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Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

📍 Athens, Πειραιάς, Grecia

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Phaleron War Cemetery lies a few kilometres to the south-east of Athens, at the boundary between old Phaleron district and Alimos-Kalamak district, on the coast road from Athens to Vouliaghmen. The easiest means of reaching the cemetery is by the coastal tram, which takes about 35 minutes from the terminus at Syntagma Square on route 5 towards Glyfada. Alight at Pikrodafni, a stop about 200 metres beyond the cemetery, from where it can be easily seen. The Athens Memorial stands in the cemetery. The site of what is now Phaleron War Cemetery was chosen originally by the 4th Division as a burial ground for Commonwealth casualties of the Greek Civil War (December 1944-February 1945). Subsequently, the military authorities, in conjunction with the Greek Government and the Army Graves Service, decided that it would be the most suitable site for a Second World War cemetery for the whole mainland of Greece. The 23rd and 24th Graves Registration Units and the 21st and 22nd Australian War Graves Units worked together to bring in graves of the 1941 campaign from the battlefields, temporary military cemeteries and from various civil cemeteries. There are now 2029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 596 of the burials are unidentified. Special memorials commemorate casualties known to have been interred in certain groups of graves in the cemetery, but whose individual graves cannot be precisely located within these groups. Other special memorials commemorate casualties re-buried in the cemetery from original graves which, owing to the destruction of local records, could not be identified. Also within the cemetery are: The Phaleron Cremation Memorial, commemorating 74 men of the army of undivided India who died during the campaigns in Greece and Crete during the Second World War and who were accorded the last rite required by their religion - committal to fire; the Athens Memorial, commemorating nearly 3000 members of the land forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives during the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1944-1945, in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943-1945 and in Yugoslavia in 1943-1945, and who have no known grave; and, in the north-east corner of the cemetery, a plot containing the graves of servicemen and civilians who after serving in the Crimean War, died in Greece, and were buried in the Anglo-French Crimean Cemetery, New Phaleron. The graves were moved in 1966 when that cemetery could no longer be maintained.

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Deceased (4.498)

Bruce Travers Bainbridge

Bruce Travers Bainbridge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur A Greenwood

Arthur A Greenwood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Lal Limbu Birkha

Lal Limbu Birkha

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7th Gurkha Rifles

Nicos N Toumazou

Nicos N Toumazou

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Akbar Sayid

Akbar Sayid

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Harold Lumby

Harold Lumby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

15033 Private H. Lumby N.Z. Infantry 26th. April 1941 Age 32

William John Rose

William John Rose

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

John Henry Withers

John Henry Withers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Eric James Cryne

Eric James Cryne

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Henderson Lamb

James Henderson Lamb

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Brian Slatcher

Thomas Brian Slatcher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Joseph Roebuck

Joseph Roebuck

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4746641 Private J. Roebuck The York & Lancaster Regt. 22nd. June 1941 Age 23 Greater love Hath no man than this He laid down his life For his friends

Richard R Smith

Richard R Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Victor V Hawkins

Victor V Hawkins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Frederick George Holdaway

Frederick George Holdaway

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

K M Mussalim

K M Mussalim

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Chaffers

Robert Chaffers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

S/97509 L. Cpl R. Chaffers Royal Army Service Corps 29th. April 1941 Age 23 He gave his life for others

Khan Firoz

Khan Firoz

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police (India)

Georghios Nicolaou Voskou

Georghios Nicolaou Voskou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Kenneth George Lee

Kenneth George Lee

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

642748 SERGEANT K. G. LEE WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 1ST APRIL 1941 AGE 20 WELL DONE, O VALIANT HEART, THY MEMORY IS CHERISHED

Thomas Ernest Black

Thomas Ernest Black

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T.E. Black Mate S.S. "Empire Dace" 1st. December 1944 Age 49 "Who loved this England and for England died"

Andrew Harold Donaldson

Andrew Harold Donaldson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant A.H. Donaldson Royal Artillery 14th. April 1945 Age 32 So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side

William W Stewart

William W Stewart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Edward Winter

William Edward Winter

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Muir Carrol

John Muir Carrol

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Bernard Smith

John Bernard Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Clarence William Barrett

Clarence William Barrett

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 776 SAPPER C. W. BARRETT R.A.E. 6. AUST. DIV. 19TH APRIL 1941 "HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES"

Joseph J Brookes

Joseph J Brookes

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Dudley Nicolas Calluthers

Dudley Nicolas Calluthers

1923 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Benjamin William Russell

Benjamin William Russell

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10552284 PRIVATE B. W. RUSSELL ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS 12TH JULY 1945 AGE 24 IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY FROM ALL WHO LOVED HIM. “THY WILL BE DONE”

Bevan Everard James Walker

Bevan Everard James Walker

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Anthony Robert Lister

Anthony Robert Lister

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George G Doddrell

George G Doddrell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Hugh Norman Ross

Hugh Norman Ross

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 6017 CORPORAL H. N. ROSS 2/8 AUST. INF. BN. 13TH APRIL 1941 AGE 40 THE FITTEST PLACE WHERE MAN CAN DIE IS WHERE HE DIES FOR MAN

Leonard Wilfred Lambert

Leonard Wilfred Lambert

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Robert Spencer

John Robert Spencer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Leonard Sharp

Charles Leonard Sharp

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Joseph Foster

Joseph Foster

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

558395 L. Cpl J. Foster 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 26th. April 1941

David Richard Rogers

David Richard Rogers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Campbell Cameron

Campbell Cameron

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 5850 SERGEANT C. CAMERON 2/1 AUST. M. G. BN. 28TH APRIL 1941 AGE 25 TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE

Ronald R Davage

Ronald R Davage

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Felix Lovell Craig

Felix Lovell Craig

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 1912 PRIVATE F. L. CRAIG A.A.S.C. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 26 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN: HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

William Moseley

William Moseley

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph William Hebden

Joseph William Hebden

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Frederick William Mace

Frederick William Mace

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Frederick Harrod

William Frederick Harrod

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Niho Rogers

Niho Rogers

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Rogers N.

Cyril Alexander Wood

Cyril Alexander Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frederick Herbert Douglas Kemp

Frederick Herbert Douglas Kemp

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Loizos Christodoulou Kipreo

Loizos Christodoulou Kipreo

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Philip Geoffrey Hammond

Philip Geoffrey Hammond

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Stott

Thomas Stott

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3601350 Gunner T. Stott Royal Artillery 31st. January 1945 Age 32 He died that we might live in peace

Thomas John Richards

Thomas John Richards

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Gerald Edward Thomas Gooch

Gerald Edward Thomas Gooch

1922 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

May the soul of the one departed through the mercy of God rest in peace

Ernest E Johnson

Ernest E Johnson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Neilson Young

William Neilson Young

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kenneth Street

Kenneth Street

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1779066 PRIVATE K. STREET THE EAST SURREY REGIMENT 12TH SEPTEMBER 1945 AGE 24 IN ITS DAWN THIS FRESH YOUNG LIFE, NOW IT WAITS FOR US ABOVE. MUM, DAD AND SIS

Thomas Edward Lomath

Thomas Edward Lomath

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Parker

James Parker

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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