Konstantinos Damianos

Who was Konstantinos Damianos?

Konstantinos Damianos was a senior Greek Army officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

He was born in Athens in 1853, and graduated from the Greek Army Academy on 7 February 1878 as an Artillery Adjutant. He fought in the Epirote 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. 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 in April 1915 and died in Athens on 23 September 1915.