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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)

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

John Romain

John Romain

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

945210 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery Age 23

Frederick Samuel Poulter

Frederick Samuel Poulter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Norman Alfred Hallett

Norman Alfred Hallett

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

650433 Sergeant N.A. Hallett Wireless Op./Air Gunner Royal Air Force 7th. December 1940

Luther L Hinds

Luther L Hinds

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Alfred Henry Barendt

Alfred Henry Barendt

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

George Henry Ransome

George Henry Ransome

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Albert Leonard Perks

Albert Leonard Perks

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Samuel Mawhinney Kerr

Samuel Mawhinney Kerr

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Henry William Wait

Henry William Wait

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/67870 Driver H.W. Wait Royal Army Service Corps 21st. April 1941 Age 39 Deep in my heart The memory is kept Of the one I loved And will never forget

Joseph Thomas Stanton

Joseph Thomas Stanton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Percy Claude Hamilton

Percy Claude Hamilton

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers — Hamilton P. C.

George Edward Budd

George Edward Budd

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Robert R Lamond

Robert R Lamond

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Robert George Davis

Robert George Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Edward James Cox

Edward James Cox

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Howard Laurence Mason

Howard Laurence Mason

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Robert R Robertson

Robert R Robertson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Aziz Abdel Abdel

Aziz Abdel Abdel

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George Albert Darby

George Albert Darby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyril Joseph Howarth

Cyril Joseph Howarth

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX.1613 Private C.J. Howarth 2/11 Aust. Inf. Bn. 24th. April 1941 Age 24 His duty fearlessly and nobly done Ever remembered

George G Thomas

George G Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Kenneth John James Maddy

Kenneth John James Maddy

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14346761 Driver K.J.J. Maddy Royal Engineers 3rd. April 1945 Age 30 Beautiful memories Treasured ever Of happy days We spent together

John William Cuttriss

John William Cuttriss

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14546307 Private J.W. Cuttriss The Black Watch 19th. December 1944 Age 20 Always cheerful Willing and kind A beautiful memory To leave behind

Ali Abu Hassan

Ali Abu Hassan

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Alexander Edward Brown

Alexander Edward Brown

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Patrick P Ging

Patrick P Ging

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ernest E Medley

Ernest E Medley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bob B Griffin

Bob B Griffin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Morgan

John Morgan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ronald Macfarlane

Ronald Macfarlane

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Costakis C Symeonides

Costakis C Symeonides

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

William Charles Munday

William Charles Munday

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1473456 Ldg. Aircraftman W.C. Munday Royal Air Force 11th. December 1944

David Jenkins

David Jenkins

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4198177 L. CPL D. JENKINS PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 9TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 25 I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH

George Leslie Arundell

George Leslie Arundell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

William Douglas Bell

William Douglas Bell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Khan Sikandar

Khan Sikandar

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

John William Light

John William Light

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry George Gilbey

Henry George Gilbey

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1624860 FLIGHT SERGEANT H. G. GILBEY NAVIGATOR (BOMBER) ROYAL AIR FORCE 22ND DECEMBER 1945 AGE 21 HE LIVES WITH US IN MEMORY AND WE WHO LOVE HIM WILL NEVER FORGET

Leo John Corbett

Leo John Corbett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Leslie Thomas Hall

Leslie Thomas Hall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Carnegie

William Carnegie

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX. 705 CORPORAL W. CARNEGIE 2/11 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 35 "ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME, LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE"

Hedley Donald Glynn

Hedley Donald Glynn

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Anastassios A. Aristidou

Anastassios A. Aristidou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Dennis Victor Holmes

Dennis Victor Holmes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Norman Osborn Wansbrough

Norman Osborn Wansbrough

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph Eaton Roberts

Joseph Eaton Roberts

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4194115 PRIVATE J. E. ROBERTS PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 22 IN LOVING MEMORY. “ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME, LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE”

Stanley Davis

Stanley Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Paul Richard Schmidt

Paul Richard Schmidt

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

I Theofanous

I Theofanous

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Stanley S Pollard

Stanley S Pollard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Thomas Horace Russell

Thomas Horace Russell

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William Dixon Miller

William Dixon Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Sidney Collins Rutherford

Sidney Collins Rutherford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Thomas Horner

Thomas Horner

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Patrick Brice

George Patrick Brice

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

James J Hodgson

James J Hodgson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J Agar

John J Agar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

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