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| − | + | Lieutenant Francis Bertram WELCH MiD, INTELLIGENCE CORPS-General List. A teacher and archaeologist, Welch was commissioned in February 1916. He served in Salonika as an Intelligence Officer and was moved to Constantinople as an interpreter and ‘agent’ in January 1919. He later moved to Athens, prior to his release from the Army in October 1919. He was mentioned-in-despatches in June 1918.<br /><br />Student of the British School at Athens who supervised the British Museum excavations at Kouklia (q.v.) and Klavdhia (q.v.) in 1899 and donated coins to the Museum in 1925. <br />The main sources of published information on Welch can be found in: Malmgren 2003, 11 note 23; Gill 2011, 402-3 and in several accounts of the Kouklia excavations by Maier (1984, 17-18 and note 12; 2001) and Maier and von Wartburg (1988). Welch graduated in Classics from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1898 and was then Craven University Fellow at the British School at Athens between 1898 and 1900, from which resulted several archaeological publications (see Gill 2011, 403). He then taught at a number of schools up until the outbreak First World War, when he served in the Balkans (Salonika campaign and Greece). Thereafter he was Vice-Consul and Passport Control Officer at the British Embassy in Athens but was also involved in intelligence. Little is known about his academic activities during this period, but he catalogued the Finley Papers at the British School between 1920 and 1922.<br /><br />Francis Bertram Welch (born 1876 in South Stoneham, Hampshire , † April 23, 1949 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire ) was a British Classical archaeologist and diplomat.<br /><br />From 1894 to 1898 he studied literature and languages (French, German and Greek) at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford . He led the excavations in 1899 for the British Museum in Kouklia and Klavdia . [1] The following year, he wrote the publication of this, at the British School at Athens . Upon his return, he worked as a teacher at the Oswestry School . In 1911 he became a member of the Freemasons .<br /><br />In the First World War he worked for the Intelligence Corps as a translator in the rank of Second Lieutenant . He initially served as intelligence officer for the XVI. Corps of the British Salonika Army in Macedonia ( Salonika ). He was temporarily promoted to captain and commanded the 10th Civil Labor Battalion. However, he fell ill with the Ruhr . After his recovery, he was temporarily appointed lieutenant under Lieutenant General George Milne and served again as an intelligence officer. He then went to Constantinople and finally to Athensadded. While at the British Salonika Army, Francis Bertram Welch visited Dikili Tash with Carl Blegen , collecting prehistoric pottery shards.<br /><br />After the war he became vice-consul in Athens and passport control officer. This title was usually the head of the Secret Intelligence Service , so the news service .<br /><br />Francis Bertram Welch was married, had two sons and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. | |
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
=== External Publications === | === External Publications === | ||
| − | + | The Influence of the Ægean Civilization on South Palestine. In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly . Volume 32, Number 4, 1900, pp. 342-350.<br />Notes on the Pottery. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 6, 1900, pp. 85-92.<br />Macedonia: prehistoric pottery. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens. Volume 23, 1918-1919, pp. 44-50.<br />Manor of Charlton Kings, later Ashley. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol 54, 1932, pp. 145-165 ( PDF online ).<br />Gloucestershire in the Pipe Rolls. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Volume 57, 1935, pp. 49-109 ( PDF online ).<br />Gloucestershire in the Pipe Rolls. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol 59, 1937, pp. 185-204 ( PDF online ). | |
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1924.01.08 proposed by A. Evans, seconded by J.L. Myres
Notes From Elsewhere
Lieutenant Francis Bertram WELCH MiD, INTELLIGENCE CORPS-General List. A teacher and archaeologist, Welch was commissioned in February 1916. He served in Salonika as an Intelligence Officer and was moved to Constantinople as an interpreter and ‘agent’ in January 1919. He later moved to Athens, prior to his release from the Army in October 1919. He was mentioned-in-despatches in June 1918.
Student of the British School at Athens who supervised the British Museum excavations at Kouklia (q.v.) and Klavdhia (q.v.) in 1899 and donated coins to the Museum in 1925.
The main sources of published information on Welch can be found in: Malmgren 2003, 11 note 23; Gill 2011, 402-3 and in several accounts of the Kouklia excavations by Maier (1984, 17-18 and note 12; 2001) and Maier and von Wartburg (1988). Welch graduated in Classics from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1898 and was then Craven University Fellow at the British School at Athens between 1898 and 1900, from which resulted several archaeological publications (see Gill 2011, 403). He then taught at a number of schools up until the outbreak First World War, when he served in the Balkans (Salonika campaign and Greece). Thereafter he was Vice-Consul and Passport Control Officer at the British Embassy in Athens but was also involved in intelligence. Little is known about his academic activities during this period, but he catalogued the Finley Papers at the British School between 1920 and 1922.
Francis Bertram Welch (born 1876 in South Stoneham, Hampshire , † April 23, 1949 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire ) was a British Classical archaeologist and diplomat.
From 1894 to 1898 he studied literature and languages (French, German and Greek) at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford . He led the excavations in 1899 for the British Museum in Kouklia and Klavdia . [1] The following year, he wrote the publication of this, at the British School at Athens . Upon his return, he worked as a teacher at the Oswestry School . In 1911 he became a member of the Freemasons .
In the First World War he worked for the Intelligence Corps as a translator in the rank of Second Lieutenant . He initially served as intelligence officer for the XVI. Corps of the British Salonika Army in Macedonia ( Salonika ). He was temporarily promoted to captain and commanded the 10th Civil Labor Battalion. However, he fell ill with the Ruhr . After his recovery, he was temporarily appointed lieutenant under Lieutenant General George Milne and served again as an intelligence officer. He then went to Constantinople and finally to Athensadded. While at the British Salonika Army, Francis Bertram Welch visited Dikili Tash with Carl Blegen , collecting prehistoric pottery shards.
After the war he became vice-consul in Athens and passport control officer. This title was usually the head of the Secret Intelligence Service , so the news service .
Francis Bertram Welch was married, had two sons and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Publications
External Publications
The Influence of the Ægean Civilization on South Palestine. In: Palestine Exploration Quarterly . Volume 32, Number 4, 1900, pp. 342-350.
Notes on the Pottery. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 6, 1900, pp. 85-92.
Macedonia: prehistoric pottery. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens. Volume 23, 1918-1919, pp. 44-50.
Manor of Charlton Kings, later Ashley. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol 54, 1932, pp. 145-165 ( PDF online ).
Gloucestershire in the Pipe Rolls. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Volume 57, 1935, pp. 49-109 ( PDF online ).
Gloucestershire in the Pipe Rolls. In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol 59, 1937, pp. 185-204 ( PDF online ).
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