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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)

Faiz Rasul

Faiz Rasul

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Sydney Hill

Ronald Sydney Hill

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Eric Wilfrid Clark

Eric Wilfrid Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Parata Heta Thompson

Parata Heta Thompson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Raymond Bonser

John Raymond Bonser

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND DARLING DADDY OF PAT. WORTHY OF ETERNAL LOVE

Charles Geoffrey John Lloyd

Charles Geoffrey John Lloyd

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry Nelson

Harry Nelson

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Eric Geoffrey Harman

Eric Geoffrey Harman

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pilot Officer E.G. Harman Pilot Royal Air Force 15th. May 1944 Age 29 He died in the service he loved Always remembered by his mother & sister Barbara

James William Pickett

James William Pickett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

William Frank Wheeler

William Frank Wheeler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George Edward Thomas Laming

George Edward Thomas Laming

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Alan Gould

John Alan Gould

1919 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Gould J.A.

John Hamilton Oatt

John Hamilton Oatt

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Seth S Allen

Seth S Allen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2982615 Serjeant J. Bishop Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 7th. January 1945 Age 23

Charles George Maitland Park

Charles George Maitland Park

1923 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY BELOVED SON SO LOVED, SO MOURNED

James C. Barr

James C. Barr

1947

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14165044 SIGNALMAN J. C. BARR ROYAL SIGNALS 15TH JUNE 1947 AGE 19 A GRIEF TOO DEEP TO TRUST THE SCULPTOR'S ART

Stanley Arthur Moulden

Stanley Arthur Moulden

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Arthur Gordon Thornton

Arthur Gordon Thornton

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Leslie Frank Ratcliffe

Leslie Frank Ratcliffe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Lawrence Oliver Barstow

Lawrence Oliver Barstow

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George G Parker

George G Parker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Demetri D Haralambous

Demetri D Haralambous

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Bernard B Quanborough

Bernard B Quanborough

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Douglas Haig Tuck

Douglas Haig Tuck

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

Frederick F Kirby

Frederick F Kirby

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Donald Brian Jackson

Donald Brian Jackson

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

James Herbert Cosson

James Herbert Cosson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Herbert Goldsmith

Herbert Goldsmith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John William Slade

John William Slade

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lorenzo Lawrence Warren

Lorenzo Lawrence Warren

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Gordon Walker Simco

Gordon Walker Simco

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Horace William Cook

Horace William Cook

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1683562 Private H.W. Cook Army Catering Corps 25th. May 1945 Many a lonely heartache Many a silent tear But ever a beautiful memory Of you, my dear

Joseph Frederick Farley

Joseph Frederick Farley

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

Ivan Moss

Ivan Moss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William John Wilson

William John Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Franz F Stern

Franz F Stern

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Joseph Price

Joseph Price

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14235153 Private J. Price Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 4th. January 1945 Age 24 I lost The dearest son of all Dear Joe, when I lost you

George Henry Sparks

George Henry Sparks

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Malcolm Ewen “Callum” MacLean

Malcolm Ewen “Callum” MacLean

1914 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

326173 Corporal M.E. MacLean The Lovat Scouts 16th. August 1945 Age 30 "If the while I think on thee, dear Callum, All losses are restor'd And sorrow end." Marie

Albert Edward Hadley

Albert Edward Hadley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Frank F Hooper

Frank F Hooper

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J Hoyle

John J Hoyle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Willem Van Der Vlies

Willem Van Der Vlies

1902 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Koninkrijk der Nederlanden W. Van Der Vlies 1E Stuurman K.V. 6.7.1902 29.5.1945

Henry Ernest Elliott

Henry Ernest Elliott

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX.1394 Corporal H.E. Elliott H.Q. 16 Aust. Inf. Bde. 19th. April 1941 Age 22 Not just one day but every day In silence we remember

Kenneth Edward Cuthbert

Kenneth Edward Cuthbert

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Thomas Barnett

Albert Thomas Barnett

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14552763 Corporal A.T. Barnett The Essex Regiment 15th. December 1944 Age 19 Till memory fades And time departs You live ever in our hearts Mum and Dad

Desmond Lionel Curling

Desmond Lionel Curling

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Jack Webster

Jack Webster

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1450786 GUNNER J. WEBSTER ROYAL ARTILLERY 2ND JUNE 1941 AGE 20 IN LOVING MEMORY. FROM HIS COUNTRY AND HIS MOTHER

Leonard Inett

Leonard Inett

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J McCAUSLIN

John J McCAUSLIN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Horace Frank Garnham

Horace Frank Garnham

1914 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Serjeant, Royal Army Service Corps. Age: 30. T/178564 SERJEANT H. F. GARNHAM ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 19TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 30 WHAT I WON I LOST WHAT I HAVE TAKEN REMAINED NOT BUT WHAT I GAVE I HAVE

Leonard Frederick Moore

Leonard Frederick Moore

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Frederick Ewart Gamlin

Frederick Ewart Gamlin

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Albert Pritchard

George Albert Pritchard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Allan George Coomber

Allan George Coomber

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis Joseph Roberts

Francis Joseph Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James William Ferdinand Welsh

James William Ferdinand Welsh

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Arthur A Cope

Arthur A Cope

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Godfrey Harold Blunden

Godfrey Harold Blunden

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Blunden G. H.

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