grand Couronné, a key feature of the Doiran battlefied. Photograph taken by SCS Chairman, Alan Wakefield, in September 2013.

Continuing its programme of themed First World War Centenary battlefield tours, the Salonika Campaign Society offers a chance to walk and study the ground fought over during the First Battle of Doiran (or Dojran) in 1917. Continue reading “SCS Battlefield Tour April 2017 : DOJRAN 100”

SCS Annual Meeting in London, 2016

Saturday 8th October saw the annual gathering of members in London. This commenced with the customary wreath laying at the Cenotaph to remember the men and women of the BSF who served and, in particular, those who died during the campaign or from the results of injury or disease. Continue reading “SCS Annual Meeting in London, 2016”