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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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George Henry Plummer

George Henry Plummer

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 12329 Private G.H. Plummer N.Z. Infantry 17th. August 1942

Stanley John Clements

Stanley John Clements

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Henry Francis Smith

Henry Francis Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6848105 Rifleman H.F. Smith The Rangers (9th. Bn. K.R.R.C.) 25th. April 1941 Age 23 In our hearts A memory is kept We smile with the world But we never forget K.R.R.C. = King's Royal Rifle Corps

Ernest Edward Bowser

Ernest Edward Bowser

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kenneth K Gee

Kenneth K Gee

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Cecil Denniss Hoare

Cecil Denniss Hoare

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1922653 Corporal C.D. Hoare Royal Engineers 3rd. July 1945 Age 26 Beloved husband of Doreen "Your memory hallowed in the land you loved"

Francis John Ough

Francis John Ough

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank Sankey

Frank Sankey

1919 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph Leslee Hill

Joseph Leslee Hill

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14207838 CORPORAL J. L. HILL PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 24 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

Lawrence L McGOVERN

Lawrence L McGOVERN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George G Loftus

George G Loftus

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

George G Bygrave

George G Bygrave

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Andreas A Ioannou

Andreas A Ioannou

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Robert Donald Wetherell

Robert Donald Wetherell

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Edward Barradell

George Edward Barradell

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 1878 SERGEANT G. E. BARRADELL 2/2 AUST. INF. BN. 26TH APRIL 1941 AGE 30 ALWAYS REMEMBERED

Edward William Prettejohns

Edward William Prettejohns

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Robin R Allen

Robin R Allen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Herbert Wilkinson

William Herbert Wilkinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Nobert Gabriel

Nobert Gabriel

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lindsay Leonard Tipper

Lindsay Leonard Tipper

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Richard Tucker

Charles Richard Tucker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CAPTAIN C. R. TUCKER THE YORK & LANCASTER REGT. 10TH AUGUST 1941 AGE 31 “OH VALIANT HEART WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME…”

John Raymond Cresswell

John Raymond Cresswell

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

HE LIVES FOR EVER IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM

Thomas Albert McNamara

Thomas Albert McNamara

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A Gilmour

A Gilmour

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2885967 PRIVATE A. GILMOUR THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS 22ND MAY 1946 AGE 30 SLEEP ON, DEAR HEART, MY PROMISE WILL ALWAYS HOLD, OUR PRECIOUS FLOCK I'LL GUARD

Patrick Morgan

Patrick Morgan

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 4466532 Private P. Morgan The Durham Light Infantry 17th. August 1942 Age 32 Eternal rest give unto him, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon him

Paul Bernard Pickersgill

Paul Bernard Pickersgill

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING PAUL. LORD, GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST. D.M.E. AND A.

Albert Charles Cook

Albert Charles Cook

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

George Phillip Pepper

George Phillip Pepper

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

James Alexander McAlpine

James Alexander McAlpine

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George G. Yarnold

George G. Yarnold

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Richard Garfield Morris

Richard Garfield Morris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3966439 PRIVATE R. G. MORRIS THE WELCH REGIMENT 29TH MAY 1941 AGE 21 WE COULD NOT SAY GOOD-BYE IT WILL ALWAYS BRING REGRET THE HEARTS THAT LOVED YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

William Patrick Sullivan

William Patrick Sullivan

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

George Esmond Drake

George Esmond Drake

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Mangal

Mangal

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10th Baluch Regiment

Stanley Hall

Stanley Hall

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1097866 Gunner S. Hall Royal Artillery Airborne 18th. December 1944 Age 33 In loving memory of a dear husband and father. "Till we meet again"

Gerard G Corrigan

Gerard G Corrigan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Riza Ibrahim Ali

Riza Ibrahim Ali

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Leonard Charles Grace

Leonard Charles Grace

1920 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

915960 Serjeant L.C. Grace Royal Artillery 22nd. July 1945 Age 25

Alfred Edward Waddington

Alfred Edward Waddington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Jackson

Robert Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4656587 TROOPER R. JACKSON 4TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 26 ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MAM, DAD AND BROTHERS

Singh Bije

Singh Bije

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Pioneer Corps

George Campbell Cooke

George Campbell Cooke

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Lyn Thomas

Thomas Lyn Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ronald Alford

Ronald Alford

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5445453 PRIVATE R. ALFORD THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY 14TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 21 SAFE IN GOD’S KEEPING. FOREVER TO BE REMEMBERED, BY ALL AT HOME

Kenneth John MacPherson

Kenneth John MacPherson

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT K. J. MACPHERSON, MC. 2/1 AUST. INF. BN. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 22 BELOVED, NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD. I JOHN III.2

Thomas Gale Clarke

Thomas Gale Clarke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Edward Simpson

William Edward Simpson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

James Collingwood

James Collingwood

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Collingwood J.

Roy Francis Cook

Roy Francis Cook

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas Edward Gilham

Thomas Edward Gilham

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Michael John Nolan

Michael John Nolan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2594165 Corporal M.J. Nolan Royal Signals 28th. April 1941 Age 27

George Francis Flood

George Francis Flood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Aaron Leadbeater Jones

Aaron Leadbeater Jones

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kyriacos A Televantos

Kyriacos A Televantos

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Matiu Ropata

Matiu Ropata

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leslie Samuel Martin

Leslie Samuel Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Sydney George Dunn

Sydney George Dunn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Benjamin Herbert Hickman

Benjamin Herbert Hickman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7901322 Trooper B.H. Hickman Royal Armoured Corps 20th. April 1941 Age 22 Down in our hearts he is living yet, We loved him too dearly to forget

Neville Watson Bertwistle

Neville Watson Bertwistle

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur A Wilson

Arthur A Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

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