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Konstantinos Damianos

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Konstantinos Damianos
Native name
Κωνσταντίνος Δαμιανός
Bornc. 1853
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died23 September 1915[1]
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch Hellenic Army
Years of service1878–1915
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitArmy of Epirus
Commands held3rd Infantry Division
IV Army Corps
WarsGreco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars
Awards Order of the Redeemer
Alma materHellenic Military Academy

Konstantinos Damianos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δαμιανός, c. 1853–1915) was a senior Hellenic Army officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

He was born in Athens in about 1853, and graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy on 7 February 1878 as an artillery adjutant.[2] He fought in the Epirus front of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 with the rank of major.

In 1911, he was named CO of the 3rd Infantry Division at Missolonghi, which he also commanded during the Balkan Wars, with the rank of major general.[2] In 1914 he was promoted to lieutenant general and assigned the command of the newly constituted IV Army Corps at Kavala.

He was suspended from active service on 4 April 1915 and died in Athens on 23 September 1915.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Note: Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
  2. ^ a b c Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τρίτος: Δαβατηνός–Ἰωσήφ [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume III: Davatinos–Joseph] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1929. p. 4. OCLC 31255024.