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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)

Frank F Moore

Frank F Moore

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Henry H Quinn

Henry H Quinn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Daniel D Wilson

Daniel D Wilson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Raymond Leslie Peters

Raymond Leslie Peters

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Marsden Mordecai Phillips

Marsden Mordecai Phillips

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George William Gargett

George William Gargett

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Alfred A Hemus

Alfred A Hemus

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

Antony Thornburn Irvine

Antony Thornburn Irvine

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Victor Robert Timms

Victor Robert Timms

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Alfred Millar Campbell

William Alfred Millar Campbell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Ivan Frater

Thomas Ivan Frater

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Frater T. I.

Trevor David Hoskins

Trevor David Hoskins

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sidney Curtis

Sidney Curtis

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1552977 GUNNER S. W. CURTIS ROYAL ARTILLERY 1ST JUNE 1945 FOR EVER IN THE THOUGHTS OF THOSE YOU LEFT BEHIND. NEVER WILL THY MEMORY FADE

Yves Leon Thomas

Yves Leon Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

John J. Bennett

John J. Bennett

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Christopher Albert Hurry

Christopher Albert Hurry

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Arthur Charles Geary

Arthur Charles Geary

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Rammu Tamang

Rammu Tamang

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William W Skinner

William W Skinner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

H Morton

H Morton

1947

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/14587349 Driver H. Morton Royal Army Service Corps 15th. January 1947 Age 21 You were so young And life so sweet But in God's own kingdom One day we'll meet

Frederick James Call

Frederick James Call

1905 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Known to be buried in this cemetery Lieutenant Commander F.J. Call, RNR. H.M.B.Y.M.S. 2077 25th. October 1944 (Cross)

Roy Richard Carter

Roy Richard Carter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Walter George Allison

Walter George Allison

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Frederick James Backman

Frederick James Backman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Idris I Evans

Idris I Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Gordon G Cutts

Gordon G Cutts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Robert Turnbull Cameron

Robert Turnbull Cameron

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Cameron R. T.

George Eric Rayner Brewer

George Eric Rayner Brewer

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Worcestershire Regiment

Herbert Stephen Carley

Herbert Stephen Carley

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Arthur Marriner

Arthur Marriner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Edgar August Neindorf

Edgar August Neindorf

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Singh Sher

Singh Sher

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Clarence C Peach

Clarence C Peach

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Mallinson M Ward

Mallinson M Ward

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harry Jackson

Harry Jackson

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

968607 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN H. JACKSON ROYAL AIR FORCE 1ST APRIL 1941 AGE 20 WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY O'ER THIS HALLOWED SPOT WHERE LIES THE ONE WE LOVE WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOT

James J Hannan

James J Hannan

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Robert Smith Robson

Robert Smith Robson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/236333 Driver R.S. Robson Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 34 "Thy will be done" At rest

Francis Joseph O'Bryan

Francis Joseph O'Bryan

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX.3239 Private F.J. O'Bryan 2/5 Aust. Inf. Bn. 19th. April 1941 Age 22 Rest in Peace

David Haig Jones

David Haig Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Colin Hammond

Colin Hammond

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Neil Mathies Simpson

Neil Mathies Simpson

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James J McMaster

James J McMaster

1918 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Irish Fusiliers

Haydn Walter Phillips

Haydn Walter Phillips

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert Douglas Goldsmith

Herbert Douglas Goldsmith

1915 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Hugh Edward Wharton

Hugh Edward Wharton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1851184 CQMS H.E. Wharton Royal Engineers 23rd. April 1941 Treasured memories C.Q.M.S. = Company Quarter Master Sergeant

Lloyd Hamilton Hume

Lloyd Hamilton Hume

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Harry Nicholas Sandall

Harry Nicholas Sandall

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

QX6823 Private H.N. Sandall A.A.M.C. 20th. April 1941 Age 24 Loving thoughts of you, dear Harry Will never fade away A.A.M.C. = Australian Army Medical Corps

John Shaw Walter Thurlow

John Shaw Walter Thurlow

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Jack Cockcroft

Jack Cockcroft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lancelot John Charles Parke

Lancelot John Charles Parke

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1901013 Aircraftman 2nd. Cl. L.J.C. Parke Royal Air Force 20th. July 1945 Age 20 Second son of Robert and Vera Parke, Dublin. Peace, perfect peace

William Andrew McKerrow Salter

William Andrew McKerrow Salter

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Leslie Gittus

Albert Leslie Gittus

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold H Thelwell

Harold H Thelwell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Stanley Clifford Griffiths

Stanley Clifford Griffiths

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1653585 Flight Sergeant S.C. Griffiths Pilot Royal Air Force 22nd. December 1945 Age 22 His life will never be forgotten by his friends and family

Clifford Ashton Fitchett

Clifford Ashton Fitchett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John J Smart

John J Smart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Phillip Marx

Phillip Marx

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert James Burns

Robert James Burns

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14284476 Private R.J. Burns The Royal Sussex Regiment 26th. February 1945 Age 35 Ever in our thoughts and never far away. Dad and sisters

Peter Campbell Patterson

Peter Campbell Patterson

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Leslie Parker

Albert Leslie Parker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

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