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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)

James Howard Bate

James Howard Bate

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Ishar Bahadur Sahi

Ishar Bahadur Sahi

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sydney Sharman

Sydney Sharman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Singh Darshan

Singh Darshan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

William Simpson

William Simpson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2012313 Sapper W. Simpson Royal Engineers Airborne 4th. January 1945 Age 24

Cyril Robinson

Cyril Robinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1456928 Gunner C. Robinson Royal Artillery 26th. April 1941 Age 28 He gave his life his life that we might be free. At rest

Arnold Winward

Arnold Winward

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis William Pountain

Francis William Pountain

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Henry William Oxlade Seeley

Henry William Oxlade Seeley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

James Herbert “Bert” Maycock Wallis

James Herbert “Bert” Maycock Wallis

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Douglas Bryan Lewis

Douglas Bryan Lewis

1924 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

D.B. Lewis Able Seaman S.S. "Harpalycus" 8th. November 1944 Age 20 Of Liverpool. There's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England N.B. The epitaph is taken from "The Soldier", by Rupert Brooke .

John J Casey

John J Casey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Ernest William Oldreive

Ernest William Oldreive

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Matthew Currie

Matthew Currie

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1705524 Gunner M. Currie Royal Artillery 23rd. December 1944 Age 31 Loved, Remembered, Longed for always. Good night, Daddy. Wee Jim

James Edward Atkins

James Edward Atkins

1916 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flight Lieutenant J.E. Atkins Pilot Royal Air Force 21st. May 1943

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

William Picton

William Picton

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Seymour Story

Robert Seymour Story

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Erwin E Karter

Erwin E Karter

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Avraam A Constanti

Avraam A Constanti

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Leonard Tooke

Leonard Tooke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Henry William Fay

Henry William Fay

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Ahmet Halil

Ahmet Halil

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry H Hartley

Harry H Hartley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Owen David Kinsella

Owen David Kinsella

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ernest E Whitfield

Ernest E Whitfield

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

John Charles Rhodes

John Charles Rhodes

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

BELOVED BY US ALL GEORGINA, MUM, DAD AND DOFF

William George Farman

William George Farman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Edward Lee Ward

Edward Lee Ward

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Owen James Smith

Owen James Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 32952 Private O.J. Smith N.Z. Infantry 25th. April 1941 Age 24

Sydney Edward McKay

Sydney Edward McKay

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward Patrick Fagel

Edward Patrick Fagel

1914 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Colin William Ashton

Colin William Ashton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lancashire Fusiliers

James J Wallace

James J Wallace

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Charles C Waite

Charles C Waite

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Benjamin Gray

Benjamin Gray

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7018276 Private B. Gray The Hampshire Regiment 22nd. December 1944 Age 28 My prayers, darling Were all in vain For God to send you Home again

James Leonard Frost

James Leonard Frost

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John J Huskisson

John J Huskisson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Francis Herbert Gray

Francis Herbert Gray

1916 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Hugh Williams Nottingham

Hugh Williams Nottingham

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant H.W. Nottingham S.A.A.F. 13th. July 1943 Ever remembered S.A.A.F. = South African Air Force

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Mustafa Aslan Said

Mustafa Aslan Said

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Percy Gordon Lovelock

Percy Gordon Lovelock

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sheraz-ul-Akbar

Sheraz-ul-Akbar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bernard Driscoll Hesse

Bernard Driscoll Hesse

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 8461 PRIVATE B. D. HESSE 2/1 AUST. INF. BN. 14TH AUGUST 1941 AGE 28 ALL IS WELL, MY SON

William W Graham

William W Graham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Cecil Creswell

John Cecil Creswell

1914 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Unto the hills I lift mine eyes (N.B. The epitaph is adapted from Psalm 121, Verse One)

S Scheepers

S Scheepers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Mitchell

William Mitchell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

James John Ferguson

James John Ferguson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward E Thomas

Edward E Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Douglas Redfearn Croston

Douglas Redfearn Croston

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Rochelle Harrington

John Rochelle Harrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

ALIAS

Hugh Fox

Hugh Fox

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

QX. 9735 PRIVATE H. FOX A.A.S.C. 1 AUST. CORPS 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 32 TO THE MEMORY OF HUGH WHO DIED FOR THE CAUSE. REST IN PEACE

George Patrick Bennion

George Patrick Bennion

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edmund Richard Smith

Edmund Richard Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Chand Hukam

Chand Hukam

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6th Rajputana Rifles

Joseph J Luker

Joseph J Luker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Allan Edward Ponsford

Allan Edward Ponsford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald Samuel Sobee

Ronald Samuel Sobee

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 29717 GUNNER R. S. SOBEE 2/2 AUST. FD. RGT. 16TH APRIL 1941 AGE 25 IN GOD'S CARE TILL WE MEET AGAIN. HIS LOVING WIFE

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