trajan Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Just picked up a bronze BWM to a member of the Macedonian Mule Corps! Couldn't resist it... It is to 4225 Kleanthis, Pavlou, Muleteer Macedonian Mule Corps, for those interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Trajan, An excellent find! All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Many thanks! Certainly an oddity for me as I seem to spend a fortune 'rescuing' regular BWM on sale over here, but this one was priced so low I wondered what it was, and lo and behold...!!! I gather they are pretty rare? Or at least uncommon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Trajan, I don’t know about rare but certainly uncommon. As I said, a great find! All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Macedonian Mule Corps (Wikipedia says) "The veterans of the Macedonian Mule Corps received 3000 bronze British War Medals.[10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Mule_Corps Two articles about the Macedonian Mule corps, also known as the Cypriot Mule Corps Recruitment and Volunteerism for the Cypriot Mule Corps, 1916-1919 by Andrekos Varnava https://www.academia.edu/10686840/Recruitment_and_Volunteerism_for_the_Cypriot_Mule_Corps_1916-1919 European Subaltern War Asses: 'Service' or 'Employment' in the Cypriot Mule Corps During the Great War by Andrekos Varnava https://www.academia.edu/33203070/European_Subaltern_War_Asses_Service_or_Employment_in_the_Cypriot_Mule_Corps_During_the_Great_War Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 (edited) Kleanthis Pavlou served in Salonika between 31st August, 1916 to 29th September, 1917. The Macedonian Mule Corps mainly recruited in Cyprus, although initially it recruited in Greece. There are eight registers, held at the National Archives under WO405 which list all members of the Corps, giving the period of their service and home addresses. Unfortunately, WO405 is not on line but the Medal Roll for the Corps (which also gives the period of service) can be accessed on Ancestry. See herehttps://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5119/41629_611411_5831-00129?pid=1217966&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DiYZ10218%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D5119%26cp%3D0%26gskw%3DMacedonian%20Mule%20Corps%26gskw_x%3D1%26_F4E2F07A%3D4225%26_F4E2F07A_x%3D1%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26uidh%3Dqf3%26redir%3Dfalse%26gss%3Dangs-d%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D0%26h%3D1217966%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1%26queryId%3D2ab1798625429f3e44def3bb18534a59&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=2ab1798625429f3e44def3bb18534a59&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iYZ10218&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.242437764.700976940.1588026173-965925688.1525198877 Hope this helps. Sepoy NB I believe Ancestry is free of charge from tomorrow, for a week, to mark the anniversary of the Victory in Europe 1945. Edited 3 May , 2020 by Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 3 May , 2020 Share Posted 3 May , 2020 Andrekos Varnava has also written a book on the subject. I'm just about to start reading it. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 3 May , 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Maureene said: Macedonian Mule Corps (Wikipedia says) "The veterans of the Macedonian Mule Corps received 3000 bronze British War Medals.[10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Mule_Corps ... Two articles about the Macedonian Mule corps, also known as the Cypriot Mule Corps - Recruitment and Volunteerism for the Cypriot Mule Corps, 1916-1919 by Andrekos Varnava - https://www.academia.edu/10686840/Recruitment_and_Volunteerism_for_the_Cypriot_Mule_Corps_1916-1919 European Subaltern War Asses: 'Service' or 'Employment' in the Cypriot Mule Corps During the Great War by Andrekos Varnava https://www.academia.edu/33203070/European_Subaltern_War_Asses_Service_or_Employment_in_the_Cypriot_Mule_Corps_During_the_Great_War 2 hours ago, Sepoy said: Kleanthis Pavlou served in Salonika between 31st August, 1916 to 29th September, 1917. The Macedonian Mule Corps mainly recruited in Cyprus, although initially it recruited in Greece. 29 minutes ago, keithmroberts said: Andrekos Varnava has also written a book on the subject. I'm just about to start reading it. Many, many thanks! According to https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_5741 there were 11,193 members, but I think I read (quickly!) somewhere that some men rejoined the unit after an initial short period of service. That would agree with the 31st August 1916-29th September 1917 dates for my man that Sepoy gives. And we all look forward to Keith's reading of the book! I freely admit I knew nothing of the unit except its existence, but there does seem to be a fair bit written about it. Julian Edited 3 May , 2020 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seivy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 (edited) Hi I recently bought a Victory medal for a Driver Nadar 7th Mule Corps Cyprus.number 1522. I looked on Ancestry but numbers appear to jump from 707 to 1682. Can anyone throw some light on this .Thanks in advance. Seivy. Edited 5 May , 2020 by seivy Wrong spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 5 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 May , 2020 Hopefully Sepoy or Keith might have an answer to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seivy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 Thanks Tragan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 1 hour ago, seivy said: Hi I recently bought a Victory medal for a Driver Nadar 7th Mule Corps Cyprus.number 1522. I looked on Ancestry but numbers appear to jump from 707 to 1682. Can anyone throw some light on this .Thanks in advance. Seivy. Hi Seivy Does the naming on the Victory Medal actually say "Cyprus"? Please add a couple of photographs of the naming on the rim or just post the exact naming as it appears on the medal. I suspect that you have an Indian Army Mule Corps medal. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seivy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 (edited) Will get a photo later on. No the medal is mounted on Cardboard with details below medal ,it states Cyprus on the card, but not on medal. the exact wording is 1522 Dvr Nadar, 7, M C Seivy. Edited 5 May , 2020 by seivy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seivy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 Hi Sepoy not great but best we could get. Thanks. Seivy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 5 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 May , 2020 (edited) Not the Macedonian Mule Corps - there never was (to the best of my knowledge) a 7th MMC, while the service number 1522 for the MCC is for Georghios Nicolaou, a muleteer. M.C. is the correct abbreviation on a medal for 'Mule Corps' - and the name 'Nadar' is Asian, to my eyes, so probably 7th Indian Mule Corps Edited 5 May , 2020 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seivy Posted 5 May , 2020 Share Posted 5 May , 2020 I did wonder about the name, but after reading some records there did appear to be some Muleteers with Asian names,but looks like you are correct. Thanks Trajan. Seivy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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