DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Lake Doiran
Greece
Location Information
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.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
36688 Private
Albert Bowling
2nd Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died of pneumonia 20th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot VI. K. 8.
Son of John William and Emily Bowling, of 15, Wren St., Burnley.
Albert Bowling
2nd Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died of pneumonia 20th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot VI. K. 8.
Son of John William and Emily Bowling, of 15, Wren St., Burnley.
32502 Private
Harry Grimshaw
8th Shropshire Light Infantry
Killed in Action 31st August 1917.
Plot V. E. 7.
Lived at 294 Barden Lane, Burnley, Lancashire.
Harry Grimshaw
8th Shropshire Light Infantry
Killed in Action 31st August 1917.
Plot V. E. 7.
Lived at 294 Barden Lane, Burnley, Lancashire.
14524 Serjeant
John Paterson Hamilton
8th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
19th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot V. A. 2.
Italian Bronze Medal. Son of James and Jessie Hamilton, of 2, Bardykes Rd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Remembered by James Hamilton Sadler of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
John Paterson Hamilton
8th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
19th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot V. A. 2.
Italian Bronze Medal. Son of James and Jessie Hamilton, of 2, Bardykes Rd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Remembered by James Hamilton Sadler of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
13862 Serjeant
W. H. Ingram
10th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
24th April 1917.
Plot VI. A. 21.
W. H. Ingram
10th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
24th April 1917.
Plot VI. A. 21.
47718 Private
Albert Longbottom
8th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Killed in Action 19th September 1918, aged 25.
Plot V. F. 5.
Lived at 10 Green Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Albert Longbottom
8th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Killed in Action 19th September 1918, aged 25.
Plot V. F. 5.
Lived at 10 Green Street, Burnley, Lancashire
13732 Private
H. Perry
10th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
10th February 1917.
Plot VI. G. 3.
H. Perry
10th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
10th February 1917.
Plot VI. G. 3.
S/11938 Lance Corporal
P. R. Russell
12th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
19th September 1918.
Plot V. F. 3.
P. R. Russell
12th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
19th September 1918.
Plot V. F. 3.
