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Doiran Memorial

Doiran Memorial

📍 Doirani, Δοϊράνη, Grecia

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The Doiran Memorial stands near Doiran Military Cemetery, which is situated in the north of Greece close to the Macedonia border and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran. It is approximately 3 kilometres north west of Drossato village behind and to the west of Doirani village and is reached via a farm track. From Thessaloniki take the Thessaloniki – Kilkis National Road north for approximately 70 km following the directions for the town of Kilkis until you come to a crossroads with the town of Drossato on your right. Turn left at this crossroads following the signs for Doirani Village/Lake and Customs. Continue on this road for approximately 2 km where you shall pick up the CWGC signs on the outskirts of the village that shall lead you around the village of Doirani and to Doiran Military cemetery. Continue past the cemetery for approximately 1 km following the CWGC signs up a rough track until you arrive at the Memorial. The Memorial stands on what was called Colonial Hill, and can be seen from a distance and is a landmark. The DOIRAN MEMORIAL stands roughly in the centre of the line occupied for two years by the Allies in Macedonia, but close to the western end, which was held by Commonwealth forces. It marks the scene of the fierce fighting of 1917-1918, which caused the majority of the Commonwealth battle casualties. From October 1915 to the end of November 1918, the British Salonika Force suffered some 2,800 deaths in action, 1,400 from wounds and 4,200 from sickness. The campaign afforded few successes for the Allies, and none of any importance until the last two months. The action of the Commonwealth force was hampered throughout by widespread and unavoidable sickness and by continual diplomatic and personal differences with neutrals or Allies. On one front there was a wide malarial river valley and on the other, difficult mountain ranges, and many of the roads and railways it required had to be specially constructed. The memorial serves the dual purpose of Battle Memorial of the British Salonika Force (for which a large sum of money was subscribed by the officers and men of that force), and place of commemoration for more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in Macedonia and whose graves are not known. The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer with sculpture by Walter Gilbert. It was unveiled by Sir George Macdonogh on 25 September 1926. The memorial stands near DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY. The cemetery (originally known as Colonial Hill Cemetery No.2) was formed at the end of 1916 as a cemetery for the Doiran front. The graves are almost entirely those of officers and men of the 22nd and 26th Divisions and largely reflect the fighting of April and May 1917 (the attacks on the Petit-Couronne), and 18-19 September 1918 (the attacks on Pip Ridge and the Grand-Couronne). In October and November 1918, after the final advance, a few burials were added by the 25th Casualty Clearing Station. After the Armistice, graves were brought into the cemetery from the battlefields and from some small burial grounds, the most important of which was Strumnitza British Military Cemetery, north-west of Doiran, made by the 40th Casualty Clearing Station in October and November 1918. The cemetery now contains 1,338 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 449 of them unidentified. There are also 45 Greek and one French war graves.

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Deceased (2.167)

AP

A Prenderville

1915

Doiran Memorial

TL

Thomas Loftus

1916

Doiran Memorial

JR

J R Geary

1917

Doiran Memorial

CS

Christopher Staley

1915

Doiran Memorial

JW

Joseph William Pettifor

1918

Doiran Memorial

JS

John Scott

1915

Doiran Memorial

Francis Richard Egerton Savory

Francis Richard Egerton Savory

1893 – 1915

Doiran Memorial

King's Shropshire L.I. Captain F.R.E. Savory

WG

William George Nicklen

1918

Doiran Memorial

CE

C E Starling

1916

Doiran Memorial

ER

Edward Reilly

1915

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AW

A Wilkinson

1915

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JF

John Foxford

1917

Doiran Memorial

AM

Archibald McKinnon

1916

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HH

Henry Howes

1882 – 1915

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JP

John Patrick Walsh

1915

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TW

Thomas Walsh

1916

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ED

Ernest Dixon

1918

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JN

John Nield

1918

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TN

Thomas Neale

1917

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JM

James Merriman

1893 – 1917

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FG

Frederick George Snashall

1917

Doiran Memorial

AG

A G French

1917

Doiran Memorial

David Porter

David Porter

1890 – 1916

Doiran Memorial

WR

Willie Read

1917

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JC

James Crawford

1916

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JL

J Logan

1918

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HC

H Cooper

1915

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FK

F Kennedy

1916

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WF

Walter Frederick Capper

1916

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Patrick Carson

Patrick Carson

1897 – 1915

Doiran Memorial

MS

Mark Smith

1916

Doiran Memorial

S Warham

S Warham

1918

Doiran Memorial

William Chapman

William Chapman

1891 – 1915

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JL

Jacob Logan

1918

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HB

Herbert Barber

1892 – 1916

Doiran Memorial

George Mayers

George Mayers

1878 – 1918

Doiran Memorial

JO

Joseph Oliver Gregory

1890 – 1917

Doiran Memorial

GW

George William Lewis

1918

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CM

Charles Mills

1918

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EH

E Howard

1918

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JH

J Hayes

1915

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OH

Oliver Henry Donald Cooper

1895 – 1917

Doiran Memorial

Albert Edwin Booth

Albert Edwin Booth

1886 – 1917

Doiran Memorial

ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT PRIVATE BOOTH A.E.

JS

James Samuel Alvey

1896 – 1918

Doiran Memorial

EH

Edward Henry Freeman

1917

Doiran Memorial

Arthur G Collinge

Arthur G Collinge

1896 – 1917

Doiran Memorial

PS

Percy Sommerville Norman

1915

Doiran Memorial

JG

James Grant

1919

Doiran Memorial

CS

C Shone

1917

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WB

William Benton

1890 – 1915

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GB

George Brunton

1917

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J McDermott

J McDermott

1918

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15733 SERJEANT J MC DERMOTT

CJ

Charles Jellis

1915

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John Bowns

John Bowns

1917

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Lilian Griffin

Lilian Griffin

1916

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Territorial Nursing Sce. Sister L. Griffin

P G Watson

P G Watson

1917

Doiran Memorial

JW

J Wilbey

1915

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JH

John Hicklin Alexander

1882 – 1916

Doiran Memorial

William Henry Turley

William Henry Turley

1885 – 1917

Doiran Memorial

WB

William Boddice

1916

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