Efstathios Katsikogiannis Explained

Efstathios Katsikogiannis
Native Name:Ευστάθιος Κατσικογιάννης
Birth Date:c. 1869
Birth Place:Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance: Kingdom of Greece
Serviceyears:?-1922
Rank: Major General
Commands:11th Infantry Division
Battles:Greco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

Efstathios Katsikogiannis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ευστάθιος Κατσικογιάννης) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of major general.

He was born in Athens in around 1869, to a family of armatoloi of the Valtos region. He was commissioned an artillery officer in the Hellenic Army, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he commanded the 11th Infantry Division.

He retired, on his own request, with the rank of major general, on 7/20 December 1922.