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Hellenic Army Peacetime Military Schools and Services
(according to Army Organisation Act of 13 October 1939, which
was still valid in 28 October 1940)
compiled by Nikolaos Stamatopoulos [email protected]
A. Military Schools: (all under command of the General
Staff)
Higher War School, Thessaloniki
Military School of Evelpides (=Cadets), Athens
Officer School for Military Services, Athens
Infantry Reserve Officers School, Syros Island
Infantry Reserve Officers School, Corfu Island
Artillery Reserve Officers School, Thessaloniki
Gymnastics School, Athens
Infantry Application School, Thessaloniki
Artillery Application School, Thiva
Cavalry Application School (incl. Reserve Officers School),
Larisa
Engineers Application School (incl. Reserve Officers School),
Athens
Automobile Application School (incl. Reserve Officers School),
Athens
B. Services:
I. Artillery: (Hellenic Artillery commanded service troops also,
including chemical warfare
troops, so these units are under command of Army Corps Artillery
Commands)
Corps Artillery Command Service Unit Location of Service
Unit
A Chemical Warfare Center,
War materiel comitee
Athens
Athens
B War materiel comitee Larisa
C War materiel comitee Thessaloniki
D War materiel comitee Drama
II. Engineers: (Hellenic Engineers commanded service troops
also, so these units are under
command of Army Corps Engineer Commands)
Corps Engineer Command Service Unit Location of Service Unit
A Athens Garrison Equipment
Store
Athens
C Thessaloniki Garrison
Equipment Store
Thessaloniki
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Under command of the Thessaloniki Fortress Command were the
following: A,B,C,D,E
Fortress Construction Directions (locations varying according to
the progress of the
construction work), Fortress Materiel General Store (In
Thessaloniki) and Fortress Materiel
Stores A,B,C,D,E and ST (locations varying according to the
progress of the construction
work), (ST is number 6 in ancient Greek numercial system).
III. Automobile Service: (Motor Transport Service, Automobile
Group are MT units (ca Btln
strength) as cadres for wartime MT units)
Army Corps Service Unit Location of Service Unit
A A Automobile Group
A Automobile Depot
Athens
Athens
B B Automobile Group
B Automobile Depot
Tyrnavos
LarisaC C Automobile Group
C Automobile Depot
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
D D Automobile Group
D Automobile Depot
Kavalla
Kavalla
E E Automobile Company Alexandroupolis
IV. Medical Service :
IV a Medical Units:
Army Corps Area Unit Location of UnitA Nurse Company A
Medical Store A
Military Apothecary Store
Athens Garrison Pharmacy
Athens Garrison Dental Office
Athens
Athens
Athens
Athens
Athens
B Nurse Company B Larisa
C Nurse Company C
Medical Store C
Thessaloniki Garrison Pharmacy
Thessaloniki Garrison Dental Office
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
D Nurse Company D Drama
E Nurse Company E Alexandroupolis
Note: Nurse companies are composed of male nurses only to
provide nursing personnel for
frontline medical units in wartime.
IV b Military Hospitals:
Army Corps Area Hospital Location of Hospital
A General Military Hospital A2nd Military Hospital
AthensAthens
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3rd Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Athens
Patrai
Navplion
Chalkis
CorinthB General Military Hospital B
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Larissa
Kozani
Trikala
C General Military Hospital C
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military HospitalMilitary Hospital
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Kilkis
Serrai
Sidirokastron
VerroiaFlorina
D General Military Hospital D
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Drama
Eleutheroupolis
Kavalla
Xanthi
E General Military Hospital E
Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Alexandroupolis
Komotini
Mytilini, Lesvos Island
VIII Division Area Military Hospital
Military Hospital
Ioannina
Kerkyra, Corfu IslandV Division Area Military Hospital Chania,
Crete
V. General Purpose Services : Included Bases, which were
all-Services command
authorities to control the supply and storage of supplies in
harbours. They were the equivalent
of railheads in areas were the flow of supplies from the
Interior to the rim of the Theater of
Operations were to be executed by sea and not by rail. There
were two Bases, Preveza
Base in VIII Division area, to support all troops in Epirus in
Peace and Wartime, as there as
no railway line to Epirus and Alexandroupolis Base in E Corps
area, to support all troops in
Thrace, because it was expected that in Case of Bulgarian
invasion the railway line east of
Nestos would be easily cut off.
VI. Vetenary Service:
Army Corps Area Vetenary Unit Location of Vetenary Unit
A Vetenary Hospital
Vetenary Store
Athens
AthensC Vetenary Hospital Thessaloniki
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Vetenary Store Thessaloniki
D Vetenary Hospital Eleutheroupolis
VII. Military Bands:
Army Corps Band Location of Band
A Military Band A Athens
B Military Band B Larisa
C Military Band C Thessaloniki
D Military Band D Kavalla
E Military Band E Alexandroupolis
VIII. Commisary Service:
Army Corps Area Unit Location of Unit
A Athens Garrison Commisary Dep.
Army Materiel General Store
Army Materiel Store
Military Bakery
Athens
Piraeus
Athens
Athens
B Army Materiel Store Larisa
C Thessaloniki Garrison Commisary Dep.
Army Materiel General Store
Military Bakery
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
D Army Materiel Store DramaVIII Division Military Bakery
Ioannina
IX. Military Justice:
Army Corps Area Unit Location of Unit
A Revision Court
Military Court
Military Court
Military Jail
Military Jail
Athens (under Gen Staff)
Athens
Patrai
Athens
Patras
B Military Court
Military Jail
Larisa
Larisa
C Military Court
Military Jail
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
D Military Court
Military Jail
Kavalla
Kavalla
E Military Court
Military Jail
Alexandroupolis
AlexandroupolisVIII Division Military Court Ioannina
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Military Jail Ioannina
X. Audit Service:
In each Army Corps and in the Thessaloniki Fortress Command
there was an Audit Direction.
C. Corrections on existing TOEs and OOBs:
I. Cavalry Division TOE: in note 1 add probably regarding 4x4
vehicles of the light
company, as this is only a hypothesis.
II. Air Force: The table is now generally correct regarding
operational alocation of
commands, there are only two corrections to be made. First,
delete Army
Cooperation Command as a separate command, as there was no
such
command, the Obsarvation Squadrons were individually placed
under the
command of various Major Formation Air Force Commands (these
were to be
created on mobilization and were created in reality during the
partial mobilization
before 28 October 1940) . Second, the General Staff of the Air
Force did not exist
as an operational command authority, only as an administration
command
authority. So, it was my mistake that you should entirelly
delete it as part of the
peacetime OOB. Put it under the Ministry of Air Force and leave
the rest of the
hierarchical organisation as it is. Furthermore you could add a
note for 24th
Fighter Sqdn, regarding the fact that after 30 Oct 1940 it was
placed under
Fighter Command
III. E Army Corps : Note on E Art Rgt could better be probably
of mixed armament,
both heavy artillery and AA
I hope this are my last corrections on the paecetime OOB, so
that we can go on to
Mobilized OOBs, which may be even more complicated!
