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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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William Arthur Hopkinson

William Arthur Hopkinson

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

406032 SERGEANT W. A. HOPKINSON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 8TH NOVEMBER 1941 AGE 22 TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED

Frank Snook

Frank Snook

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Reginald R Allen

Reginald R Allen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ram Bhula

Ram Bhula

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse), I.A.C.

Douglas Peterson

Douglas Peterson

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sydney Walter Gardiner

Sydney Walter Gardiner

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ernest Terice Ferguson “Reece” Reid

Ernest Terice Ferguson “Reece” Reid

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold John Holton

Harold John Holton

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1730748 Gunner H.J. Holton Royal Artillery 4th. January 1945 Age 37 Loving thoughts are ever with you

William Thomas Purcell

William Thomas Purcell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank William Green

Frank William Green

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7879726 Trooper F.W. Green Royal Armoured Corps 28th. - 30th. April 1941 Age 30

James Eddy

James Eddy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sydney Ewan Dark

Sydney Ewan Dark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

W B Dalglish

W B Dalglish

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Andreas Yianni Loumakou

Andreas Yianni Loumakou

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Alfred A Brimblecombe

Alfred A Brimblecombe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur A Griffin

Arthur A Griffin

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Harold Jackson

William Harold Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Allen Joseph Waller

Allen Joseph Waller

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Waller A. J.

George Winchie Richardson

George Winchie Richardson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

R George

R George

1921 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

65525 Lance Naik R. George Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sapers & Miners 29th. August 1945 Age 24

Arthur Bruce Hitchen

Arthur Bruce Hitchen

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Richard John McQuillan

Richard John McQuillan

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1206049 Fusilier R.J. McQuillan The Royal Welch Fusiliers 24th. April 1946 Age 24 Sweetest thoughts Shall ever linger Round the grave Where he is laid. R.I.P.

Robert Deans Hunter

Robert Deans Hunter

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Kenneth John Hockridge

Kenneth John Hockridge

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX. 945 PRIVATE K. J. HOCKRIDGE 2/11 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 22 HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY BE FREE

Rao Rajaram

Rao Rajaram

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Frank Edward Moss

Frank Edward Moss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Leslie Keith Crofts

Leslie Keith Crofts

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold William Hunter

Harold William Hunter

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

James Riley

James Riley

1912 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry H Forth

Harry H Forth

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alexander Buick

Alexander Buick

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sapper, 38965 , Royal Engineers. 2 Feb 1945 Age: 49. Enshrined in love Embalmed in tears

Percy Reginald Wright

Percy Reginald Wright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Christopher C Wishart

Christopher C Wishart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edwin E Gurney

Edwin E Gurney

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Raymond Frederick Marshall

Raymond Frederick Marshall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Malcolm Canning Richardson

Malcolm Canning Richardson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Peter Charles Heiden

Peter Charles Heiden

1917 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Edward Thomas Hughes

Edward Thomas Hughes

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pilot Officer E.T. Hughes Pilot Royal Air Force 3rd. August 1944 Age 27 Just as I am, Young, strong and free To be the best that I can be... Lord of my life, I come The epitaph is from a hymn written by Marianne Hearn (1834-1909).

Cyril John Crozier

Cyril John Crozier

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred Charles Williams

Alfred Charles Williams

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

TX.1403 Signalman A.C. Williams Sigs. 1 Aust. Corps 24th. April 1941 Age 28 Beloved eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. A. Williams, Gravelly Beach, Tasmania

John Probus Fugler

John Probus Fugler

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

William W Moir

William W Moir

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Joseph Hutchinson

Joseph Hutchinson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14272491 Fusilier J. Hutchinson The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 9th. February 1945 Age 21 In the midst of life we are in death

William Morrison Owens

William Morrison Owens

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Raymond R Lovell

Raymond R Lovell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Laurence Colin Keogh

Laurence Colin Keogh

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Hainsbury “Bobby” Eyres

Robert Hainsbury “Bobby” Eyres

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Fred F Dutton

Fred F Dutton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Urban Smith

John Urban Smith

1909 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 48113 Private J.U. Smith 17th. August 1942 Age 34

Robert Patrick Bean

Robert Patrick Bean

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Taake Karetu

Taake Karetu

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Karetu T.

Howard Allen Collis

Howard Allen Collis

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Edgar Davis

William Edgar Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Walter Henry Walsh Wallington

Walter Henry Walsh Wallington

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James William Snell

James William Snell

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Percy Fowler

Ronald Percy Fowler

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Alexander Campbell Smith Wright

Alexander Campbell Smith Wright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank F Oscroft

Frank F Oscroft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank F Gear

Frank F Gear

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

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