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August 16 1916: Dundee military nurse dies in Salonika

By Kirsty McIntosh
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Salonika (modern Thessaloniki) was a British base for actions against pro-German Bulgaria.

The Salonika Front was formed as a result of the Allied Powers’ attempts to aid Serbia, which fell and was not liberated until September 1918.

Jessie Ritchie trained at the Dundee Infirmary and was recalled to military nursing at the start of the war.

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