My Card for Today 21st June Type 7 Censor in Salonika

[Chris Grimshaw]

Team

Nice card and a research project today.

By June 1918 there were 4 Divisions in Salonika 22nd, 26th 27th & 28th.  Each comprised of 3 Brigades, with 4 Battalions per Brigade.  Nominally at full strength a Battalion was 1000 men approx.

In June 1918 to meet the need for reinforcements on the Western Front 12 Battalions were transferred to France from Salonika, One from each of the 12 Brigades.
By this time use of the Type 7 Censor Handstamp was well established having being introduced in October 1917.

Type 7 No 4 was allocated to 14th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment.  Prior to leaving the censor handstamps were returned to GHQ.

Still early days of this study but it appears that many of the 12 Numbered Handstamps were not reallocated.  & No 11 is an exception, used by a Base Censor from December 1918 onwards.

I show an example on PPC of 7 / No 4, would be interested if anyone has seen or recorded usage after June 1918.

Chris