The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919

This web page, published by the Military Postal History Society, contains images of the single frame The British Main Line Military Railway Post Office in Europe in 1919. This exhibit was created by, and is the property of the late Al Kugel, and is being supplied by his heirs as a courtesy to the Military Postal History Society.

Introduction

Following the Armistice on November 11, 1918, Allied forces moved east to occupy designated portions of the Rhineland area of Germany. The British Sector was in the northern part of this area, with headquarters in Cologne. In order to provide a more efficient service for mail moving from the troops to friends and relatives in the home country and vice-versa, the military authorities decided to inaugurate a railway mail service by bringing ten railway mail cars over from England, which were operated by ten teams (plus one in reserve) of four clerks each.

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Updated 10/19/2022