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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)

Harold H. Wright

Harold H. Wright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Singh Karnail

Singh Karnail

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Robert Norman Fairley

Robert Norman Fairley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Horace “Jack” Marsden

John Horace “Jack” Marsden

1917 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2385537 SIGNALMAN J. H. MARSDEN ROYAL SIGNALS 15TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 26 TEASURED MEMORIES OF JACK DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF LILY AND DADDY OF PATRICIA. “WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PAST”

Joseph E “Joe” Tolley

Joseph E “Joe” Tolley

1922 – 1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14681725 SAPPER J. E. TOLLEY ROYAL ENGINEERS 27TH JULY 1946 AGE 24 OUR SON JOE. WE THINK OF YOU NIGHT AND DAY THOUGH MANY MILES AWAY. MOM AND DAD

Evan Hugh Williams

Evan Hugh Williams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Raymond Patrick Henry Tuck

Raymond Patrick Henry Tuck

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John McArthur

John McArthur

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Blackburn

John J Blackburn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

Arthur Ernest Armishaw

Arthur Ernest Armishaw

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Eric Hicks

Eric Hicks

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Evans

John J Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Harka Bahadur Rana

Harka Bahadur Rana

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Edward Christian

Thomas Edward Christian

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alexander Murray

Alexander Murray

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2765981 Private A, Murray The Black Watch 19th. December 1944 Age 21 With Christ, at rest until the morn of that reunion day when we shall see his face

Nar Bir Thapa

Nar Bir Thapa

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph Alphonse Carmen Campeau

Joseph Alphonse Carmen Campeau

1912 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Vincent Allan Jackson Stuckey

Vincent Allan Jackson Stuckey

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Oliver Ronald Hunt

Oliver Ronald Hunt

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cecil Stanley Ridge

Cecil Stanley Ridge

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Douglas D Miller

Douglas D Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Khan Tor

Khan Tor

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

James Farrington

James Farrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Alexander Baden Jones

Alexander Baden Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John Frederick Smith

John Frederick Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Tasman McGuire

James Tasman McGuire

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Frank James “Herbert James Martin” Hansen

Frank James “Herbert James Martin” Hansen

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry: HANSEN F. SERVED AS MARTIN H. J.

K. Whetnall

K. Whetnall

1949

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

19043779 Cpl. K. Whetnall R.A.S.C. Died 29th. May 1949 R.A.S.C. = Royal Army Service Corps

Richard Sydney “Dick” Turner

Richard Sydney “Dick” Turner

1916 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 3048 SERGEANT R. S. TURNER, MM. A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 17TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 28 THOUGH PARTED BY LAND AND SEA YOU ARE EVER IN MY HEART, DICK, DEAR

Arthur Duncan

Arthur Duncan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Lyle Joseph Petersen

Lyle Joseph Petersen

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

D. T. Begley

D. T. Begley

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14942684 Driver D.T. Begley Royal Engineers 17th. December 1946 Age 20 Always loved and will never be forgotten by mother and father

Frederick George Lyon

Frederick George Lyon

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 1914 CORPORAL F. G. LYON 2/2 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 22 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER

Thomas Buchanan Johnston

Thomas Buchanan Johnston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Alfred William Whybrow

Alfred William Whybrow

1913 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/173126 WO.I (MSM) A.W. Whybrow Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 31 WO. I (MSM) = Warrant Officer, Class One (Meritorious Service Medal).

Alexander Mathieson

Alexander Mathieson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3244409 Private A. Mathieson The Highland Light Inf. 2nd. January 1945 Age 31

Charles James Leaver

Charles James Leaver

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lawrence John Bell

Lawrence John Bell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Fred F Carradice

Fred F Carradice

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Thomas Robert Stokoe

Thomas Robert Stokoe

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Irish Fusiliers

P J Visser

P J Visser

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CAPTAIN P. J. VISSER S.A.A.C. ATTD. THE BLACK WATCH 4TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 38 STILL LIVING, STILL LOVING, STILL OURS

Ernest Henry Smith

Ernest Henry Smith

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Frank Hamilton Weeks

Frank Hamilton Weeks

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Harry Marsden

Harry Marsden

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry Marsden Police and Prison Mission 4th. October 1946 Age 44 In memory of my dear husband In my heart Your memory lingers Loving wife, Kit

Harry Albert Victor Wood

Harry Albert Victor Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Archibald James “Jim” Dennis

Archibald James “Jim” Dennis

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1883566 L. CPL A. J. DENNIS ROYAL ENGINEERS 2ND APRIL 1945 AGE 30 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND JIM. LIFE GOES ON BUT MEMORIES STAY

John J Williams

John J Williams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Thomas William Rees

Thomas William Rees

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

John Ashcroft

John Ashcroft

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14376217 Sapper J. Ashcroft Royal Engineers 20th. April 1946 Age 36 A dear husband and daddy. Always remembered by loving wife and children

John Thomas Squires

John Thomas Squires

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Herbert William Allen Cooke

Herbert William Allen Cooke

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

John Victor Bury

John Victor Bury

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

James J Smith

James J Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harold H Fletcher

Harold H Fletcher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Eric Ross Galbraith Wilkinson

Eric Ross Galbraith Wilkinson

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Milton M Green

Milton M Green

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Frank Henry Ball

Frank Henry Ball

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Emlyn Roberts

Emlyn Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3967604 PRIVATE E. ROBERTS THE WELCH REGIMENT 16TH JUNE 1941 AGE 25 “OUR LITTLE SYSTEMS HAVE THEIR DAY AND THOU, O LORD, ART MORE THAN THEY”

Charles William Herbert Schmidt

Charles William Herbert Schmidt

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 1857 PRIVATE C. W. H. SCHMIDT A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 20TH APRIL 1941 AGE 24 BELOVED SON OF WILLIAM AND LILIAN MAY SCHMIDT. EVER REMEMBERED

Rafi

Rafi

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

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