AKEY Posted 12 May , 2009 Share Posted 12 May , 2009 Hi, My GGGGreat Uncle, William Akester, died in Salonika in 1917. I don't have a clue what happend there or how he got there. Can anyone help? Cheers, AKEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 12 May , 2009 Share Posted 12 May , 2009 Hi Akey. Something here to get you started :-) http://www.1914-1918.net/salonika.htm ps. If you stick up his name and number more help may spring forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKEY Posted 12 May , 2009 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2009 Thanks for that, My GGGGreat Uncle was William Akester, Army no. 14791, in East Yorks Reg., 56199, in King's Liverpool Reg. Cheers, AKEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 12 May , 2009 Share Posted 12 May , 2009 Akey - I'll move this to 'Other Theatres' where your query may attract better viewing figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Devitt Posted 12 May , 2009 Share Posted 12 May , 2009 I think this is your man. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_detail...casualty=622808 If you read through the document below, it should answer you questions. http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/memoir/Salonica/salon2.htm Kind regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akduerden Posted 12 May , 2009 Share Posted 12 May , 2009 He was probably in the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire as this was part of the 28th Division which sailed from Marseilles, via Egypt to Salonika on 26th October 1915. For the Kings Liverpool Regiment he could have been in the 14th (Service) Battalion (Salonika Nov 1915 - Jul 1918). The other battalion dates don't match. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 13 May , 2009 Share Posted 13 May , 2009 Hi Akey, William was indeed in the East Yorkshire Regiment joining on the 06/11/1914, I cannot find his medal index card to see when he went overseas, but it looks like a draft to the 2nd Battalion and I have a record of him being wounded in the Regimental Journal September 1916. The first casualties in Salonika from the 2nd Bn happened in Aug 1916, he joined the Liverpool Regt with a Group of men from the East Yorkshire regiment. Sorry no more help. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razu Posted 13 May , 2009 Share Posted 13 May , 2009 Hi, I looked through the above link and could not find anything abot Monastir. Thank you. Andrei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Devitt Posted 13 May , 2009 Share Posted 13 May , 2009 There are several chapters in the link and all well worth reading. Regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 15 May , 2009 Share Posted 15 May , 2009 You may want to seek out a copy of "Under The Devil's Eye" by Wakefield and Moody - a modern account of the Campaign from the British Perspective. It's out of print but any good library should be able to trace a copy. There is also the Salonika Campaign Society (see http://www.salonika.talktalk.net/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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