Aristeidis Chasapidis

[2] He enlisted in the Hellenic Army as a volunteer on 7 October 1896, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 as a non-commissioned officer.

He retained this post for the next four years, during the division's service in Ukraine as part of the Southern Russia Intervention (1919), and later in Anatolia during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22.

During the subsequent Greek retreat to the Aegean shore, he served as chief of staff of I Army Corps and of Major General Athanasios Frangou's Southern Group of Divisions.

[2] Following the evacuation from Anatolia, he immediately joined the 11 September 1922 Revolution, becoming again chief of staff of I Corps and member of the 12-man Revolutionary Committee, under the chairmanship of Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, which demanded the led the army to Athens and secured the abdication of the government of Petros Protopapadakis and of King Constantine I.

[3] Promoted to full colonel in 1923 and major general in 1928, he served as commander of the 10th and the 8th divisions and of II Army Corps.