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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Salonika Campaign Society has released a revised version of its comprehensive Salonika Bibliography, to mark the 108 year anniversary of the signing of the Armistice of Salonika salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2026/09/T2T9...

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SCS Bibliography v7 – Now Released

It is 108 years since the signing of the Armistice of Salonica at 10:50pm on 29 September 1918 between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers at the General Headquarters of the Allied Army of the Orient. A…

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#OTD in 1916, the British celebrated Kossovo Day, during which everyone conveniently forgot about the 1915 Allied abandonment of the Serbs, and all the disparaging remarks about Serb fighting ability, and instead celebrated our plucky little ally in the Balkans.

Poster showing Serbia being attacked by three nations

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

As ever, remembering those from all nations who served in the #Gallipoli Campaign, especially my grandfather, a 1st Bn #RoyalDublinFusilier who landed on V beach this day in 1915, survived the whole campaign, the #Somme & the North Russian Front Details: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

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One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’ - Away from the Western Front

< Soldiers’ Stories One of 79 ‘Blue Caps’: the story of Sergeant Benjamin Hurt The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF)…

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Frederick @possumlad.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Happy Mesopotamia Day!

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Glaswegian Surgeon, Katherine MacPhail not only ran hospitals in Serbia during WWI but stayed on to found the country's first children's hospital in 1921. And with Katherine I'm going to stop cos this was off the top of my head but /10

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Another Uni of Glasgow alumni, Irishwoman, Dr Anne McIlroy always wore a thistle badge on her cap and ran hospitals in Troyes, Salonika and Servia. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1921 she became the Uk's first woman professor of medicine. I mean - What. A. Quine. /7

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Glasgow graduate, surgeon Honoria Keer, was a Dr with the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She received the French Croix de Guerre & the Serbian order of St Saba - serving on both fronts. Sheroquine. I've never found a picture of her - in that sense she is MIA in our history. /4

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

From Arran, Mary Lee Milne was head cook at the Scottish Women's Hospitals and worked closely with Dr Elsie Inglis, who was key to setting them up. Milne received a medal in 1916 cos she had been under fire. She later said 'I cannot bear to think of the things I saw.' /2

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

On 12 January 1919 Sapper George Frederick #Bagnall from Devon, a father of 6 children died in Egypt, where he is buried in Kantara War Cemetery You can read his story here: tinyurl.com/y9jcceu4 #RoyalEngineers #Egypt #WW1 #FWW

Sapper G F Bagwell in Egypt 1918 (Photo courtesy of Torquay Museum)

Gordon Cecil, William George, Emilie Evelyn, Leah Rosetta, Hilda Irene & Ernest Frederick Bagwell (Photo courtesy of Torquay Museum)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

From a 1919 postal booklet, 'With best wishes for the New Year from the British Community of Alexandria'; the booklet contains copies of photos relating to Egypt, the 53rd and 60th Divisions and General Allenby and some sketches #HappyNewYear #WW1 #FWW #Egypt

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A favourite from our #ChristmasCard collection: 'Xmas Greetings from Mespot, 1918' #Mesopotamia #WW1 #FWW #Christmas

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

'Greetings from the Camel Corps, 1917': an image from a #ChristmasCard in a scrapbook created by Sgt Gordon Stuart Watt (13/2628), a Signaller attached to the #AucklandMountedRifles who served in #Gallipoli and #Palestine #WW1 #Xmas #NZEF(see ALT)

An image from a Christmas card, collected in a scrapbook created by Sgt Gordon Stuart Watt (service number 13/2628), showing 4 soldiers with rifles on camels. Watt was a Signaller attached to the Auckland Mounted Rifles and he served in Gallipoli and Palestine.
(Archives New Zealand Reference: WA253 [1] R23640214)
Archives New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Remembering today, Lance Corporal John (Jock) Christie of the #FinsburyRifles awarded the VC for his actions in #Palestine in 1917 & commemorated back in 2017 by young people in #Islington who told his story; their animation film can still be seen here: tinyurl.com/y7auekk3 #Gallipoli #Egypt #WW1

Memorial plaque on a pillar in the entrance to Euston Station. London, which commemorates Lance Corporal John (Jock) Christie of the Finsbury Rifles who had been an accounts clerk in the parcels department at Euston station and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the First World War in Palestine, 1917

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Fix Bayonets 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺🇩🇰 @fixbayonets.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

