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Doiran Military Cemetery

Doiran Military Cemetery

📍 Doirani, Δοϊράνη, Grecia

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Doiran Military Cemetery is situated in the north of Greece close to the Macedonia border and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran. It is approximately 2 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 crossroad 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 the cemetery. The Doiran Memorial, is on what was called Colonial Hill, it can be seen from a distance and is clearly signposted. 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 took place from the 25th Casualty Clearing Station. After the Armistice, graves were brought into the cemetery from the battlefields and from by 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. DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY now contains 1,338 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 449 of them unidentified. There are also one French and 45 Greek war graves. The DOIRAN MEMORIAL, which stands near the cemetery, 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.

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Deceased (897)

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Edward Coleman

1891 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

P Gallacher

P Gallacher

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Price

John Price

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick William Doggett

Frederick William Doggett

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

J. McCallum

J. McCallum

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

S/5408 Private J McCallum Arg & Suth'd Highrs 19th September 1918

A Hancox

A Hancox

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Gus Willmott

Gus Willmott

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arthur Cook

Arthur Cook

1880 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

E. Roberts

E. Roberts

1893 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A F Higgs

A F Higgs

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H G Woodage

H G Woodage

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Henry Wheeler

William Henry Wheeler

1887 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Service Number 7/15470 Private W. H. WHEELER South Wales Borderers 18th September 1918 Peace Perfect Peace

J Lister

J Lister

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Cosgrove

James Cosgrove

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Thomas Davies

George Thomas Davies

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Blake John Kelly

Blake John Kelly

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Bruce Hutchinson Campbell

Bruce Hutchinson Campbell

1879 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Albert Newsham

Albert Newsham

1894 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Private, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Age: 24.

Albert Stratton Harland

Albert Stratton Harland

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Parkinson

J Parkinson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick William Davies

Frederick William Davies

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John William Yates

John William Yates

1891 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Hugh Watson

George Hugh Watson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Taylor

J Taylor

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

F G J Damerell

F G J Damerell

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Mitchell Davidson

Harry Mitchell Davidson

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Burnell

Harry Burnell

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

F J Abel

F J Abel

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Cecil Hammond

William Cecil Hammond

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

V M Jones

V M Jones

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Percy Royle

Percy Royle

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Leslie William Edgar

Leslie William Edgar

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W T Fildes

W T Fildes

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Edward Preston

George Edward Preston

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Burns

Thomas Burns

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W F Flynn

W F Flynn

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

E Evans

E Evans

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

D Smith

D Smith

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Edward Kitchen Elflett

Edward Kitchen Elflett

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W. G. Williams

W. G. Williams

1895 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

'SLEEP IN PEACE DEAR ONE TILL WE MEET AGAIN'

Watson Tulloch Dick

Watson Tulloch Dick

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Richard Kilshaw

Richard Kilshaw

1886 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Samuel Edward Hall

Samuel Edward Hall

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Herbert Cusack

Herbert Cusack

1896 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Nester

Thomas Nester

1918

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William Thomas Screech

William Thomas Screech

1897 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Biddle

William Biddle

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

C. Evans

C. Evans

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Frederick Grounds

Thomas Frederick Grounds

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Horatio Ellis Evans

Horatio Ellis Evans

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Eric William Berry

Eric William Berry

1889 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arthur Charles Cooper

Arthur Charles Cooper

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Albert Hibberd

John Albert Hibberd

1893 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Ernest Leonard Lindridge

Ernest Leonard Lindridge

1892 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

BELOVED HE LOVETH US ALL

Horace William Burrell

Horace William Burrell

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Cunningham

John Cunningham

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Herbert Sydney Charles Hill

Herbert Sydney Charles Hill

1898 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Pvt H S C Hill

W J Jermany

W J Jermany

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Alfred Jones

James Alfred Jones

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry C Corrie

Henry C Corrie

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

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