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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)

Keith Douglas James Viney

Keith Douglas James Viney

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry James Palmer

Henry James Palmer

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Service Corps

Fred F Layhe

Fred F Layhe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Leslie Elwyn Hopkin

Leslie Elwyn Hopkin

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1412309 Flight Sergeant L.E. Hopkin Navigator/Wireless Operator Royal Air Force 15th. May 1944 Age 21 In loving remembrance

John Colin McKail

John Colin McKail

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

An Airman

An Airman

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AN AIRMAN OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR A PILOT OFFICER ROYAL AIR FORCE KNOWN UNTO GOD

David “Bin” Morris

David “Bin” Morris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Matthew Reynolds Cairns

Matthew Reynolds Cairns

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Ephraim Alexander Smith

Ephraim Alexander Smith

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Stanley David James Grimsdale

Stanley David James Grimsdale

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant S.D.J. Grimsdale The Middlesex Regiment 2nd. January 1945 Age 23 "Into Thy hands"

Ormond Porter Tulloch

Ormond Porter Tulloch

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 709 BOMBARDIER O. P. TULLOCH 2/2 AUST. FD. RGT. 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 24 HE SAVED OTHERS, HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE

Leslie George Roberts

Leslie George Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

David D McMILLAN

David D McMILLAN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Ronald Samuel Taylor

Ronald Samuel Taylor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Raymond Alfred Butler

Raymond Alfred Butler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Angus Morrison

Angus Morrison

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Josef J Kreitner

Josef J Kreitner

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Edward Henry Paul Silvester

Edward Henry Paul Silvester

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Arthur Hurst

John Arthur Hurst

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Levi James Poole

Levi James Poole

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Colin Bartlett

Colin Bartlett

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bernard Richard Pettit

Bernard Richard Pettit

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Peter Gordon Amers

Peter Gordon Amers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Reginald Latimer Willson

Reginald Latimer Willson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT R. L. WILLSON 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 11TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 IN PROUD & LOVING MEMORY, AMONG THE CHOSEN FEW, AMONG THE VERY BRAVE, THE VERY TRUE

Leonard L Batty

Leonard L Batty

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Peter P Matthews

Peter P Matthews

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Leslie George Russell

Leslie George Russell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Jim Russell Roach

Jim Russell Roach

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred James Stevens

Alfred James Stevens

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Stanley Charles Skippen

Stanley Charles Skippen

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ken K Tumataroa

Ken K Tumataroa

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Daniel James Basford

Thomas Daniel James Basford

1898 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Hurstwake Davies

James Hurstwake Davies

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Cassidy

John Cassidy

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Don Fisher

Thomas Don Fisher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Terence Rochfort

Terence Rochfort

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Henry John James

William Henry John James

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Henry Bellamy

James Henry Bellamy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Archibald Edward Nash

Archibald Edward Nash

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Truin Gaunt

John Truin Gaunt

1916 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

His duty done He sleeps until the dawn. "Greater love hath no man than this"

William W Hunter

William W Hunter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Thomas Allen

Thomas Allen

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Walter W Furner

Walter W Furner

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Din Sikandar

Din Sikandar

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

James Frederick Tunbridge

James Frederick Tunbridge

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Aloysius Gerald Imhoff

Aloysius Gerald Imhoff

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

SX. 1289 PRIVATE A. G. IMHOFF A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 24 R.I.P.

James Craig Hindmarch

James Craig Hindmarch

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Ernest Evelyn Williams

Ernest Evelyn Williams

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Phillip Alfred Riddle

Phillip Alfred Riddle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Noel Francis Johnson

Noel Francis Johnson

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Dare

Ronald Dare

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14849838 PRIVATE R. A. DARE THE ESSEX REGIMENT 16TH JUNE 1946 AGE 23 TREASURED MEMORIES OF OUR BELOVED SON RONALD. "UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS"

Richard Thomas Mills

Richard Thomas Mills

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert Lloyd Lewis

Robert Lloyd Lewis

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4202035 PRIVATE R. L. LEWIS THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. 16TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 29 YEARS CWSG, NES GWELD EIN GILLYD ETO, GWSG, A GWYN DY FYD (Translation of Welsh inscription: Sleep, until we see each other again, sleep, light of my life)

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Harold H Hallam

Harold H Hallam

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Richard Alexander Webby

James Richard Alexander Webby

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert George Dry

Robert George Dry

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Kenneth William Jones

Kenneth William Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Stanley Sydney McArthur

Stanley Sydney McArthur

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1050744 Rifleman S.S. McArthur The Rangers (9th. Bn. K.R.R.C.) 14th. April 1941 Age 36 In memory of my dear husband. We will meet again. Parted but not forgotten

John J Devitt

John J Devitt

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

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