{"id":365,"date":"2022-07-17T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:08:26","slug":"salonika-and-italy-1915-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/index.php\/salonika-and-italy-1915-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Salonika and Italy 1915-1918"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Battalions of the Rifle Brigade, The Kings Royal Rifle Corp and London Regiment served with the allied armies in Salonika. For one of the best descriptions of the Salonika Campaign, from the view of a rifle battalion, read the History of the Civil Service Rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1914-1918.net\/salonika.htm\">http:\/\/www.1914-1918.net\/salonika.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Snipersalonika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"953\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Salonika.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Salonikaarmy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1141\" height=\"1702\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wounded-soldierssalonika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"823\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk\/index.php\/campaign\/76-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk\/index.php\/campaign\/76-campaign<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/HappyxmasSalonika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1136\" height=\"726\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"British troops bake bread at their camp in Salonika, Greece, during World War I HD Stock Footage\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xg3JB_spe3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/198th_AAS_GUNQhick_Tweaks-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"674\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"With The British In Salonika (1916)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJKTc8BMniU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sandes_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1139\" height=\"1578\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Florasandsbook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"1696\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/civilservicerifles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1138\" height=\"1562\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption>Rifle Battalions also served with the British Army in the Italian Campaign from 1917. \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegenealogist.co.uk\/imagearchive\/?a=search&amp;tag%5B0%5D=1st+Buckinghamshire+Battalion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.thegenealogist.co.uk\/imagearchive\/?a=search&amp;tag%5B0%5D=1st+Buckinghamshire+Battalion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/51uIZNjBX3L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"1799\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tiresomelot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"1703\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">All titles available from Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-remarkable-Captain-Flora-Sandes-the-only-British-woman-to-serve-as-a-front-line-soldier-in-WW1-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" width=\"1138\" height=\"1138\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-remarkable-Captain-Flora-Sandes-the-only-British-woman-to-serve-as-a-front-line-soldier-in-WW1-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-remarkable-Captain-Flora-Sandes-the-only-British-woman-to-serve-as-a-front-line-soldier-in-WW1-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" \/><figcaption>Capt Flora Sands<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/programmes\/from_our_own_correspondent\/9522135.stm\">http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/programmes\/from_our_own_correspondent\/9522135.stm<\/a>&nbsp; British soldiers who died in the Italian Campaign in the Great war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greatwarphotos.com\/tag\/italy-ww1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/greatwarphotos.com\/tag\/italy-ww1\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A_British_Howitzer_And_Gunners_On_The_Italian_Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/research\/military-records\/british-army-war-diary.htm\">http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/research\/military-records\/british-army-war-diary.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWI - War in the Alps 1918 \/ Guerra sulle Alpi \/ Alpenkrieg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvSfReGTpRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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