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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 17h

A special screening of 'By Far Kaymakchalan' (2024), a documentary tracing Australia & New Zealand’s forgotten role alongside Serbian forces in WWI
Sat 18 Oct 2025 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, King's College London

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Book Tickets – Screening: By Far Kaymakchalan + Q&A – KIN 204 (King's College London, King's Building, Strand Campus)

Screening: By Far Kaymakchalan + Q&A – KIN 204 (King's College London, King's Building, Strand Campus), Sat 18 Oct 2025 - The Film Studies department at King's College London and th...

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 2d

A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta, who died on 6 October 1918, six days after the Bulgarian armistice; he is buried in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki
#Salonika #WW1 #MiddlesexRegiment #ArmyCyclistCorps

More details:
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Sergeant Michael Margiotta’s grave in Lembet Road Cemetery in Thessaloniki, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background (Photo: © Robin Braysher)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 3d

On 5 October 1915, 110 years ago today, Allied forces began landing at the port of Salonika (now Thessaloniki) , marking the beginning of the Salonika Campaign
#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

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IWM (Q 13626) Salonika viewed from the deck of a British battleship; the city's numerous minarets and hilltop citadel are clearly visible

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysOfGraves #Day1Flower

Grave of Dvr John C A Taylor in Oulx Cemetery, Italy; he died in a tragic train accident on his way home in 1918

A local lady has regularly tended his grave with flowers

Read more about him here & in the Book of Remembrance: awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

The grave of Driver John C A Taylor in Oulx Communal cemetery in Italy with flowers and plants placed on the pebbles in front of the headstone; his grave has been regularly tended with flowers by a local Italian lady who has no family connection with him. There are extra flowers on this photo placed by Emma Pace who visited the grave and took this photo.

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · 16d

Hello Dave, how exciting for you!
Do let me know if you discover anything new - my Khan al-Shilan research is still on our website:
awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/khan...

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 27d

11 September Lt Archibald William Robertson Don of the 10th Bn Black Watch died of Maleria and he was buried in Salonika.

Archibald had intended to train in Medicine after graduating Trinity College, Cambridge but war intervened #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

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Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social · 21d

107 yrs ago Horatio Ellis Evans killed in Salonika, Greece. He was treated at the Hospital in 1916 & awarded the Military Medal.
On recovering, re-posted overseas & killed in action - 17th September 1918

Thank you Jan for the research

#firstworldwar
#WeWillNeverForget
#militaryhospital

Horatio Elis Evans seated outdoors in the grounds of the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital wearing his medal. Dressed in hospital blues and slippers.

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British Journal for Military History @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social · Aug 21

A heads up for the next issue of the BJMH! To be published online next Tuesday, 26 August this is a regular issue with topics from the American Revolution to Normandy in 1944 via East Africa in the FWW. As always, Open Access and free to all at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/

Picture of the cover of the British Journal for Military History, Volume 11, Issue 2, August 2025. Cover picture is from the German East African Campaign. Kavirondo (BEA) porters of the 2nd Road Corps. Chikukwe Swamp, January 1918. Photo © Imperial War Museum, IWM (Q15625)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you

Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hi Mesut, this is nice - do you have a reference for this please?

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ah that's a shame as it would be great to read more about the images you are using - ALT text works really well on BlueSky - and finding copyright free images for use is always tricky as you know, but thanks for your reply

Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hi, for obvious reasons we are interested in your new website & social media - it would be really helpful if you could reference or credit your images with some extra info please, including the source - maybe in the ALT text if not enough room on the post - thank you!

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Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social · Apr 24

Waiting off Gallipoli Sgt Richard Ward wrote in his diary on 25 April 1915: “This I have no doubt will be the greatest day of our lives.”

Once landed Pte Joseph McBride pulled out his Kodak and snapped the first New Zealanders coming ashore.

They knew they were making history. #Gallipoli110 #ANZAC

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Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · Jul 24

It is serious
Gallipoli Campaign FWW

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GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social · Jun 25

The CWGC commemorates 377 women who died in The Great War. The last to die was Cicely Pope, a VAD Nursing Sister who was serving in Serbia as part of the Scottish Women's Hospitals organisation. She died on 25th June 1921 and is buried in Nis.
@cwgc.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Jun 18

#Salonika #FWW

RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · Jun 18

It's #InternationalPicnicDay!

