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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)

Cecil John Pedley

Cecil John Pedley

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Singh Gurdayal

Singh Gurdayal

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11th Sikh Regiment

Richard Norman Lovett

Richard Norman Lovett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Geoffrey Philip Stoner

Geoffrey Philip Stoner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold H Morris

Harold H Morris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Clifford Roy Kassebaum Kassey

Clifford Roy Kassebaum Kassey

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Stanley Arthur Sidney Carter

Stanley Arthur Sidney Carter

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2054111 GUNNER S. A. S. CARTER ROYAL ARTILLERY 8TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 AS LONG AS LIFE AND MEMORY LAST WE WILL REMEMBER THEE. MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Stephen Philip Martin-Leake

Stephen Philip Martin-Leake

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Intelligence Corps

Robert R Scorah

Robert R Scorah

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

James J Burke

James J Burke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry Sellas Robertson

Henry Sellas Robertson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

Cyril Frederick Green

Cyril Frederick Green

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Hawkes Reed

John Hawkes Reed

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

927092 Flight Sergeant J. Hawkes Reed Pilot Royal Air Force 1st. July 1943 Age 21 Gallant and much beloved

Alfred Roberts

Alfred Roberts

1947

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

19002350 Private A. Roberts The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 10th. March 1947 Age 19 Deep in our heart His memory is kept. We loved him too dearly to ever forget

Bruce Skeen

Bruce Skeen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Vivian Douglas Beaumont

Vivian Douglas Beaumont

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 17366 Private V.D. Beaumont H.Q.1 Aust. Corps 31st. December 1941 Age 39 Dearly loved son of Rose Beaumont of Bendigo, Victoria R.I.P.

Harold Sidney Charlwood

Harold Sidney Charlwood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

R. B. Young

R. B. Young

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

South African Artillery

Hubert Joseph Prigg

Hubert Joseph Prigg

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J. Agnew

John J. Agnew

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Edward Christopher Broughton

Edward Christopher Broughton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Henry Nicholls

William Henry Nicholls

1910 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Llewellyn Verdon

William Llewellyn Verdon

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Corrigan

Thomas Corrigan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T. Corrigan Assistant Steward S.S. "Samcoline" 29th. January 1945 Age 39 In loving remembrance from his wife and daughter

William Kinniburgh

William Kinniburgh

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 14159 PRIVATE W. KINNIBURGH 2/5 AUST. INF. BN. 22ND MAY 1941 AGE 22 TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN. R.I.P.

Alexander Castel Cumming

Alexander Castel Cumming

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Andrew Russell Nisbet

Andrew Russell Nisbet

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bertram B Price

Bertram B Price

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Ronald Everitt

Ronald Everitt

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles C Cross

Charles C Cross

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Leslie John Bone

Leslie John Bone

1911 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

ONE OF THE BEST IN EVERY WAY, LOVED AND MISSED MORE EVERY DAY

Costas C Meshou

Costas C Meshou

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

John J Niven

John J Niven

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John William Moar

John William Moar

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

BELIEVED TO BE 171346 DRIVER J. W. MOAR ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 28TH APRIL – 23RD JULY 1941 AGE 23 LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY PARENTS AND FAMILY KIRKABISTER YELL SHETLAND

Patrick Stephen “Pat” Grattan

Patrick Stephen “Pat” Grattan

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment — Grattan P. S.

Charles C Harrison

Charles C Harrison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Robert Lee

Robert Lee

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4195660 PRIVATE R. LEE THE KING’S REGIMENT 23RD AUGUST 1945 AGE 28 LORD, FOLD HIM IN THINE ARMS AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM. MOTHER, SISTER, ALL AT HOME

Sulaka Odisho

Sulaka Odisho

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

R.A.F. Iraq Levies

William MacGregor

William MacGregor

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

611358 Ldg. Aircraftman W. MacGregor Royal Air Force 18th. December 1944

Edmund E. Clark

Edmund E. Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Frederick F. Young

Frederick F. Young

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Henry Thackery

George Henry Thackery

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

550998 Trooper G.H. Thackery 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 14th. April 1941

John Corcoran

John Corcoran

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Kenneth Johnson

Kenneth Johnson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Clifford Frederick Morris

Clifford Frederick Morris

1918 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Carter King

Robert Carter King

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 4531 Private R.C. King 2/1 Aust. M.G. Bn. 5th. May 1941 Age 22 Rock of ages Cleft for me, Let me hide myself In thee

Charles William Corner

Charles William Corner

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

20891 Gunner C. W. Corner N. Z. Artillery 29th April 1941 age 24 [A fern with New Zealand written underneath, all within a cross]

Thomas Squires Bickles Thomas

Thomas Squires Bickles Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arnold A Watts

Arnold A Watts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Abraham Gelbart

Abraham Gelbart

1903 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PAL/13746 Private A. Gelbart Pioneer Corps 25th. April 1942 Age 40

William Webster

William Webster

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain W. Webster Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 45 In Christ United still are we

Duncan D McRAE

Duncan D McRAE

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Charles C Thornton

Charles C Thornton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harry H Case

Harry H Case

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Dick D Norman

Dick D Norman

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Rashid Abu-Salem Khamis

Rashid Abu-Salem Khamis

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

John Samuel Gough

John Samuel Gough

1909 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

J.S. Gough Sailor S.S. "Harpalycus" 8th. November 1944 Age 35

Harry Parmley Lee

Harry Parmley Lee

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1915998 Sapper H.P. Lee Royal Engineers 18th. November 1944 Age 30 The resting place of one whose life was spent in helping others

Mira Sayid

Mira Sayid

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners

Ronald Henry Watson

Ronald Henry Watson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant R.H. Watson Royal Artillery 26th. December 1944 Age 26 A priceless memory. You gave your very all

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