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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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A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS KNOWN UNTO GOD

George Llewellyn Moss

George Llewellyn Moss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Edward Ernest Eager

Edward Ernest Eager

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Richard Strange

Richard Strange

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Eric Robbins

Eric Robbins

1947

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14477275 Gunner E. Robbins Royal Artillery 14th. January 1947 Age 19 'Tis sweet to know We'll meet again And that the one we love Has just gone on before

Ronald Arthur Scott

Ronald Arthur Scott

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Dougal McMILLAN

James Dougal McMILLAN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Bernard Rees

Bernard Rees

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Godfrey D Tebbutt

Godfrey D Tebbutt

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5509056 SERJEANT G. D. TEBBUTT 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 21ST DECEMBER 1944 AGE 31 THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS

Charles Edward Arthurton

Charles Edward Arthurton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

James Gerard Fowler

James Gerard Fowler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Samuel George Cooper

Samuel George Cooper

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

Frederick F Carter

Frederick F Carter

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

William MacLeod Cowan

William MacLeod Cowan

1900 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward James Henderson

Edward James Henderson

1917 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

107859 L. Cpl E.J. Henderson Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 17th. December 1944 Age 27 A British soldier Loyal and true. He gave the greatest gift of all - his life

Frederick F Banham

Frederick F Banham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Victor Harold Rogers

Victor Harold Rogers

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Clarence John Robson

Clarence John Robson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

Dennis D Keenan

Dennis D Keenan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Douglas Parsons

Douglas Parsons

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2079434 Sapper D. Parsons Royal Engineers 28th. April - 16th. July 1941 Age 20 Every day in some small way We think of you. Loving Mum, Dad, brothers and sisters

Norman Jack Salter

Norman Jack Salter

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant N.J. Salter The Royal Irish Fusiliers 23rd. November 1943 Age 34

Martin John Mills

Martin John Mills

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George William Ellicock

George William Ellicock

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J Thompson

John J Thompson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert Philip Cole

Robert Philip Cole

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Stanley Charles Shephard

Stanley Charles Shephard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Henderson

George Henderson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1875291 Driver G. Henderson Royal Engineers 26th. January 1945 Age 28 He gave his life For those he loved And those he loved will remember

Peter Warren Conway

Peter Warren Conway

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant P.W. Conway Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps formerly The Rifle Brigade 6th. December 1944 And musing there an hour alone I dreamed that Greece might still be free. Byron

William Cormack Budge

William Cormack Budge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Grahame Falconer Watts

Grahame Falconer Watts

1914 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 24361 Private G.F. Watts N.Z. Infantry 17th. August 1942 Age 28

Harry Rylatt

Harry Rylatt

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11269746 L. BDR H. RYLATT MARITIME REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY 10TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 24

John Dennis Ball

John Dennis Ball

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7356383 L. Cpl J.D. Ball Royal Army Medical Corps 14th. January 1945 Age 23 His golden future, he gave up to God, King and country. Love, Dad, Mum, Doreen

Montague Thomson

Montague Thomson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Douglas D Leach

Douglas D Leach

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Ernest Castledine

George Ernest Castledine

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 10044 SAPPER G. E. CASTLEDINE 2/2 AUST. FD. COY. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 26 HIS LIFE WAS ONE OF SACRIFICE "LIFE IS ETERNAL LOVE WILL REMAIN"

Ben B Simpson

Ben B Simpson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John William Rod

John William Rod

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Izak I Srebriny

Izak I Srebriny

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Robert R Purdie

Robert R Purdie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

J B Lockwood

J B Lockwood

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur A Haywood

Arthur A Haywood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Martin William Hodge

Martin William Hodge

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Hodge M. W.

Reginald John Vickary

Reginald John Vickary

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Reginald Ernest Woodley

Reginald Ernest Woodley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Essex Regiment

Norman Ernest Lovell

Norman Ernest Lovell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Andrew Anthony Vincent Losco

Andrew Anthony Vincent Losco

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

General List

William W Elliott

William W Elliott

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Harold Samuel Jones

Harold Samuel Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Chaplains' Department

Laurie Horne

Laurie Horne

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Clarence Henderson

Clarence Henderson

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sher Muhammad

Sher Muhammad

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry H Robinson

Henry H Robinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Geoffrey G Darrington

Geoffrey G Darrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Christopher Thomas Matthews

Christopher Thomas Matthews

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Kenneth Edwin Cherry

Kenneth Edwin Cherry

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14577010 Private K.E. Cherry The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 27th. December 1944 Age 28 Deep in our hearts A memory is kept Of one we loved And will never forget

George Arthur Winterbottom

George Arthur Winterbottom

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

William Mitchinson Perry

William Mitchinson Perry

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4470573 Private W.M. Perry The Sherwood Foresters 25th. December 1944 Age 21 In everlasting remembrance The dearly beloved son of Charles and Elizabeth Perry "He died that we might live"

Francis Henry Hutton

Francis Henry Hutton

1924 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14669415 GUNNER F. H. HUTTON ROYAL ARTILLERY 29TH DECEMBER 1945 AGE 20 LOVE IS THE BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE SPACES THAT DIVIDE

Frederick F Wooldridge

Frederick F Wooldridge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Douglas Wilson

Douglas Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

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