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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)

Albert Charles Bevis

Albert Charles Bevis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Henry Charles Odlin

Henry Charles Odlin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Robert Harding

Robert Harding

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7634096 Private R. Harding Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 4th. January 1945 Age 29 At the going down of the Sun and in the morning We will remember

William Henry Percy

William Henry Percy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

964848 Gunner W.H. Percy Royal Horse Artillery 28th. April 1941 Age 23 In loving memory of our dear son, gone but not forgotten. R.I.P. Mum, Dad and sisters

Emanuel Schreiber

Emanuel Schreiber

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6347523 Serjeant E. Schreiber 4th. Regiment Recce. Corps R.A.C. 4th. January 1945 Age 27 R.A.C. = Royal Armoured Corps

John J Carr

John J Carr

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Vincent Conway

Vincent Conway

1909 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4468057 Private V. Conway The Durham Light Infantry 23rd. August 1945 Age 36 Thy will be done, O Lord Grant him eternal rest. Jesus mercy, Mary help R.I.P.

Thomas Albert Wareham

Thomas Albert Wareham

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Kenneth John

Kenneth John

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2134429 SAPPER K. JOHN ROYAL ENGINEERS 26TH DECEMBER 1945 AGE 33 HIS MEMORY IS OUR DEAREST TREASURE IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER. R.I.P.

Robert R Brown

Robert R Brown

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Askew Chambers

William Askew Chambers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Leslie Donaldson

John Leslie Donaldson

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Alan Graham Johnston

Alan Graham Johnston

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward Moses Weekes

Edward Moses Weekes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

John David Conning

John David Conning

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Raymond Victor Cross

Raymond Victor Cross

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Patrick Arthur O'Dwyer

Patrick Arthur O'Dwyer

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Service Corps

Edward Patrick Murphy

Edward Patrick Murphy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

James Gilbert Mann

James Gilbert Mann

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dennis Percy Daldry

Dennis Percy Daldry

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14643869 Private D.P. Daldry The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 25th. December 1944 Age 19 He gave his life that others might live

Zacharias Z Christofi

Zacharias Z Christofi

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Ronald R. Aston

Ronald R. Aston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Reginald Aaron

Reginald Aaron

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

W S Munro

W S Munro

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

An Airman

An Airman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AN AIRMAN OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR ROYAL AIR FORCE 18TH APRIL 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

Munshi

Munshi

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police (India)

Donald Alexander Davis

Donald Alexander Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Francis George Newman

Francis George Newman

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain F.G. Newman Royal Artillery 18th. March 1946 Age 25 In loving and treasured remembrance of our dear son. Asleep in Jesus

Arthur Henry Quinn

Arthur Henry Quinn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Arthur Boulter

Arthur Boulter

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1657234 Gunner A. Boulter Royal Artillery 16th. January 1945 Age 33 In loving memory of my dear husband Arthur, A brave, loyal heart

James Dimitri Zampelis

James Dimitri Zampelis

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Chawan Trimbakrao

Chawan Trimbakrao

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Albert Sidney Ridley

Albert Sidney Ridley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Edwin Hughes

Edwin Hughes

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/1706445 Driver E. Hughes Royal Army Service Corps 19th. July 1945 Age 37 Sleep on, beloved Till we all meet again

Frank Bathurst Sloan

Frank Bathurst Sloan

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leslie Edward Livingston

Leslie Edward Livingston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

T Sukumaran

T Sukumaran

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Army Ordnance Corps

Ronald Walter Gavin

Ronald Walter Gavin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Donald Booth

Donald Booth

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7634778 SERJEANT D. BOOTH ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS 27TH MAY 1941 AGE 31 A LITTLE TOKEN TRUE AND TENDER JUST TO SHOW WE STILL REMEMBER

Walter Robert Day

Walter Robert Day

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6618507 Corporal W.R. Day Royal Army Ordnance Corps 20th. April 1941 Age 38 Worthy of everlasting and loving remembrance Mum and all the family

Arthur Samuel Botha

Arthur Samuel Botha

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

RH/18000046 Rifleman A.S. Botha The King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th. December 1944 Age 19 Tho' lost to sight, To memory ever dear. His loving family

Ralph R Johnston

Ralph R Johnston

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

James Francis King

James Francis King

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

137348 FLIGHT SERGEANT J. F. KING OBSERVER ROYAL AIR FORCE 29TH JULY 1943 AGE 22 FOR ENGLAND, GREECE & FREEDOM [Greek inscription translates as: He died for England and for Greece and for Freedom]

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Robert Tangiti Connal

Robert Tangiti Connal

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Hugh Revell Sutherland Macartney

Hugh Revell Sutherland Macartney

1911 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Major H.R.S. MacCartney, MC. 1st. King's Dragoon Guards Royal Armoured Corps 11th. January 1945 They that are true of heart shall be glad M.C. = Military Cross

Bernard Wain

Bernard Wain

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1534635 GUNNER B. WAIN ROYAL ARTILLERY 24TH APRIL 1941 AGE 21 WENT THE DAY WELL? HE NEVER KNEW BUT WELL OR ILL HE DIED FOR YOU

James Frank Whittle

James Frank Whittle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Clarence Wilson

John Clarence Wilson

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Wilson J. C.

William W Delph

William W Delph

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

James Stanilaus Gibson

James Stanilaus Gibson

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lawrence Francis Spaulding

Lawrence Francis Spaulding

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ali Hussein Hussein

Ali Hussein Hussein

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

M M El Haim

M M El Haim

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Wesley Waring

Thomas Wesley Waring

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2194748 SAPPER T. W. WARING ROYAL ENGINEERS 24TH-25TH APRIL 1941 AGE 30 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Peter Joseph Tyler

Peter Joseph Tyler

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Postal Service

Walter George Fisher

Walter George Fisher

1900 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert A Kellett

Albert A Kellett

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Irish Fusiliers

Julian Frederic Doelberg

Julian Frederic Doelberg

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Major J.F. Doelberg Royal Engineers 29th. April 1941

Fred Bolland Lawson

Fred Bolland Lawson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

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