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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)

Stephen Cornelius Kennedy

Stephen Cornelius Kennedy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ernest E Pateman

Ernest E Pateman

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Paul Sydney Hirst

Paul Sydney Hirst

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flying Officer P.S. Hirst Pilot Royal Air Force 17th. May 1941

Sardar Bahadur Akbar Khan

Sardar Bahadur Akbar Khan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3996-I.O. Subadar Major Akbar Khan Sardar Bahadur, O.B.I. 10th. Baluch Regiment 2nd. September 1945 Age 47 Subadar = Lieutenant O.B.I. = Order of British India

Ian Douglas Kesterton

Ian Douglas Kesterton

1921 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AS YOU LOVE ME, LET THERE BE NO MOURNING WHEN I GO, NO TEARFUL EYES, NO SIGHS

Jack Reston

Jack Reston

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3302 Private J. Reston, N.Z. Infantry, 30th May 1941 Age 24

Robert Axel Howie

Robert Axel Howie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

M K Mavrikkos

M K Mavrikkos

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Evason

James Evason

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Jack J Sturgess

Jack J Sturgess

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Nicholas Blampey

John Nicholas Blampey

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Army Catering Corps

Musa Abdallah Radwan

Musa Abdallah Radwan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Raymond Smith

Raymond Smith

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 3274 GUNNER R. SMITH 2/1 AUST. FD. RGT. 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 41 DUTY NOBLY DONE

Harold Raymond Anderson

Harold Raymond Anderson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Emile Paul Lanoe

Emile Paul Lanoe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Frank Spence

William Frank Spence

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Benjamin B Turner

Benjamin B Turner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

George Fowler

George Fowler

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Riwai Te Weehi

Riwai Te Weehi

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Te Weehi R.

John Young

John Young

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Albert Hill

Albert Hill

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry Kenneth Levy

Henry Kenneth Levy

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert John Tester

Albert John Tester

1914 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1113188 GUNNER A. J. TESTER ROYAL ARTILLERY 2ND OCTOBER 1945 AGE 31 SADLY MISSED BY ALL. FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. YOUR LOVING WIFE, PATRICIA

John Beynon Huxtable

John Beynon Huxtable

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Gavin Shaw

Gavin Shaw

1907 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Henry Frederick Charlton

Henry Frederick Charlton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

John Frederick Sullivan

John Frederick Sullivan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Charles C Ross

Charles C Ross

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

James J Fuller

James J Fuller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur Allan Kemp

Arthur Allan Kemp

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

David Thomas Jones

David Thomas Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Angus Herbert William Kennedy

Angus Herbert William Kennedy

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Hayward Gibbs

George Hayward Gibbs

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry Davies

Harry Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Raymond Walter Jones

Raymond Walter Jones

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edward Scott

Edward Scott

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George William Clarke

George William Clarke

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3864127 Private G.W. Clarke The Royal Sussex Regiment 6th. September 1945 Age 33 The gift of God is eternal life. This we know. Asleep with Jesus.

Tudwell Edward Owen

Tudwell Edward Owen

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/221408 Private T.E. Owen Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 32 Forever in our thoughts. Everloving wife Tibs

Hubert Thomas Hutton

Hubert Thomas Hutton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2036435 L. Sjt H.T. Hutton Royal Engineers 26th. April 1941 Age 24 At the dawning of day And at the setting of Sun We will remember

James Donald Anderson

James Donald Anderson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7263189 Private J.D. Anderson Royal Army Medical Corps 26th. April 1941 Age 21

Thomas Edward Crook

Thomas Edward Crook

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14584154 PRIVATE T. E. CROOK THE QUEEN’S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 6TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 19 UNTIL THE DAY DAWN

Francis William Tart

Francis William Tart

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 2101 L. Cpl F.W. Tart 2/4 Aust. Inf. Bn. 14th. April 1941 Age 36 At rest

Douglas Victor Garnett

Douglas Victor Garnett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

William Rufus Griffiths

William Rufus Griffiths

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3967410 PRIVATE W. R. GRIFFITHS THE WELCH REGIMENT 30TH MAY 1941 AGE 21 “WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER” ST. JOHN XIII.7

Frederick Raymond Kerr

Frederick Raymond Kerr

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Donald Oliver Mappley

Donald Oliver Mappley

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Andrew Todd Dalgarno

Andrew Todd Dalgarno

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Neville Joseph Levy

Neville Joseph Levy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Ernest Clarence Robertson

Ernest Clarence Robertson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

V V Laskey

V V Laskey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Peter Keenan Lowis

Peter Keenan Lowis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank Charles Smith

Frank Charles Smith

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Three Soldiers

Three Soldiers

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

THREE SOLDIERS OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Donald Bone

Donald Bone

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Zenus Percy Gabriel

Zenus Percy Gabriel

1910 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7922903 Corporal Z.P. Gabriel 46th. (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regt. R.A.C. 5th. January 1945 Age 34 In memory of our dear Perce Husband of Kathleen (Dolly) and Daddy of David. He lived and died for others R.A.C. = Royal Armoured Corps

Fred F Bowles

Fred F Bowles

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Kay

George Kay

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Horace Robert Cyril Kimberley

Horace Robert Cyril Kimberley

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Arthur Ernest Smith

Arthur Ernest Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Frederick F Owen

Frederick F Owen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

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