The Cologne Post
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The Cologne Post was a daily paper published for the British Armed Forces
from 31 March 1919 to 17 January 1926. It then continued as The Cologne Post and Wiesbaden Times from 28 January 1926 - 3 November 1929. There was also an Upper Silesia
n edition published from 17 June to 6 August 1921 in Oppeln
for the British Forces in Upper Silesia. William Edward Rolston was the founder and managing editor of the Cologne Post. Rolston was a Captain serving in the The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) The newspaper was printed in Cologne by Kölnische Volkszeitung.
On 1 August 1923 in a written reply to a question to the Under-Secretary of State for War, Lieut.-Colonel Guinness stated that "... the Cologne Post ... is an independent organisation not financed from Army funds"
Army Post Office S40 was established in Cologne
, Germany in 1919 to provide postal support of the first British Army of the Rhine
(BAOR) and was closed in 1929 when the force was finally withdrawn from Germany.
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
from 31 March 1919 to 17 January 1926. It then continued as The Cologne Post and Wiesbaden Times from 28 January 1926 - 3 November 1929. There was also an Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...
n edition published from 17 June to 6 August 1921 in Oppeln
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
for the British Forces in Upper Silesia. William Edward Rolston was the founder and managing editor of the Cologne Post. Rolston was a Captain serving in the The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) The newspaper was printed in Cologne by Kölnische Volkszeitung.
On 1 August 1923 in a written reply to a question to the Under-Secretary of State for War, Lieut.-Colonel Guinness stated that "... the Cologne Post ... is an independent organisation not financed from Army funds"
Army Post Office S40 was established in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany in 1919 to provide postal support of the first British Army of the Rhine
British Army of the Rhine
There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine . Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War, and the other after the Second World War.-1919–1929:...
(BAOR) and was closed in 1929 when the force was finally withdrawn from Germany.