"The Last Roll Call" by Ellis Silas, 1920, IWM Art 15852. The artist served with the 16th Bn, #AIF at #Gallipoli in 1915. He painted this scene of the unit formation following an abortive night attack. @aftwf1418.bsky.social #fwwhist #GreatWar #WW1 #ANZAC

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

An unused postcard from the First World War showing an image of General Sir E H H Allenby, GCB.,G.C.M.G. and the greeting reads 'With the compliments of the Y.M.C.A Egypt, Christmas 1918' #WW1 #FWW #Egypt #Palestine #Syria #Allenby #EgyptianExpeditionaryForce #Christmas #postcard

An unused postcard from the First World War showing an image of General Sir E H H Allenby, GCB.,G.C.M.G. and the text at the bottom of the card says, 'With the compliments of the Y.M.C.A Egypt, Christmas 1918' (A. Reid Copyright in small text in the bottom right corner)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

An Auckland Mounted Rifles Christmas card 1918-1919 that belonged to Pte Alfred John Aghan, #Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (see ALT for details and credit) #WW1 #Christmas #ChristmasCard #Egypt #Gallipoli #Sinai #Palestine #Syria #NZEF

A Christmas card that belonged to Pte Alfred John Aghan, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; printed message inside reads 'With the Compliments of the Commanding Officer and Officers of the Auckland Mounted Rifles', with a faded signature
(Source: Auckland Museum, BY CC 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Dr Michelle Johansen @historitage.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Thinking about the 130 or so British librarians killed in WW1. Their colleagues raised funds to create a lasting memorial to their sacrifice. Sadly, the tablet they commissioned is now displayed behind the scenes at the British Library, visible only to staff. #fwwhist #PubLibs 💙📚

Photo of a stone tablet with five columns listing the names & institutional affiliations of approx 130 British librarians killed in WW1. The tablet border is inscribed “IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH LIBRARIANS FALLEN IN THE WAR MCMXIV-MCMXVIII”.

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Major Harry Edward #Funnell DSO, one of our ‘Turin Men' served 4 years with naval & military forces in France and Gallipoli and attached to GHQ Italy when he died of pneumonia in Turin on 10 December 1918 You can read more here: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at grave of Major Harry Edward Funnell in Turin Town Cemetery (Photo taken by Emma Pace)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Cpl William Muir, 2nd Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders died 7 December 1918 aged 24; he died from pneumonia in Turin on his return home to Lugar, Ayrshire from Salonika #Salonika #CameronHighlanders You can read more here: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at grave of Corporal William Muir in Turin Town Cemetery (Photo taken by Emma Pace)

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Department of Physics at the University of Oxford @oxfordphysics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Today we remember Henry Moseley, the Oxford physicist whose X-ray spectroscopy work reshaped our understanding of the elements. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, aged just 27. 🔗 Learn more: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-h…

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Esprit Club of #Turin held its #Remembrance Sunday service yesterday commemorating the 16 'Turin Men'; each soldier's name was read out during the service - their stories have been researched by @edmondslyn.bsky.social and more details can be found here: tinyurl.com/rsr4dr6f

Group of people standing behind the CWGC headstones of soldiers who died during the First World War and are buried in Turin Town Cemetery in Italy

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Captain Gilbert Doke #Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon, died in #Palestine on this day in 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, #Gaza - to read more about Dyrons House ‘Family at War’ and our research into his family during the FWW: tinyurl.com/r9z3nvxy #DyronsHouse #WW1

CWGC headstone at the grave of Captain Gilbert Doke Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon who died in #Palestine on 10 November 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Gaza; photo taken in 2018

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Remembering Driver John C A Taylor, accidentally killed when trying to rejoin the train that he'd been travelling on after it had stopped at Oulx station, Italy. He is buried in Oulx Communal cemetery and his grave was visited on 6.11.25 #Remembrance #LestWeForget Details: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

Grave of Driver John C A Taylor in Oulx Communal Cemetery, Italy on 6.11.25 (Photo: Emma Pace)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Remembering Sapper W H Lewis whose memorial in Meana di Susa cemetery Italy, was visited this week; he died tragically after failing to receive the help he had clearly needed #Remembrance #LestWeForget His story is in here: tinyurl.com/2whcx28x

A CWGC wall memorial stone, known as a Kipling memorial to Sapper WH Lewis who died tragically near Meana di Susa on his way back home in 1919; his grave was lost and replaced with this memorial plaque (Photo taken on 06-11-25 by Emma Pace)

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