Balkans postcard

[emjayf]

I have found, amongst many old postcards, a Christmas postcard to my grandad (John Gibson Fouldes) from his Uncle George. He calls my grandad "Little Jack" so as not to confuse him with my grandad's father also John Gibson Fouldes!

Anyhow I am assuming it is George Fouldes (brother of my grandad's dad). I am just curious is there a way to find out when he might have been in the Balkans during the war? I have to be honest I thought he would be posted in northern Europe like so many were.  I know there is a War Records website but all those details are behind a paywall and I don't think I am organised enough yet to use a paid service wisely enough! I know I would join and then forget to log on again until membership had expired!

Thanks in advance. It is so wonderful to have all these postcards and quite a few seem from the front line! They keep it very sparse but I guess they had to be careful what they said.

Anyhow cheers all

MJ

[jim1]

Fortunately there is only 1 MIC for George Fouldes (with an E).
Pte. 26800 1st. Btn. Yorks & Lancs Regt. & 52319 East Lancs. Regt. (no Btn.)
The 1st. Btn. were in France from Jan.-Oct. 1915 when they were posted to
Salonika (Balkans).
This George Fouldes was 1 of a large number of men who transferred to the E. Lancs.
Is there a date on the letter?

[ShaunJ]

That's definitely him. Father named as John Gibson Fouldes

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F007306934%2F00582&parentid=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7306934%2F27%2F582

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F007306934%2F00588&parentid=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7306934%2F27%2F588

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1219/images/gbrmil1914r4pt2_139228-00579

[jim1]

Well done ShaunJ.
So he spent his war with 1/Y & L transferring to the E. Lancs. post war.

[ALAMO2008]

Transferred to Salonika 1 September 1916

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_and_Lancaster_Regiment

[ALAMO2008]

[ALAMO2008]

 MIC = Medal Index Card

[tonepad]

On the bottom of the postcard is:    Survey Coy R.E. B. S. F No 564

R.E. B. S. F would be Royal Engineers British Salonika Force

https://salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/bsf/


and 8th Field Survey Company was based in Salonica

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-corps-of-royal-engineers-in-the-first-world-war/the-field-survey-companies-of-the-royal-engineers/


Tony

[emjayf]

Fortunately there is only 1 MIC for George Fouldes (with an E).
Pte. 26800 1st. Btn. Yorks & Lancs Regt. & 52319 East Lancs. Regt. (no Btn.)
The 1st. Btn. were in France from Jan.-Oct. 1915 when they were posted to
Salonika (Balkans).
This George Fouldes was 1 of a large number of men who transferred to the E. Lancs.
Is there a date on the letter?

MIC? Is That Medical Index Card?
So it looks like he would have been posted to the Balkans some time after October 1915. There is no date on the postcard or stamp. A lot of the war ones don't. I think they must have bulk sent a load back in big envelopes or something.

Thank you
MJ