British Salonika Army
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The British Salonika Army was a British field army
of the British Army during World War I
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in May 1916 under Lieutenant General George Milne
to oppose Bulgaria
n advances in the region as part of the Macedonian front (World War I)
. The army eventually comprised two corps
and remained in place until 1921.
British XII Corps
British XVI Corps
GHQ Troops
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
of the British Army during World War I
British Army during World War I
The British Army during World War I fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. Unlike the French and German Armies, its units were made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts—at the beginning of the conflict...
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First World War
The Army was formed in SalonikaThessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
in May 1916 under Lieutenant General George Milne
George Milne, 1st Baron Milne
Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO , was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933.-Army career:...
to oppose Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n advances in the region as part of the Macedonian front (World War I)
Macedonian front (World War I)
The Macedonian Front resulted from an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. The expedition came too late and in insufficient force to prevent the fall of Serbia, and was complicated by the internal...
. The army eventually comprised two corps
Corps
A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...
and remained in place until 1921.
Component units
(British Salonika Force, March 1917)British XII Corps
- British 22nd DivisionBritish 22nd DivisionThe British 22nd Division was a New Army division raised in September 1914. The division moved to France in September 1915, but it was transferred to Greece only one month later...
- British 26th Division
- British 60th (2/2nd London) Division60th (2/2nd London) DivisionThe British 60th Division was the second of two second-line Territorial Force divisions formed from the surplus of London recruits in 1914. Originally the division merely supplied the first-line Territorial divisions with drafts to replace losses through casualties...
- 1/1st Lothian and Border HorseLothian and Border HorseThe Lothians and Border Horse was a Yeomanry regiment, part of the British Territorial Army. It was ranked 36th in the Yeomanry order of precedence, and based in the Scottish Lowland area, recruiting in the Lothian and along the border with England.-Origins:...
British XVI Corps
XVI Corps (United Kingdom)
The British XVI Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I.- History :British XVI Corps was formed in Salonika in January 1916 under Lieutenant General George Milne. Milne was starved of resources by Sir William Robertson who considered all operations outside the Western Front to be...
- 10th (Irish) Division
- British 27th DivisionBritish 27th DivisionThe British 27th Division was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in late 1914 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. The division spent most of 1915 on the Western Front in France before moving to Salonika where it remained with...
- British 28th Division
- 1/1st Surrey YeomanrySurrey YeomanryThe Surrey Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1901 the Regiment was granted the title Princess of Wales's which was changed to Queen Mary's when George V became the King...
GHQ Troops
- 7th Mounted Brigade
- 8th Mounted Brigade
- 16th Wing, Royal Flying CorpsRoyal Flying CorpsThe Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...
Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders included:- May 1916 - September 1918 Lieutenant General George MilneGeorge Milne, 1st Baron MilneField Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO , was a British military commander who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933.-Army career:...
- February 1919 - November 1920 Lieutenant General Henry WilsonHenry Fuller Maitland WilsonLieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, KCB, KCMG, was a British soldier who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and World War I...
(concurrent with being Commander, Allied Forces in Constantinople)