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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)

Robert Martin Rowan

Robert Martin Rowan

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Richard Cecil Gough

Richard Cecil Gough

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas Verdun Pascoe

Thomas Verdun Pascoe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

David D Findlay

David D Findlay

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Edward E Proctor

Edward E Proctor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William John Augustus Humphreys

William John Augustus Humphreys

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Horse Artillery

John Terence O'Donnell

John Terence O'Donnell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lewis Charles Hazell

Lewis Charles Hazell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Samuel Henry Yorke

Samuel Henry Yorke

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert H White

Herbert H White

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Frederick F Hodson

Frederick F Hodson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alfred George Field

Alfred George Field

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Joseph Edward Pegram

Joseph Edward Pegram

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Sidney James Benn

Sidney James Benn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Walter George Chapman

Walter George Chapman

1917 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Norman Frederick Chissell

Norman Frederick Chissell

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Adam Simpson Morton

Adam Simpson Morton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

F Manuel

F Manuel

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

KNOWN TO BE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY C. 286975 PRIVATE F. MANUEL C.C. 9TH DECEMBER 1941 AGE 28 “WAT GOD DOEN DIT IS WEL GEDAAN, SY WIL IS GOED EN HEILIG”

Tamanohia “Tom” Taumata

Tamanohia “Tom” Taumata

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Taumata T.

Wilfred King

Wilfred King

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Wilfred McElrea

Wilfred McElrea

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Bell

John J Bell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Peter P MacKENZIE

Peter P MacKENZIE

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Ivan Ernest Cant

Ivan Ernest Cant

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Munro M Park

Munro M Park

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

William Livesley Fyles

William Livesley Fyles

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Joseph Robert Maher

Joseph Robert Maher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

M J Schoner

M J Schoner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PAL/13234 Serjeant M.J. Schoner Pioneer Corps 26th. April 1941

Ronald William Dell

Ronald William Dell

1915 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Thomas Lionel Ewart Cumpstie

Thomas Lionel Ewart Cumpstie

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Frederick Morrison

Frederick Morrison

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1556137 GUNNER F. MORRISON ROYAL ARTILLERY 7TH JUNE 1941 AGE 35 SHE'N CHIARN MY VOCHILLEY THE LORD IS MY SHEPHARD

Singh Rup

Singh Rup

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11th Sikh Regiment

Mitri El-Abou Saba

Mitri El-Abou Saba

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Francis Gilligan

William Francis Gilligan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Albert Ernest Gibson

Albert Ernest Gibson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Colin Raymond Standen

Colin Raymond Standen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Harold John Nairn

Harold John Nairn

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Mahmoud Sinwar Hussein

Mahmoud Sinwar Hussein

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

James Basterfield

James Basterfield

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 9612 PRIVATE J. BASTERFIELD 2/3 AUST. INF. BN. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 42 AS THE SUN GOES DOWN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

Noel Eric Bolton-Wood

Noel Eric Bolton-Wood

1900 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 31822 CORPORAL N. E. BOLTON-WOOD A.A.O.C. 20TH APRIL 1941 AGE 41 OUR DARLING. A BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER WITH HIS COMRADES SLEEPS

Harry William Jolly

Harry William Jolly

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Douglas D Waugh

Douglas D Waugh

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Frederick Reader

William Frederick Reader

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Singh Khazan

Singh Khazan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Launcelot Vincent Stoneham Sherwood

Launcelot Vincent Stoneham Sherwood

1900 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel L.V.S. Sherwood D.S.O. & Bar 10th. Baluch Regiment 2nd. September 1945 Age 44 He who would valiant be... Let him in constancy follow the master D.S.O. = Distinguished Service Order

John George Jones

John George Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Abdul Muneim Faraj

Abdul Muneim Faraj

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William W Blackburn

William W Blackburn

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Gerald Woodley Sharpe

Gerald Woodley Sharpe

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Tom Husband

Tom Husband

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/64202 Driver T. Husband Royal Army Service Corps 27th. April 1941 Age 24 Here lies a comrade A man, a soldier, at rest. Sadly missed by Mam, Dad and family

Eric E Sutcliffe

Eric E Sutcliffe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James West

James West

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald R Bradshaw

Ronald R Bradshaw

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Denis D O'Sullivan

Denis D O'Sullivan

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Michael Joseph Cusack

Michael Joseph Cusack

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

35803 Private M.J. Cusack N.Z. Infantry 26th. April 1941 Age 23

Lal Rup

Lal Rup

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10th Baluch Regiment

James J Nicol

James J Nicol

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

William McLean Sutherland

William McLean Sutherland

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/186553 DRIVER W. MC L. SUTHERLAND ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 26TH-27TH APRIL 1941 AGE 28 SAFE IN GOD’S KEEPING TILL WE MEET AGAIN

Leonard George Morris

Leonard George Morris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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