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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)

Leslie Joseph Tolley

Leslie Joseph Tolley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

A. Abbott

A. Abbott

1948

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

19189107 Private A. Abbott The Suffolk Regiment 2nd. July 1948

Nicholas Shevel

Nicholas Shevel

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Nicholas Shevel Soviet Forces 26th. December 1944

Herbert Haddrick

Herbert Haddrick

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4453017 Sapper H. Haddrick Royal Engineers 22nd. February 1945 Age 27 Death divides but memory clings

John J Thomas

John J Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur A Sedgwick

Arthur A Sedgwick

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Frank Buck

Frank Buck

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Tannou Atieh Ibrahim

Tannou Atieh Ibrahim

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Ralph Edward Henshaw

Ralph Edward Henshaw

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Leslie L Morris

Leslie L Morris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Charles Sidney Hadlow

Charles Sidney Hadlow

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Edward Henry Jackson

Edward Henry Jackson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

William Jeffrey Dallas

William Jeffrey Dallas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Stanley Thomas “Stan” Hutchinson

Stanley Thomas “Stan” Hutchinson

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX. 1051 SERGEANT S. T. HUTCHINSON 2/11 AUST. INF. BN. 15TH JUNE 1941 AGE 23 A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER STAN

Hubert Edward Ruddle

Hubert Edward Ruddle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Henry Charles Smith

Henry Charles Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Singh Gurbakhsh

Singh Gurbakhsh

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

Albert Edward Shirley

Albert Edward Shirley

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 58430 SIGNALMAN A. E. SHIRLEY SIGS. I AUST. CORPS 22ND APRIL 1941 AGE 38 “HE DELIVERED MY SOUL IN PEACE FROM THE BATTLE AGAINST ME”

Partap Ram

Partap Ram

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10th Baluch Regiment

Francis Barnard Tunstall

Francis Barnard Tunstall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Sussex Regiment

George Martin

George Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Edwin Williams

Edwin Williams

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2196531 Sapper E. Williams Royal Engineers 11th. December 1944 Age 31 Deep in my heart His memory is kept I smile with the world But never forget. R.I.P.

Peta Haenga Pokai

Peta Haenga Pokai

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Pokai P. H.

James J Palmer

James J Palmer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Philip Owens

Philip Owens

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10350575 Serjeant P.E. Owens Intelligence Corps 10th. June 1945 Age 44 And the time came And I followed

Eric Innes Crossman

Eric Innes Crossman

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Donald Herbert Whatley

Donald Herbert Whatley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ex. 5294 Marine D.H. Whatley Royal Marines 1st. September 1941 Age 24 Don fought at Crete for our freedom and God gave Don's to him Mum and Dad

Albert V. Thomas

Albert V. Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William Ayto

William Ayto

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Allan Wilson Peachey

Allan Wilson Peachey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Simpson

John Simpson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Geoffrey Samuel Rudd

Geoffrey Samuel Rudd

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14405368 PRIVATE G. S. RUDD THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT 19TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 20 NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE, O GOD

Wilfred Arthur Hubbard

Wilfred Arthur Hubbard

1914 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

20475 Lieutenant W.A. Hubbard N.Z. Armoured Corps 13th. October 1943 Age 29

Thomas Leonard King

Thomas Leonard King

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edmund Defter

Edmund Defter

1923 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14211337 Private E. Defter The Black Watch 5th. January 1945 The only beloved son of Alfred and Hannah Bill Quay, Co, Durham, England

Edward Thomas Lovett

Edward Thomas Lovett

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6849656 Rifleman E.T. Lovett The Rangers (9th. Bn. K.R.R.C.) 26th. April 1941 Age 21 God took thee to His rest Folded in the Saviour's arms. Sweet darling, thou art blest

John J Douglas

John J Douglas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Murray Milne Wiley

Murray Milne Wiley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Pavlos Christofides

Pavlos Christofides

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4859 SERJEANT P. CHRISTOFIDES THE CYPRUS REGIMENT 22ND APRIL 1941 AGE 40 BORN AT LARNACA, CYPRUS. REMEMBERED BY WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN

Walter Vivian Beach

Walter Vivian Beach

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1592694 GUNNER W. V. BEACH ROYAL ARTILLERY 2ND SEPTEMBER 1941 AGE 21 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR ONLY SON. MUM AND DAD

Charles Vallance Stalker

Charles Vallance Stalker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Ashley Aubin Thompson

Ashley Aubin Thompson

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Alfred Green

William Alfred Green

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Suffolk Regiment

William Thomas Lewis

William Thomas Lewis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Aman Khan Muhammad

Aman Khan Muhammad

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police (India)

Leonard L Mabb

Leonard L Mabb

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Charles William Bealer

Charles William Bealer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Alfred A Sharp

Alfred A Sharp

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Joseph Stanley Hodge

Joseph Stanley Hodge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Gilbert Frederick Grace

Gilbert Frederick Grace

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Abraham Davies

Robert Abraham Davies

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest Herbert Goodland

Ernest Herbert Goodland

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William Kyle Stevenson

William Kyle Stevenson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7902335 Trooper W.K. Stevenson 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 18th. April 1941 Age 25 "Thy will be done" "He giveth his beloved sleep"

James Walter Clarke

James Walter Clarke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Peter James Healey

Peter James Healey

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Thomas T Matty

Thomas T Matty

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Sydney Bruce Jones

Sydney Bruce Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Robert James Burgess

Robert James Burgess

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Edward Henry Williams

Edward Henry Williams

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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