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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)

Douglas Henry Sherburn

Douglas Henry Sherburn

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1336929 Flight Sergeant D.H. Sherburn Navigator/Wireless Operator Royal Air Force 22nd. August 1943 Age 21 In the morning And in the evening We shall remember him

Francis Llewellyn Hamling

Francis Llewellyn Hamling

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6857157 Rifleman F.L. Hamling The Queen's Westminsters 9th. December 1944 Age 29 At the going down of the Sun And in the morning We will remember him

Leonard Bertie Leggett

Leonard Bertie Leggett

1920 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2011214 SAPPER L. B. LEGGETT ROYAL ENGINEERS 3RD JULY 1945 AGE 25 † IT'S STRANGE BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE

Christodoulos Haralambos Fournaris

Christodoulos Haralambos Fournaris

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Leslie Harold Carline

Leslie Harold Carline

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Leslie Stephen Barnett

Leslie Stephen Barnett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2195787 Driver L.S. Barnett 28th. April 1941 Age 30 "God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform" Loved by all at home The epitaph is by William Cowper (1731-1800).

Stanley Humphries Davies

Stanley Humphries Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Wilfred Gregson Sola

Wilfred Gregson Sola

1913 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bernard William Hall

Bernard William Hall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Francis Wilfred Harman

Francis Wilfred Harman

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1587573 Warrant Officer F.W. Harman Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal Air Force 22nd. December 1945 Age 22 Father, In Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping

Arthur Kitchener Carter

Arthur Kitchener Carter

1915 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

David Thomas Hood

David Thomas Hood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Raymond Maudsley

Raymond Maudsley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Benjamin Hall

Benjamin Hall

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Corps of Signals

Sydney S Wraith

Sydney S Wraith

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James William Payne

James William Payne

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Hector Roy Jones

Hector Roy Jones

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Leonard James Townsend

Leonard James Townsend

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Edward Carr

John Edward Carr

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Leslie Bye

Leslie Bye

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14236383 Sapper L. Bye Royal Engineers 5th. March 1946 Age 38 "The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another" The epitaph is taken from the Book of Genesis, Chapter 31, Verse 49.

Victor George Harold Knevett

Victor George Harold Knevett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ahmad Kassem Ahmad

Ahmad Kassem Ahmad

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William John Austen

William John Austen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Moritz M Horn

Moritz M Horn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

Cecil Sydney Robinson

Cecil Sydney Robinson

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Nelson David Richardson

Nelson David Richardson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Kenneth Gilbert Mayes

Kenneth Gilbert Mayes

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Patrick Rogers

Charles Patrick Rogers

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5188893 Private C.P. Rogers The Essex Regiment 12th. December 1944 Age 24 Went the day well? He died and never knew But, well or ill Freedom, he died for you The epitaph is by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958).

Tau T Sullivan

Tau T Sullivan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Walter Howard Bingham

Walter Howard Bingham

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

922202 L. Sjt W.H. Bingham 97th. Field Regt. R.A. Kent Yeomanry 11th. July 1942 Age 22 Of Leigh Green, Tenterten, Kent, England

Albert Henry Millsom Vincent

Albert Henry Millsom Vincent

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold H Stevenson

Harold H Stevenson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Karim Fazl

Karim Fazl

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Army Remount Department

Victor Ronald Lawrence

Victor Ronald Lawrence

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Corps of Signals

Bert Humphrey

Bert Humphrey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

C. A. Anastass

C. A. Anastass

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Eric Winslow Swain

Eric Winslow Swain

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas William Pitt-Pladdy

Thomas William Pitt-Pladdy

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/3848034 SERJEANT T. W. PITT-PLADDY ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 29TH JUNE 1945 AGE 42 RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL

G A Harris

G A Harris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arnold A Staley

Arnold A Staley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Khalko Samuel

Khalko Samuel

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Westland Breeze

Westland Breeze

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Desmond Charles Williams

Desmond Charles Williams

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

D.C. Williams Able Seaman, S.A.N.F. 70433V H.M.S.A.S. "Bever" 30th. November 1944 Age 25 He giveth all S.A.N.F. = South African Naval Forces H.M.S.A.S. = His Majesty's South African Ship

Ronald Haynes

Ronald Haynes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

Richard Thomas Calvert

Richard Thomas Calvert

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant R.T. Calvert Royal Marines 4th. September 1941 Age 23 "These laid the world away Poured out the red sweet wine of youth..." Ida and Mother The epitaph is from "The Dead", by Rupert Brooke.

Joseph Bernard Poletti

Joseph Bernard Poletti

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM. SAINT JOSEPH PRAY FOR HIM

Arthur William Coggin

Arthur William Coggin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas T McWHIRTER

Thomas T McWHIRTER

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Jaganathan

Jaganathan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Engineers

Frederick Dolby

Frederick Dolby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

543011 TROOPER F. DOLBY 4TH QUEEN’S OWN HUSSARS ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 31 AT REST

Albert A Brumby

Albert A Brumby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ernest George Joseph Hurren

Ernest George Joseph Hurren

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Edward Butler

Edward Butler

1915 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

George Murray Sandiford

George Murray Sandiford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Louis Stringfellow Finglass Watkinson

Louis Stringfellow Finglass Watkinson

1914 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT L. S. F. WATKINSON NAVIGATOR (BOMBER) ROYAL AIR FORCE 14TH-15TH SEPTEMBER 1944 AGE 30 BELOVED SON OF WILLIAM AND GERTRUDE FRENCH WATKINSON. BORN 9TH MAY 1914

Augaustis A Petrou

Augaustis A Petrou

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Albert Edward Martin

Albert Edward Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry H Thomas

Henry H Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Maurice Edward Hardgrave

Maurice Edward Hardgrave

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Francis Ronald O'Grady

Francis Ronald O'Grady

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

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