5/42 Evzone Regiment

5/42 Evzone Regiment
Men of the 5/42 Evzone Regiment in Odessa c. 1919
Active1913–1941
1948–1954
1979–present
Country Greece
Branch Hellenic Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment (currently battalion-size)
Part of80th National Guard Higher Command
Garrison/HQLamia (1913–1941)
Larissa (1948–1954)
Skydra (1980–?)
Kalymnos (since 2003)
EngagementsWorld War I

Russian Civil War

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

World War II

Greek Civil War

Decorations Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour x2
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Nikolaos Plastiras

The 5/42 Evzone Regiment "Delvinaki" (Greek: 5/42 Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων «Δελβινάκι», 5/42 ΣΕ) is an active infantry unit of the Hellenic Army. It was established in 1913 as an elite regiment of Evzones, recruited in Central Greece and headquartered in Lamia. As such the unit served in the Macedonian front of World War I, the Allied intervention in Ukraine, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and the Greco-Italian War during World War II. Reformed as the 53rd Brigade (53η Ταξιαρχία) in 1948, it participated in the Greek Civil War, before receiving the designation 5/42 Infantry Regiment (5/42 Σύνταγμα Πεζικού, 5/42 ΣΠ) in 1951. The regiment was disbanded in 1954, but revived as a reserve formation in 1979, under its original name. In November 2000 it received the honorific title "Delvinaki". Since January 2003 it is a battalion-sized formation that forms the garrison of the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos.