''The Cologne Post'' was a daily paper published for the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces are the unified military, military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its British Overseas Territories, Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests ...

from 31 March 1919 to 17 January 1926. It then continued as ''The Cologne Post and Wiesbaden Times'' from 28 January 1926 - 3 November 1929. There was also an

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav ...

n edition published from 17 June to 6 August 1921 in Oppeln for the British Forces in Upper Silesia. William Edward Rolston was the founder and managing editor of ''The Cologne Post''. Rolston was a Captain serving in the

Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury. It had a history dating back to 1572 and ...

The newspaper was printed in Cologne by Kölnische Volkszeitung. On 1 August 1923 in a written reply to a question to the Under-Secretary of State for War, Lieut.-Colonel Guinness stated that "... ''The Cologne Post'' ... is an independent organisation not financed from Army funds" Army Post Office S40 was established in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Germany in 1919 to provide postal support of the first

British Army of the Rhine British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, West Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked ...

(BAOR) and was closed in 1929 when the force was finally withdrawn from Germany.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cologne Post British Army mass media Rhine Province Newspapers published in Cologne Defunct English-language newspapers published in Europe 1919 establishments in Germany 1929 disestablishments in Germany Newspapers established in 1919 Publications disestablished in 1929