GreeceList updated Jan. 12, 2007 Country Total = 86 7 names on 3 memorials; 77 named graves and 2 graves of the unknown in 13 cemeteries Completed = 64 (or 76.19%)
DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY Doiran Military Cemetery is situated in the north of Greece close to the Yugoslav frontier and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran. It is approximately 2 kilometres behind the village of Doiran and is reached via a farm track after turning left in the village by a large taverna. 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. GERHARDI, Second Lieutenant, HAROLD JAMES, 47th Sqdn. Royal Air Force.
Burnt to death while flying (in action) 18th September 1918. Age 27.
Son of Florence Gerhardi, of 132, Siemert Rd., Doornfontein, Johannesburg,
South Africa. III. A. 21 KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY BLAKE, Corporal, WILLIAM GRANT, S/4620. 12th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Killed in action 12th September 1916. Age 22. Son of Edward and Robina Grant Blake, of 45, Belmont Hill, Lewisham, London. Born at Kroonstad, South Africa. F. 1398 HARVEY, Private, JOHN ROBERT, 21215. 7th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd August 1916. Age 17. Son of Robert and Henrietta Harvey, of 4, Wilton Terrace, Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth, Hants. Born at Wynberg, South Africa. E. 990 Name: MOON LAHANA MILITARY CEMETERY Lahana is a village on the old Thessalonika-Seres Road, about 56 kilometres north-east of Thessalonika. The cemetery lies 1 kilometre west of the village. The cemetery was begun in July 1916 for burials from the 27th Casualty Clearing Station, to which sick and wounded men were brought from the Struma front. The cemetery was also used from June to August 1917 by the 18th Stationary Hospital. After the Armistice, 41 of the graves in Plots II and III were brought in from the two front line cemeteries at Paprat (about 12 km north-west of Lahana) and from other small burial grounds. The cemetery now contains 279 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 16 Bulgarian and four Greek war graves. SPARKS, Lieutenant, SEBA WALTER. 17th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 14th June 1918. Age 29. Son of James W. and Emily Sparks, of Komgha, Cape Province. III. C. 22.
LEROS WAR CEMETERY - Leros Leros War Cemetery is on the eastern side of the Island of Leros, on the shore of Aghia Marina Bay and is separated from the sea by the coast road. It is situated about 2 kilometres west of the town of Leros. CLARK, Lieutenant, B E H, 42772V. Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces. 12th November 1943. Age 22. Son of Edward H. J. Clark and Eva S. Clark, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa 3. B. 6 TODMAN, Signaller, H A, SR/598851V. South African Corps of Signals and Long Range Desert Group.. 23rd November 1943. Age 25. Son of Arthur McN. Todman and Ella A. Todman, of Gatooma, Southern Rhodesia Sp. Mem. "C". 1. A. 7 Rhodesia Other Units BLYTH, Captain, CECIL JOHN, 95579. 1st Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). 16th November 1943. Age 23. Son of Charles Wood Blyth and Dorothy Blyth, of Charleswood, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia. Blue for Boxing. 2. C. 10. MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA
ELLA, Second Lieutenant, Alfred Newsam, 180th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of pneumonia 18th November 1918. Age 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ella, of "Glen Ella," Toise River, Cape Province, South Africa. 839 Name: HODGKINSON, WALTER
SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY STUBBS, Lieutenant, CHARLES ALBERT, "D" Coy. 66th Bde. Depot. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Died of meningitis 9th March 1918. Age 47. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Stubbs, of Southsea, Hants; husband of J. I. Stubbs, of 9A, Albany Terrace, Queen's Rd., Wimbledon, London. Served with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and Garrison Staff, South Africa. 0.42 Name: RITCHIE, JESSIE STRUMA MILITARY CEMETERY HOWES, Private, C H, 9919. 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 3rd March 1917. Brother of Mr. E. R. Howes, of 69, Lower Main Rd. Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. VII. H. II Name: MAY SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY - Crete Suda Bay is on the northern coast of Crete, and Suda Bay
War Cemetery is at the north-western corner of the Bay, 5 kilometres
east of Hania (or Khania) and 3 kilometres north of the Hania (or Khania)
- Rethymnon - Heraklion road. The cemetery is in an olive grove and
is well sign-posted from the main road. NELSON, Lieutenant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), ADRIAN, D F M, 102091V. 24 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 3rd February 1944. Age 25. Son of Adriaan and Johanna Nelson, of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa 4. D. 18 SCOTT-WINLOW, Lieutenant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), N C, 104067V. 24 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 3rd February 1944. 4. D. 17 WATERMEYER, Captain (Obs.), N M, 207152V.
24 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 3rd February 1944. 4. D. 19 SYRA NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Syra is an island of the Cyclades. The Cemetery is in the town of Hermoupolis the capital of the Saronic island of Syros. The cemetery address is 4 Taxihon Street, it is located just after the Orthodox Agios Church. Syra New British Cemetery was made in June 1921, to take the scattered Commonwealth war burials from the islands of the Cyclades. Graves were brought in from Amorghos (7); Antiparos(5); Ekinosa (9); Heraklia (26); Kassos (1); Ano Kouphonisia (1); French Consular Cemetery on Milo (Melos) (20); Naxos (2); Paros (1); Santorini (1); Skarpanto (Kerpe) (9); Stampalia (Astypalaa) (3); Syra British Consular Cemetery (12) and St. Trias Churchyard at Livadi, Zea (Keos) (1). More than half of the graves are those of men drowned when the Transport "Arcadian" was torpedoed and sunk on 15 April 1917 in the middle of this group of islands. There are now 111 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 45 of the burials are unidentified, but special memorials commemorate 11 casualties known to be buried among them. Three special memorials bear the names of casualties buried on Antiparos and Skarpanto whose graves had been washed away. Name: O'CONNOR
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