Patients and medical staff from the Scottish Women's Hospital enjoy a picnic in the sun in Salonika, c.1916 #WW1 #Histnursing

Black and white photo showing a group of nurses and men dressed in military uniforms sitting on a picnic blanket

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Jun 17

#Egypt #FWW

Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · Jun 15

Can I introduce Private Frederick Finucane from Ashton under Lyne. He enlisted with the Manchester Regiment in 1913 he was 13 yrs old.

He was 14 yrs old when his battalion went to Egypt in 1914. When he died of dysentry he was 15 yrs old. He got a full military funeral.
#WW1 #History

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Jun 3

Also remembering the story of Sgt Michael Margiotta:
'A Gold Medal Cyclist: the story of Sergeant Michael Henry Margiotta' awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/sol...

#Salonika #FWW #WW1

Combined cyclist and yeomanry patrol drawn by Capt F A Stewart used for the 1917 XVI Corps Mounted Troops Christmas card – XII Corps Cyclists would have looked very much the same (Photo courtesy of Robin Braysher)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Jun 3

On #WorldBicycleDay remembering the role played by cyclists in WW1 at home and abroad; some of those who served in #Salonika & elsewhere had started off in the Hunts Cyclists Battalion like Cpl Cyril GB Clifton:
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Clifton, Cpl Cyril George Brown (MT/205254), Royal Army Service Corps (779 Coy) in Salonika (Photo courtesy of David N Yeandle)

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · May 12

@hawickremembering.bsky.social thank you for the repost

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · May 12

On #InternationalNursesDay we remember all those women who served in medical and nursing roles during WW1, especially so far from home in Egypt, Salonika, Gallipoli, Palestine and Mesopotamia:
awayfromthewesternfront.org/research/wom...

Women Away from the Western Front - Away from the Western Front

Women played an active part in the war away from the Western Front, especially as nurses but also in other support roles. We highlight some of their stories here.

awayfromthewesternfront.org

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · May 12

Remembering on #InternationalNursesDay eight nurses, who died on New Years Eve 1917 when their troop ship HMT Osmanieh struck a mine and sank in under ten minutes, taking 200 personnel with her.

All eight are buried side by side in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Their names are (top, left to right) Nursing Sister Winifried Brown, Nursing Sister Catherine Ball, Nurse Hermione Rogers and Nurse Gertrude Bytheway, and (bottom, left to right) Nurse Una Duncanson, Staff Nurse Dorothea Roberts and Nurse Lilian Midwood

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RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · May 12

Today is #InternationalNursesDay
Taken 28th October 1915 in Liverpool this photo shows the amazing women from the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. They set sail for Serbia 2 days later to set up their hospital unit in Salonika #WW1 #histnursing #nurses #IND2025

Black and white photo of a group of women. Arranged in three rows the front row sits on the ground, the second on chairs and the third standing. They are all wearing long overcoats and hats. Chimneys can be seen in the background.

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Away from the Western Front @aftwf1418.bsky.social · Apr 28

A Loving Son
A Noble Pal

2nd Lt Sydney Frank #Norris from #Coventry died 106yrs ago 28 April 1919, 5 months after the Armistice on his way to Egypt; buried with 15 others @aftwf1418 ‘Turin Men’- most like Sydney died from illness; see summary of research bit.ly/2IjNUj3

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Lyn Edmonds @edmondslyn.bsky.social · Apr 25

Remembering 2015, 12 descendants of men who served in the #Gallipoli campaign attended the centenary event & I was honoured to lay the wreath on our behalf at the Helles Memorial; we are pictured here with Embassy staff after the French ceremony
#Gallipoli100 #Gallipoli110 #GallipoliDay #AnzacDay

A group of 12 descendants of men who fought in the Gallipoli campaign, along with Embassy staff; photo taken in the French cemetery after the French commemorative ceremony

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