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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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Lloyd Shields Ingram

Lloyd Shields Ingram

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 562 Sergeant L.S. Ingram 2/2 Aust. Fd. Rgt. 23rd. April 1941 Age 25 He shall grow not old as we that are left grow old Greatheart

Cecil C McCURRAN

Cecil C McCURRAN

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Harold Vincent Geoffrey Wood

Harold Vincent Geoffrey Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Hugh Hunter Buchanan

Hugh Hunter Buchanan

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edmond E Evans

Edmond E Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Reginald Norbert Collins

Reginald Norbert Collins

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/80252 Driver R.N. Collins Royal Army Service Corps 3rd. November 1944 Age 28 In loving memory of our dear son Always in the thoughts of all at home. R.I.P.

Tony Patrick Hammond

Tony Patrick Hammond

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7594908 SERJEANT T. P. HAMMOND R.E.M.E. 27TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 21 LOVED

Kenneth Whitby

Kenneth Whitby

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred Walter Coventry

Alfred Walter Coventry

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6921262 RIFLEMAN A. W. COVENTRY THE QUEEN’S WESTMINSTERS 12TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 MY DEAR BELOVED HUSBAND AT REST SADLY MISSED BY WIFE MARY SON AND MOTHER

George William Strand

George William Strand

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Frank Stewart Rich

Frank Stewart Rich

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles C Sondergaard

Charles C Sondergaard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Geoffrey Alexander Brown

Geoffrey Alexander Brown

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pilot Officer G.A. Brown Navigator (Bomber Wireless) Royal Air Force 27th. February 1944 Age 30 Love is eternal

Walter James Hanmore

Walter James Hanmore

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Reid Rogers McDonald

Reid Rogers McDonald

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Leslie Alexander Harding

Leslie Alexander Harding

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

John J Mousdell

John J Mousdell

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

John George Lowe

John George Lowe

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/3854238 Driver J.G. Lowe Royal Army Service Corps 11th. December 1944 Age 30 The strife is o'er The battle done

Murugesan

Murugesan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners

Richard William Quinn

Richard William Quinn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry Ogle Francis Thwaites

Henry Ogle Francis Thwaites

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Rochelle Bremner

John Rochelle Bremner

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Jacob J Wysocki

Jacob J Wysocki

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

Massey Rameka

Massey Rameka

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Rameka M.

Albert Frederick Ingrams

Albert Frederick Ingrams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Jack Percival Stevens

Jack Percival Stevens

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Robertson

Robert Robertson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cleland Alexander Martin Cumberlege

Cleland Alexander Martin Cumberlege

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert Ivor Wray

Robert Ivor Wray

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

950463 GUNNER R. I. WRAY ROYAL ARTILLERY 12TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 26 IN EVERLOVING AND CHERISHED MEMORY. FATHER, R. W. W.

Leonard Arthur Portfleet

Leonard Arthur Portfleet

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14522973 TROOPER L. A. PORTFLEET 4TH REGIMENT RECCE. CORPS. R.A.C. 4TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 35 GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NEVER WILL HIS MEMORY FADE R.A.C. = Royal Armoured Corps

Donald Robinson

Donald Robinson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7941591 TROOPER D. ROBINSON ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 8TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 23 PEACE, PERFECT PEACE

G Kavoor

G Kavoor

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bertie Charles Douglas Reed

Bertie Charles Douglas Reed

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

David Allan La Touche “Bunny” Warren

David Allan La Touche “Bunny” Warren

1914 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Thomas Kitchen

Thomas Kitchen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1069331 Sjt. T. Kitchen Royal Horse Artillery 20th. April 1941 Age 33 At the going down of the Sun and in the morning We will remember him

Duncan Charles Clark

Duncan Charles Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

James J Burrough

James J Burrough

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Douglas St Clair

Douglas St Clair

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leonard Jeffrey Holmes

Leonard Jeffrey Holmes

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1871415 Sapper L.J. Holmes Royal Engineers 18th. July 1945 Age 31 We loved him. No tongue can tell how much we loved him and how well

Henry William Robert McGrath

Henry William Robert McGrath

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ernest Malcolm Van Dyke

Ernest Malcolm Van Dyke

1920 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

24351 PRIVATE E. M. VANDYKE N. Z. INFANTRY 23RD AUGUST 1942 AGE 24 †

John Festubert Dixon

John Festubert Dixon

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Peter Mcmillan Marshall

Peter Mcmillan Marshall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Thomas T West

Thomas T West

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank F Southern

Frank F Southern

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Lewis Rossner

Lewis Rossner

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flying Officer L. Rossner Pilot Royal Air Force 6th. November 1943

Cyril C Roach

Cyril C Roach

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Horse Artillery

Arthur Everett Peers

Arthur Everett Peers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas John Collins

Thomas John Collins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William Pari Hough

William Pari Hough

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Ronald Benjamin Packham

Ronald Benjamin Packham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bernard Richard Meldrum

Bernard Richard Meldrum

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Neoclis N Stefanou

Neoclis N Stefanou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Frederick Thomas Parren

Frederick Thomas Parren

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Edward E Davies

Edward E Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Edward Austin

Edward Austin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Major E. Austin 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 30th. April 1941 In memory of "Dick", my husband. Dick and Jane

Sidney James Russon

Sidney James Russon

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1870146 S. Sjt S.J. Russon Royal Engineers 17th. October 1944 Age 26 We shall keep him in our thoughts till we share eternal years

Cyril Joshua Cooper

Cyril Joshua Cooper

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Charles Seymour

Charles Seymour

1916 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot

Raymond Leonard Brown

Raymond Leonard Brown

1912 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Service Corps

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