Portrait of Greek Lieutenant General Nikolaos Zafeiriou.
Native name
Νικόλαος Ζαφειρίου
Born
c. 1871[1] Corinth, Kingdom of Greece
Died
c. 1947 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece
Provisional Government of National Defence
Second Hellenic Republic
Service/branch
Hellenic Army
Years of service
1894–1926
Rank
Lieutenant General
Unit
Army of Epirus 8th Infantry Division
Commands held
Serres Division (1st Regiment) 1st Infantry Division Army of Asia Minor 3rd Infantry Division II Army Corps III Army Corps V Army Corps
Wars
Greco-Turkish War (1897) Balkan Wars
First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
World War I
Macedonian front
Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Greek landing at Smyrna
Alma mater
Hellenic Military Academy École Militaire
Nikolaos Zafeiriou (Greek: Νικόλαος Ζαφειρίου; c. 1871 – 1947) was a Greek artillery officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Zafeiriou was born in Corinth in about 1871. After studies in the Hellenic Military Academy, he was commissioned as an Artillery 2nd Lieutenant in 1894. He fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. At the outbreak of the First Balkan War he served in the staff of the Army of Epirus and later the 8th Infantry Division which was formed of it. After the Balkan Wars he attended the École Militaire in Paris.[2]
In 1916 he joined the Provisional Government of National Defence and commanded the 1st Regiment of the Serres Division on the Macedonian Front. In May 1919, as commander of the 1st Infantry Division, he led the Greek landing at Smyrna and became the first head of the Army of Asia Minor.[2] In 1923, he served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff, while in 1924 he was promoted to major general and commander of the 3rd Infantry Division. Subsequently promoted further to lieutenant general, he served consecutively as commander of the II, III and V Army Corps until his retirement in 1926.[2]
He died in Athens in 1947.
^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.
^ abc 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. 410. OCLC 31255024.
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