Welcome to our website, which is in honour of Allied Veterans and their fallen comrades who served in Greece in World War Two.

Our aim is to:

• create awareness and understanding of the ill-fated Greek Campaign
• promote the ongoing work and activities of  ‘The Brotherhood of Veterans of The Greek Campaign 1940 to 1941’ for veterans and their families.

30 years since it was founded by Edwin Horlington MBE, The Brotherhood continues to be very active due to the hard work and dedication of Edwin’s daughter Janet Parkin (formerly Buttery, née Horlington) and, until a few years ago, our President Frank J Gill (Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers).

The 1941 Greek Campaign has been commemorated with a memorial service, attended by veterans and their families from the UK, in Kalamata in May every year since 1994. We also hold an annual service at the National Memorial Arboretum in the UK every September.

Our Archive of veterans stories is available to view on our website. For every veteran listed we provide a summary record. For others, we also have a copy of their POW questionnaire. For the rest, we have a comprehensive story including Pre-Greece, Greek Campaign, Post-Greece and sometimes a Post Script about life after the war.

Kalamata 2026 – 85th Anniversary of the 1941 Greek Campaign

This year’s service has been arranged for Tuesday 19th May 2026. If you think you might be interested in joining us in Kalamata, please email us at greekveterans@gmail.com so that we can provide you with further details.

UK Reunion – 85th Anniversary 12th September 2026

This year’s commemoration  will be held at The National Memorial Arboretum on Saturday 12th September 2026 at 11.30am in the Greek Grove or in the chapel if wet. Please contact us if you would like further information.

Don’t forget we also have a Facebook Group

We have “members” only Facebook Group for day-to-day communication, exchanges and information concerning the WW2 in Greece. The group, which is a private closed group, has more than 1500 members. If you are a Facebook user and care to join, the Facebook page can be found using the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ww2greekveterans.

News (please click on links below and see News section)

• UK Reunion – 84th Anniversary 6th September 2025
• Commemoration of Anzacs in the 1941 Greek Campaign
• Incident in Kaminia Bay (Delphinia) 29th April 1941
• Anzac Memorial Plaque Trail across Greece
• English translation of Nikos Zervis’s book: Kalamata – Occupation – Resistance – Liberation available to buy
• Funding The Brotherhood activities
• Famous people who were also veterans of the Campaign

Please take a look at our sections on ‘Royal Navy’ and ‘SOE in Greece’

The image from we have used to illustrate our website (see above) is from a photograph entitled ‘Allied Troops entering Kalamata, 26 April 1941’ by an unknown photographer.