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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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Wilfred Kenneth “Ted” Donovan

Wilfred Kenneth “Ted” Donovan

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Alastair Stewart Foster

Alastair Stewart Foster

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alfred George Davies

Alfred George Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

972979 AIRCRAFTMAN 1ST CL. A. G. DAVIES ROYAL AIR FORCE 14TH JUNE 1941 AGE 26 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NEVER WILL HIS MEMORY FADE. HIS LOVING WIFE AND UNSEEN BABY MOLLY

Harold Charles Richard Reeve

Harold Charles Richard Reeve

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leonard Barnes

Leonard Barnes

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 7816 L. CPL L. BARNES 2/1 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 36 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN: HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR FELLOW MEN

Rex Eric Roberts

Rex Eric Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Frederick F Johnson

Frederick F Johnson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Arthur Vincent Jenkins

Arthur Vincent Jenkins

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Frederick Keith Watts

Frederick Keith Watts

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert William Clark

Albert William Clark

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Edgar Chappell

Edgar Chappell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Walter James Williams

Walter James Williams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Gilbert Alfred Tetley Seaton

Gilbert Alfred Tetley Seaton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Peter Marryatt MacPherson

Peter Marryatt MacPherson

1920 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Vincent Meager

John Vincent Meager

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Abraham A Elimelech

Abraham A Elimelech

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Joseph Arthur Chambers

Joseph Arthur Chambers

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1431658 Sergeant J.A. Chambers Pilot Royal Air Force 9th. April 1944 Age 30 Sergeant (Pilot), Royal Air Force Age: 30. May the winds of Heaven blow softly o'er this sweet and hallowed spot

Terrence Kenneth Buckle

Terrence Kenneth Buckle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Albert Watson

Albert Watson

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James William Benson

James William Benson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Ronald Percy Seabrook

Ronald Percy Seabrook

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Osmer Ogilvy Lamb

Osmer Ogilvy Lamb

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Intelligence Corps

Peter Grieve

Peter Grieve

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1395133 Flight Sergeant P. Grieve Navigator/Wireless Operator Royal Air Force 9th. February 1944 Age 27

Norman Standfield Marsh

Norman Standfield Marsh

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant N.S. Marsh Royal Artillery 5th. June 1945 Age 33 To my beloved husband, Whose heart was England and whose presence was home

William Henry Bunting

William Henry Bunting

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Walter Pennell

William Walter Pennell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Ernest John Franks

Ernest John Franks

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Thomas Samuel Oliver

Thomas Samuel Oliver

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Phillip George Rayner

Phillip George Rayner

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5143 Private P.G. Rayner N.Z. Infantry 26th. April 1941 Age 25

John Allan Reading Halford

John Allan Reading Halford

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1429804 Corporal J.A.R. Halford The Queen's Westminster's 18th. December 1944 Age 30 A very faithful soldier and servant of Jesus Christ. May he rest in peace

Edmond John McCORMACK

Edmond John McCORMACK

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Gyan Bahadur Thapa

Gyan Bahadur Thapa

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Jack Major

Jack Major

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7635496 PRIVATE J. MAJOR ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS 3RD JUNE 1941 AGE 31 “I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU” PHILLIPIANS 1.3

Aylmer Knox Sparrow

Aylmer Knox Sparrow

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis McDaid

Francis McDaid

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

William Hodgson

William Hodgson

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

M M Pretorius

M M Pretorius

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

313600V AIR MECHANIC M. M. PRETORIUS S.A.A.F. 24TH JUNE 1945 AGE 20 SY SON HET ONDER GEGAAN TERWYL DIT NOG DAG WAS

Reginald Henry Edward Collinson

Reginald Henry Edward Collinson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1323268 Flight Sergeant R.H.E. Collinson Navigator/Wireless Op. Royal Air Force 30th. August 1944

Frank Alan Harvey Cresswell

Frank Alan Harvey Cresswell

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward John Williams

Edward John Williams

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5502224 L. Cpl E.J. Williams The Hampshire Regiment 26th. December 1944 Age 26 "The Lord watch between me and thee" Devoted wife and baby daughter

Gavin Henderson

Gavin Henderson

1909 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dr. Gavin B. Henderson University of Glasgow Lecturer to the Forces 24th. June 1945 Age 36 Historicus et vir litteratus non miles tamen Pro patria vitam dedit The epitaph may be translated as: A historian and a man of letters Not a soldier Who gave his life for his country

Desmond Vaughan Weight

Desmond Vaughan Weight

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Armoured Corps

Ronald Hamilton

Ronald Hamilton

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

623799 Sergeant R. Hamilton Royal Air Force 2nd. January 1945 Age 25 Deep in our hearts A memory is kept Of one we love And will never forget

Peter Collyns Martin

Peter Collyns Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

William Arthur Hill

William Arthur Hill

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Lewis William Taylor

Lewis William Taylor

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

321518 PRIVATE L. W. TAYLOR ARMY CATERING CORPS 11TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 21 IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEWIS OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER. “WE WILL REMEMBER YOU SMILING” DAD AND ALL

William Alfred Green

William Alfred Green

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

George Thomas Tootell

George Thomas Tootell

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14513903 PRIVATE G. T. TOOTELL THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT 9TH JUNE 1946 AGE 22 THOUGH, DEAR SON YOU LIE SO FAR AWAY YOU LIVE WITH US ALWAYS. MUM AND FAMILY

Leslie Alfred Waller

Leslie Alfred Waller

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

William W Hurst

William W Hurst

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Albert Stanley Anthony

Albert Stanley Anthony

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Rowland Henry Gill

Rowland Henry Gill

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Arumugam

Arumugam

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners

Adam James Stephen

Adam James Stephen

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2877340 Gunner A.J. Stephen Royal Artillery 1st. December 1944 Age 26 At the going down of the Sun And in the morning We will remember you R.I.P.

Thomas Patrick Phillips

Thomas Patrick Phillips

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Charles Edward Norton

Charles Edward Norton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Herbert Bailey Bray

Herbert Bailey Bray

1923 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4867404 PRIVATE H. B. BRAY PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 13TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 21 WE PICTURED HIM RETURNING WE LONGED TO CLASP HIS HAND BUT GOD POSTPONED THAT JOY TILL WE REACH A BETTER LAND

George Stephen Taylor

George Stephen Taylor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Thomas Herbert Higgs

Thomas Herbert Higgs

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Clark Kidston

John Clark Kidston

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Service Corps

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