Vukajlo Božović

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Vukajlo Božović
Vukajlo Božović.jpg
BornIbarski Kolašin
Died1926
Allegiance
  • Kingdom of Serbia Serbian Army (1912–?)
Years of servicefl. 1912
Rankvojvoda
Battles/warsBalkan Wars

Vukajlo Božović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукајло Божовић; d. 1926), known as Priest Vukajlo (поп Вукајло) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and revolutionary. Božović participated in the Balkan Wars, as a commander of a detachment in Ibarski Kolašin. He was the father of writer Grigorije Božović.

First Balkan War[]

During the Serbian mobilization of the First Balkan War, the Chetnik detachments of the Serbian 3rd Army included: Medveđa, colon headed by captain , Ljubomir Vulović and (Lisica-Prapaštice-Priština), and colon headed by Božin Simić (Svirci-Novo Brdo-Kačanik); Kuršumlija, under the command of captain and Chetnik vojvoda Vojislav Tankosić and captain (Kuršumlija-Merdare-Malo Kosovo-Štimlje-Crnoljeva-Prizren-Ljuma); Lukovo, under the command of captain Pavle Blažarić (Lukovo-Madljika-Drenica); and Kolašin, under the command of prota Vukajlo Božović.[1] Alongside these detachments, were two smaller ones located at the front of the Ibar Army, the first headed by reserve lieutenant , the second headed by Chetnik vojvoda Živko Gvozdić.[1] The commander of all these detachments was major Alimpije Marjanovic.[1]

See also[]

Annotations[]

  • Full name: Vukajlo N. Božović

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Trifunović 1933, pp. 97-98

Sources[]

  • Trifunović, Ilija (1933). Trnotivim stazama (in Serbian). Belgrade.
  • Mirko Stefanović (1935). Epopeja Beograda (in Serbian). p. 205.
  • Janićije N Popović; Vladimir Bovan (1987). Život srba na Kosovu: 1812-1912. NIRO "Književne novine". А поп Вукајло Божовић из Колашина чак у Приштину доће за то. А кад од конзула не мо- гаше да добије потврдан одговор, он се са Зафиром Николићем, кафеџијом у Приштини, реши да о томе пише непосредно краљу Милану, ...
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