The Greek Army in Macedonia

 

 

General Headquarters

Commander :

Lieut-Gen. Panagiotes Danglis (till 8 November 1918)

Lieut-Gen. Leonidas Paraskeuopoulos (from 8 November 1918)

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. Revol (till September 1918) [French]

Col. Bastien (September 1918 – 29 October 1918) [French]

Col. (Art.) Emmanouel Raktivan (29 October 1918 – 8 November 1918)

Col. (Inf.) Bastien (8 November 1918)

Deputy Chief of Staff :

Col. (Art.) Emmanouel Raktivan (September 1917 – 29 October 1918)

 

Chief of the Air Force :

capitaine de Thezy (June 1918) [French]

Adjoint :

Maj. Moutoussis (June 1918)

 

National Defence Army Corps

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Leonidas Paraskeuopoulos (13 October 1916 – July 1917)

Maj-Gen. Emmanouel Zymbrakakes (July 1917)

Chief of Staff :

Col. (Inf.) Georgios Katechakes

Composition :

Seres, Archipelagos and Kriti Division (administratively only)

Army Corps A

Commander :

Lieut-Gen. Leonidas Paraskeuopoulos (16 December 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Col. (Inf.) Antonios Prantounas

Composition :

1st, 2nd, 13rd Divisions

Army Corps B

Commander :

Lieut-Gen. Konstantinos Meliotes-Komnenos (16 December 1916)

Chief of Staff :

Col. (Eng.) Demetrios Nikolopoulos

Composition :

3th, 4th, 14th Divisions (administratively only)

 

Seres Division

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Nikolaos Christodoulou (till April 1918)

Maj-Gen. Epameinondas Zymbrakakes (from April 1918)

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Eng.) Georgios Aphthonides (till September 1918)

Maj. (Inf.) Demetrios Psiarres (from September 1918)

Allocation :

XII Corps, British Salonika Army (24 – 27 November 1916)

1er Groupe de Divisions d’Infanterie, C.A.A. (28 November 1916 – 1 April 1917)

Greek Army Headquarters (1 April 1917 – 276 October 1917)

1er Groupe de Divisions d’Infanterie, C.A.A. (27 October 1917 – 14 August 1918 )

XII Corps, British Salonika Army (14 August 1918)

Composition :

1st Seres Infantry Regiment (from 17th and 2/21st Inf. Rgt. of 9th Division)

2nd Seres Infantry Regiment (from 18th Inf. Rgt., National Defence Bn. and volunteers)

3rd Seres Infantry Regiment (from 1/21st Inf. Rgt., 1 Bn. from Crete and 1 Bn. from Samos)

Archipelagos Division

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Demetrios Ioannou

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Art.) Demetrios Katheniotes (till August 1918)

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Achilleas Protosyngelos (August 1918 – October 1918)

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Petros Klados (October 1918)

Allocation :

Armée Française d’Orient (24 May 1917 – 22 October 1917)

1er Groupe de Divisions d’Infanterie, C.A.A. (23 October 1917 – 6 November 1918)

National Defence Army Corps, Greek Army Headquarters (7 November 1918)

Composition :

4th Archipelagos Infantry Regiment (2 Bns. from Mytilene)

5th Archipelagos Infantry Regiment (1 Bn. from Mytilene and 1 Bn. from Lemnos)

6th Archipelagos Infantry Regiment (1 Bn. from Samos and 1 Bn. from Chios)

Kriti Division

Commander :

Col. Ioannes Phikiores (till April 1917)

Maj-Gen. Emmanouel Zymbrakakes (April 1917 – July 1917)

Maj-Gen. Panagiotes Speliades (July 1917)

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Theodoros Pangalos (till March 1917)

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Georgios Katechakes (March 1917 – July 1917)

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Ptolemaios Saregiannes (July 1917 – August 1918)

Maj. (Inf.) Apostolos Sermakezes (August 1918 – September 1918)

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Nikolaos Spyropolous (September 1918)

Allocation :

Armée Française d’Orient (12 June 1917 – 22 October 1917)

1er Groupe de Divisions d’Infanterie, C.A.A. (23 October 1917 – 26 August 1918)

XVI Corps, British Salonika Army 827 august 1918 – 8 September 1918)

XII Corps, British Salonika Army (9 – 29 September 1918)

National Defence Army Corps, Greek Army Headquarters (29 September 1918)

Composition :

7th Kriti, 8th Kriti, 9th Kriti Infantry Regiment (from Cretan Bns.)

1st Division

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Konstantinos Nieder

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Antonios Antoniades (till 11 May 1918)

Maj. (Inf.) Georgios Tsolakoglou (from 11 May 1918)

Allocation :

British Salonika Army (27 February 1918 – 1 March 1918)

XVI Corps, British Salonika Army (1 March 1918 – 29 May 1918)

Army Corps A, Greek Army Headquarters (30 May 1918)

Composition :

4th, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1/38th Evzone Regiment

2nd Division

Commander :

Col. (Inf.) Ioulianos Kontaratos

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Ioannes Kalogeras

Allocation :

Army Corps A, Greek Army Headquarters (9 June 1918)

Composition :

1st, 7th, 34th Infantry Regiment

3rd Division

Commander :

Col. (Art.) Nikolaos Trikoupes

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Alexandros Euripides

Allocation :

Armée Française d’Orient (6 August 1918)

Composition :

6th, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2/39th Evzone Regiment

4th Division

Commander :

Col. (Art.) Nikolaos Vlachopoulos

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Michael Koimeses

Allocation :

1er Groupe de Divisions d’Infanterie, C.A.A. (16 August 1918 - 22 November 1918)

Greek Army Headquarters (23 November 1918)

Composition :

8th, 11th, 35th Infantry Regiment

9th Division

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Georgios Leonardopoulos

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Petros Klados (till September 1918)

Maj. (Inf.) Aristeides Chasapides (from September 1918)

Allocation :

Reserve, C.A.A. (end August 1918)

Composition :

25th, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3/40th Evzone Regiment

13th Division

Commander :

Maj-Gen. Iakovos Negropontes

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Nikolaos Demetriades

Allocation :

Army Corps A, Greek Army Headquarters (13 June 1918)

Composition :

2nd, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 5/42nd Evzone Regiment

14th Division

Commander :

Col. (Eng.) Ioannes Orphanides

Chief of Staff :

Lt.Col. (Inf.) Athanasios Tsekouras

Allocation :

Reserve, C.A.A. (5 – 6 September 1918)

XVI Corps, British Salonika Army (28 September 1918)

Army Corps B, Greek Army Headquarters (29 September 1918)

Composition :

9th, 24th, 32th Infantry Regiment

 

Air Force

Composition :

escadrille de chasse 531

escadrille de réglage 532, 533, 534

 

Remarks :

All the dates in this page are according the Greek – Julian – calendar.