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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)

Edward Charles Coleman

Edward Charles Coleman

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Sidney Apter

Sidney Apter

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Banks

John Banks

1898 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Weight

W Weight

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Walter Edward Whall

Walter Edward Whall

1874 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

TOO GOOD IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH THY WILL BE DONE

Robert Hilton

Robert Hilton

1896 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W J Jacob

W J Jacob

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Stuart Reid McLagan

Stuart Reid McLagan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A James

A James

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Kennerley

W Kennerley

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Thomson Brown

John Thomson Brown

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

G Fowler

G Fowler

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Andrew Carswell

John Andrew Carswell

1880 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A R Morgan

A R Morgan

1883 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harold Hall Donally

Harold Hall Donally

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Parkinson

Harry Parkinson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Francis Henry Slade

Francis Henry Slade

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick Bertram Fisher

Frederick Bertram Fisher

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Allan Bower

Allan Bower

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John B Roberts

John B Roberts

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Malcolm MacPherson

John Malcolm MacPherson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

T H Lang

T H Lang

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

William John Phillips

William John Phillips

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

E C Danes

E C Danes

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Gordon McMonies

Gordon McMonies

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Sidney Charles Russell

Sidney Charles Russell

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Abraham Feathers

Abraham Feathers

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Victor Mulliner

Thomas Victor Mulliner

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H Allan

H Allan

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Herbert George Churchill

Herbert George Churchill

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

A MacDonald

A MacDonald

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Rowland Parker

Rowland Parker

1895 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Albert Hurst

Albert Hurst

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

A J Collins

A J Collins

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Charles Edward Fairbanks

Charles Edward Fairbanks

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H McLeod

H McLeod

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Henry Nicholson Currie

George Henry Nicholson Currie

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred Reginald Brownson

Alfred Reginald Brownson

1887 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

D James

D James

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas O'Brien

Thomas O'Brien

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Rees

George Rees

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

T Seagrave

T Seagrave

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Hamilton

Robert Hamilton

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Ernest Edwin Pead

Ernest Edwin Pead

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Edward Higginbotham

Robert Edward Higginbotham

1893 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

E Henderson

E Henderson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

F E Downing

F E Downing

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

C J Schaffer

C J Schaffer

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W J Grant

W J Grant

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Lauchlan

William Lauchlan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Gilbert Garnet Gilbert

Gilbert Garnet Gilbert

1899 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Edward Jones

Edward Jones

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Chilton

James Chilton

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Day

Harry Day

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Johnston Todd

Robert Johnston Todd

1893 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H. F. C. Taylor

H. F. C. Taylor

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A H Davis

A H Davis

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W P Davies

W P Davies

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alexander Patrick Thomson Horne

Alexander Patrick Thomson Horne

1890 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

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