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Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)

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**[https://archive.org/details/second-twentieth-london-reg/page/n9/mode/2up'' The Second Twentieth being the History of the 2/20th Bn., London Regiment''] by Captain W R Elliot [1920] Archive.org. The Battalion served on the [[Western Front]], at Salonika, in [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]]. The Battalion was part of the 60th Division, see third following item.
**[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51387 ''The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles''] by several authors, including some named 1921. Gutenberg.org. Also known as 2/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles). The Battalion was part of the 179th Brigade , 60th Division in Salonika (from December 1916) and Palestine. [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division] (longlongtrail.co.uk)
**[https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/50/mode/2up "The Balkans"] Chapter III, page 50 ''The romance of the last crusade : with Allenby to Jerusalem'' by Major Vivian Gilbert 19241923. Archive.org. Gilbert was in the Machine Guns Corps (Infantry), in the 180th Brigade, [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division] (longlongtrail.co.uk) which was in Salonica for 5 months from late December 1916, until they left to join Allenby in Palestine.
**''History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division)'' by Colonel P H Dalbiac, 1927 includes [https://archive.org/details/60thdivision/page/63/mode/2up Chapter 6, "Under Orders for the Balkans"], page 63. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/n9 ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War''] by H C O'Neill 1922 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/page/260 "Chapter XIV Salonika"] from page 261, in addition to the [[Western Front]], [[Gallipoli]], and [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]].
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