Kyriakos Tavoularis

Kyriakos Tavoularis (Greek: Κυριάκος Ταβουλάρης; fl. 1898–1929) was a Greek army officer.

Life

Kyriakos Tavoularis was born on 18 January^[1] 1880 at Karya, near Oitylo in Laconia.^[2] He joined the Hellenic Army as a volunteer on 1 January 1898.^[2] In April 1906 he went to then Ottoman-ruled Macedonia to participate in the Macedonian Struggle. He remained in Macedonia until July 1909.^[2]

During the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, he commanded artillery batteries and fought in most battles of the two conflicts.^[2] In 1918 he was commanding an artillery battalion in the Crete Division in the Macedonian front and fought in the Vardar offensive.^[2] During the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, he served as head of artillery for the 5th Infantry Division (the renamed Crete Division), and finally as military commandant of Bandirma.^[2]

After the war he served as senior artillery commander and divisional commander, until his retirement on 10 October 1929 with the rank of major general.^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Ἔκτος: Σαράντα Ἐκκλησίαι–Ὤχρα [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume VI: Kirk Kilisse–Ochre] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1930. p. 240. OCLC 31255024.

[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.

[Enc-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Ἔκτος: Σαράντα Ἐκκλησίαι–Ὤχρα [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume VI: Kirk Kilisse–Ochre] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1930. p. 240. OCLC 31255024.

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