Christodoulos Tsigantes

Christodoulos Tsigantes
Christodoulos Tsigantes
Native name	Χριστόδουλος Τσιγάντες
Born	(1897-01-30)January 30, 1897 Tulcea, Romania
Died	October 12, 1970(1970-10-12) (aged 73) London, United Kingdom
Cause of death	Illness
Service / branch	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1916-1935 1940-1948
Rank	Major General
Unit	National Defence Army Corps Serres Division French Foreign Legion
Commands	Sacred Band
Battles / wars	World War I Macedonian front Battle of Skra-di-Legen Russian Civil War White movement Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) World War II Western Desert campaign Tunisian campaign Dodecanese campaign
Alma mater	Phanar Greek Orthodox College Hellenic Military Academy French school of war
Spouse(s)	Maria Drakouli ​ (m. 1921)​
Children	2
Relations	Ioannis Tsigantes (Brother)
Other work	Article writer/ commentator

Christodoulos Tsigantes (Greek: Χριστόδουλος Τσιγάντες; 30 January 1897 – October 11, 1970) was a Greek general who distinguished himself as the commander of the Sacred Band during the Second World War. He was born in Tulcea, Romania to Greek parents of Kefalonian origin and died in London, where he was cremated.

Following the failure of the 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt Lieutenant Colonel Christodoulos Tsigantes, his brother Captain Ioannis Tsigantes, Colonel Stefanos Sarafis and other participants of the coup were cashiered in a public ceremony.^[1]