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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)

James Hickson Coulson

James Hickson Coulson

1894 – 1915

Doiran Military Cemetery

E Roberts

E Roberts

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Mucklow

Thomas Mucklow

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W G Thomas

W G Thomas

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Ernest George Catchpole

Ernest George Catchpole

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

J MacIntyre

J MacIntyre

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A J Ward

A J Ward

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

A Pocklington

A Pocklington

1916

Doiran Military Cemetery

E L Morgan

E L Morgan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Thurlow

William Thurlow

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Albert Charles

Albert Charles

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Age: 35.

C Fitzpatrick

C Fitzpatrick

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Hardman

John Hardman

1897 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Harry Ebison

George Harry Ebison

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Timothy Connors

Timothy Connors

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Baxter McDonald

George Baxter McDonald

1898 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

wellington Pilkington

wellington Pilkington

1886 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Cecil Hugh Jones

Cecil Hugh Jones

1887 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Hammond

J Hammond

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick Napper

Frederick Napper

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Copeland

John Copeland

1898 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

A Shaw

A Shaw

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Young

W Young

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Joseph Pharo Jolly

Joseph Pharo Jolly

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frank Massingham

Frank Massingham

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas H Connolly

Thomas H Connolly

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

AS MORNING DAWNS & NIGHT RETURNS I ALWAYS THINK OF THEE

G F Gardner

G F Gardner

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Mannion

Thomas Mannion

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred Charles

Alfred Charles

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Private, Machine Gun Corps. Age: 26.

William Henry Hyde

William Henry Hyde

1896 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

A Mifsud

A Mifsud

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J B MacFarlan

J B MacFarlan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William McLean

William McLean

1888 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Edward Swann Newmarch

George Edward Swann Newmarch

1894 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Laviers

John Laviers

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Ferguson

James Ferguson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frank Bishop

Frank Bishop

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Millar

George Millar

1886 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Kelly

John Kelly

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Alfred Wallace

William Alfred Wallace

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Cyril Gilbert Norman

Cyril Gilbert Norman

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Sharp

John Sharp

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

David Stuart

David Stuart

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J W Sykes

J W Sykes

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Reynard

W Reynard

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Henry Williams

Robert Henry Williams

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Charles Frederick Bowden

Charles Frederick Bowden

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Darlow

William Darlow

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred Crossley

Alfred Crossley

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

James William Harrison

James William Harrison

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

David Henry Collinge

David Henry Collinge

1916

Doiran Military Cemetery

Ernest Beale

Ernest Beale

1898 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

David Jones

David Jones

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Noel Lavender Thomas

Noel Lavender Thomas

1896 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arthur Robert Tailzour-Shepherd

Arthur Robert Tailzour-Shepherd

1895 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Kerry King

Kerry King

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alan Gough

Alan Gough

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Carey

James Carey

1896 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

JESUS HAVE MERCY, MARY GRANT HIS SOUL ETERNAL REST REST IN PEACE

Wilfred John March

Wilfred John March

1898 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George Paget

George Paget

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

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