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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)

D MacRae

D MacRae

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Tanner

John Tanner

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Wyndham Watkins

Wyndham Watkins

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Jones

J Jones

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Dyke

W Dyke

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Lucas Bishop

John Lucas Bishop

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick Harry Pointon

Frederick Harry Pointon

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A C Dowson

A C Dowson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arnold Heap

Arnold Heap

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

R Smith

R Smith

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

R Gosling

R Gosling

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Watkins

W Watkins

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Charles Iredale

Charles Iredale

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

P Donovan

P Donovan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Tom Harrison

Tom Harrison

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J. Williams

J. Williams

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

James Millar MacNab

James Millar MacNab

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Fredrick Cummins

William Fredrick Cummins

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Albert Mullen

Albert Mullen

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John May

John May

1896 – 1916

Doiran Military Cemetery

G Williamson

G Williamson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Benjamin Evans

Benjamin Evans

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

R Wall

R Wall

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Brown

J Brown

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry James Dancer

Henry James Dancer

1890 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Dick Howard

Dick Howard

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Dennison

Harry Dennison

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H R Weeks

H R Weeks

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

C J Waldron

C J Waldron

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Sullivan

Thomas Sullivan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Lander

Thomas Lander

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

R L Howell

R L Howell

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Owens

John Owens

1897 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Frederick William Davidson

Frederick William Davidson

1885 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

5897 Private F. W. Davidson, Manchester Regiment, 26th August 1917

John Paterson Hamilton

John Paterson Hamilton

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Edward Gadd

Edward Gadd

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

G E Fletcher

G E Fletcher

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Reuben Deane

Reuben Deane

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arthur Joseph Campen

Arthur Joseph Campen

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Henry Taylor

John Henry Taylor

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Edward Otto Muscat

Edward Otto Muscat

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W. A. Gibbs

W. A. Gibbs

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

F S Wilkinson

F S Wilkinson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

T Bellis

T Bellis

1897 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

OH TEACH ME IN MY HEART TO SAY THY WILL DE DONE. REST IN THE LORD.

A Muggoch

A Muggoch

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Elson

Thomas Elson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

D MacDonald

D MacDonald

1884 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Launcelot Rupert Lamb

Launcelot Rupert Lamb

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

W J Kent

W J Kent

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

T Roper

T Roper

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

G Taylor

G Taylor

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A Martin

A Martin

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Cornelius Turner

Thomas Cornelius Turner

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred Bagnall

Alfred Bagnall

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Cheadle

William Cheadle

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Private, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Age: 26.

James Ball

James Ball

1881 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Nelson

W Nelson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Sinclair Millar

John Sinclair Millar

1883 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

C G Holden

C G Holden

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

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