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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)

Hans H Hermann

Hans H Hermann

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Leslie Malum Clayton

Leslie Malum Clayton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Alastair A Hair

Alastair A Hair

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

John J McGINLAY

John J McGINLAY

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Turanga “Dick” Tupe

Turanga “Dick” Tupe

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Tupe T.

James Phillips

James Phillips

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4917426 Sapper J. Phillips Royal Engineers 25th. April 1941 Age 22 He gave his life for those he loved: Those that love him remember

John Frank Carter

John Frank Carter

1922 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14988043 TROOPER J. F. CARTER ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 11TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 23 DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF CON. PENSFORD, SOMERSET. "O LORD, ABIDE WITH ME"

Raymond Christopher Armstrong

Raymond Christopher Armstrong

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Maurice George Addison

Maurice George Addison

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Hugh H Merrington

Hugh H Merrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Jack Hudson

Jack Hudson

1911 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/229814 L. Cpl J. Hudson Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 33 He gave the greatest gift of all His unfinished life

Ronald Cuthbert Barke

Ronald Cuthbert Barke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Derek John Plantaganet Thirkell-White

Derek John Plantaganet Thirkell-White

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Suffolk Regiment

Douglas D. Avison

Douglas D. Avison

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Anthony Handkinson

Anthony Handkinson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Charles Harber

Thomas Charles Harber

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Richard James Andrews

Richard James Andrews

1921 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

424003 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. J. ANDREWS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 5TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 23 DUTY NOBLY DONE

Keith Edward Kerridge

Keith Edward Kerridge

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

421226 Warrant Officer K.E. Kerridge Royal Australian Air Force 3rd. August 1944 Age 23 Duty nobly done

Francis William Bollard

Francis William Bollard

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Neil Dixon Low

Neil Dixon Low

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR 2ND JULY 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

Reuben R Quaife

Reuben R Quaife

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

James Kirkup

James Kirkup

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX.2084 PRIVATE J. KIRKUP 2/4 AUST. INF. BN. 13TH APRIL 1941 AGE 29 EVER REMEMBERED

Fred Sykes

Fred Sykes

1921 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Henry William Davis

Henry William Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Charles Coyle

Charles Coyle

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6211321 Sapper C. Coyle Royal Engineers 3rd. April 1945 Age 27 Your grave we may not see But some kind hand In that far off land May place a flower for me

John McNabb Kendall

John McNabb Kendall

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLYING OFFICER J. MC N. KENDALL PILOT ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE 23RD DECEMBER 1943 AGE 21 UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS

John Cory Stephenson

John Cory Stephenson

1917 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain J.C. Stephenson 15th./19th. The King's Royal Hussars 1st. December 1943 Age 26

James Bennith Martin

James Bennith Martin

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11377 L.Cpl J.B. Martin NZ Infantry 15th April 1941 age 25.

George Albert Scales

George Albert Scales

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Round Grainger

William Round Grainger

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Cyril Graham New

Cyril Graham New

1913 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Stephen George McPHUN

Stephen George McPHUN

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Herbert E. Hanton

Herbert E. Hanton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

John Bogun

John Bogun

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Douglas Charles Arch

Douglas Charles Arch

1918 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2734184 PRIVATE D. C. ARCH PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 10TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 26 REST IN PEACE

Henry Stan Jordan

Henry Stan Jordan

1922 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

421225 Warrant Officer H.S. Jordan Royal Australian Air Force 3rd. August 1944 Age 22 His country called. He answered. Treasured memories

Bruce Mark

Bruce Mark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James J Vasey

James J Vasey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Vivian Arnold Harris

Vivian Arnold Harris

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Nirai Nepe Apatu

Nirai Nepe Apatu

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Arthur Cooper

Thomas Arthur Cooper

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10538038 Corporal T.A. Cooper Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7th. March 1945 Age 36 Resting Where no shadows fall Love and remembrance Outlast all

Singh Dalip

Singh Dalip

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Alfred A Moss

Alfred A Moss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Donald Augustus McKEOWN

Donald Augustus McKEOWN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Leslie Maason Mackie

Leslie Maason Mackie

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Alfred Casey

John Alfred Casey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

611870 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN J. A. CASEY ROYAL AIR FORCE 18TH MARCH 1941 AGE 21 IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN ALFRED, GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND

Leslie George Williams

Leslie George Williams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Dennis Vivian Humberston

Dennis Vivian Humberston

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1330749 SERGEANT D. V. HUMBERSTON WIRELESS OPERATOR ROYAL AIR FORCE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1943 AGE 22 "THY WILL BE DONE"

Evan E Trewby

Evan E Trewby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Robert Thomas “Bob” Gilmore

Robert Thomas “Bob” Gilmore

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward Patrick McDonald

Edward Patrick McDonald

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Godfrey Lang

George Godfrey Lang

1919 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

63824 Private G.G.Lang N.Z. Infantry 22nd August 1942 Age 23

John Addison Robinson

John Addison Robinson

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Alfred James Storey

Alfred James Storey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

R C St L Seaton

R C St L Seaton

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 10441 Corporal R.C.St.L. Seaton D.M.R. 17th. August 1942 Age 39 D.M.R. = Die Middelandse Regiment

Walter W Harris

Walter W Harris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Yoseph Shumuel Shalom

Yoseph Shumuel Shalom

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

Eric E Boam

Eric E Boam

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

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