1. Spyros Spyromilios was a Greek Gendarmerie officer and guerrilla fighter who took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, and the Balkan Wars.
18 Facts About Spyros Spyromilios
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Spyros Spyromilios entered a naval school in Kephalonia and had the privilege to visit many European ports.
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Spyros Spyromilios applied to study at the School of Naval Trials was declined entry because he has over 19 years of age.
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Spyros Spyromilios had been a member of the Ethniki Etaireia nationalist organization prior to the war and upon its outbreak, was placed as the head of its volunteer corps.
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Spyros Spyromilios acted as the force commander of 67 gendarmes on the Epirus front and was in the battles around Preveza and Nikopolis.
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Spyros Spyromilios, who had now held the rank of Lieutenant, entered the service of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee and began his work with the Greek Consulate General of Thessaloniki in 1904.
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Spyros Spyromilios was however wounded in his left leg within days, in an exchange of fire with pro-Bulgarian Komitadjis.
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Spyros Spyromilios was forced to go to Thessaloniki to be treated and remained there for 4 months while the majority of his men joined the band of Emmanuel Katsigaris.
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Spyros Spyromilios took an active role in the coup which brought Eleftherios Venizelos to power and was later elected as a member of parliament for Arta.
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Spyros Spyromilios was successful in attracting villages in the region to join his movement and clashes soon broke out against Albanian guerrillas.
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Spyros Spyromilios rejected the order and remained in the region organizing the local defense.
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Spyros Spyromilios held out until the regular Hellenic Army entered Himarra in the early days of 1913.
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Spyros Spyromilios asked for the permission of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos to move north and recapture Avlona his request was denied to prevent strained relations with the Kingdom of Italy.
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At February 9,1914 Spyros Spyromilios refused to withdraw and declared the region's autonomy and himself as Captain of Himarra.
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Spyros Spyromilios became member of the Greek Parliament for the Argyrokastron Prefecture at the following elections.
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Spyros Spyromilios kept correspondence with Albanian personalities, discussing the region's political future.
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Spyros Spyromilios died on May 19,1930, in Athens, where he was buried in the First Cemetery with all honours.
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Spyros Spyromilios's will expressed his desire to be buried in Himarra, but the Albanian Government rejected this request.