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Soldiers in Greece


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Guest Tricia_2

Hi!

I'm researching my family history and was advised to visit this forum for a bit of help.

Apparently, some distant cousins were in Athens during WWI, attending a church service before moving on. This is part of a bigger family legend and I am just trying to sort it out bit by bit.

Can anyone shed light on when & why British soldiers would be in Athens, briefly, sometime during the first world war? I've been reading up on Greece at the time and it seems very complicated!

Thank you. :)

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Welcome to the Forum Trisha,

Soldiers (certainly the officers) serving in the Salonika / Macedonia campaign could not easily get home on leave. Thus, leave had to be taken in the region, and a leave pass to Athens was often granted.

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