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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)

Henry John Knight

Henry John Knight

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Francis Herbert Terry

Francis Herbert Terry

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur Liddell

Arthur Liddell

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Julian De Meyrick

John Julian De Meyrick

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward Charles Henry Dawson

Edward Charles Henry Dawson

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Dawson E. C. H.

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

M Nicolaou

M Nicolaou

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Eid Abu-Nadi Awad

Eid Abu-Nadi Awad

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Aubrey Alec Parker

Aubrey Alec Parker

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

George Thomas Belcher Smith

George Thomas Belcher Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Percy Verdun Hudson

Percy Verdun Hudson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Sidney Robert Houshold

Sidney Robert Houshold

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1637005 Private S.R. Houshold Army Catering Corps 10th. December 1944 Age 30 We lived in hope We prayed in vain That we should see you Home again. Mum and Dad.

Frederick Hugh Edwin Pepper

Frederick Hugh Edwin Pepper

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

961901 SERJEANT F. E. H. PEPPER ROYAL ARTILLERY 24TH MARCH 1946 AGE 29 LOVED TOO DEARLY IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH

Madan Bahadur Rana

Madan Bahadur Rana

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph Richard Stinchcombe

Joseph Richard Stinchcombe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John James Armitage

John James Armitage

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald Ward

Ronald Ward

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

R. WARD LEADING SUPPLY ASSISTANT, RN. P/MX 61236 H.M.S. “FIJI” 23RD MAY 1941 AGE 20 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Man Bahadur Mall

Man Bahadur Mall

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Walter Alfred Devo

Walter Alfred Devo

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Eric Francis Davies

Eric Francis Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sydney Waddington

Sydney Waddington

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

S. Waddington Third Officer S.S. "Devis" 7th. April 1941 Age 35 In memory of our happy days Dad, Mother, Gladys and Ben

Charles Joseph Angell

Charles Joseph Angell

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry H Irwin

Harry H Irwin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Allan Keane

Allan Keane

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Stanley Thomas Hatch

Stanley Thomas Hatch

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1280017 Ldg. Aircraftman S.T. Hatch Royal Air Force 18th. December 1944 Age 23 Our dear son. At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember him

Colin Richard Coghill De Morgan

Colin Richard Coghill De Morgan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alan Willoughby Toley

Alan Willoughby Toley

1917 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest Harrison

Ernest Harrison

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14355710 Gunner E. Harrison Royal Artillery 1st. December 1944 Age 32 At the going down of the Sun and in the morning We will remember you

Frank Morrison

Frank Morrison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Francis Allen Hogan

Francis Allen Hogan

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald R Tempest

Ronald R Tempest

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

John Richard Stuart

John Richard Stuart

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles C Boote

Charles C Boote

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Edward Platt

George Edward Platt

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Jamieson

John Jamieson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2824879 TROOPER J. JAMIESON 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 31ST DECEMBER 1944 AGE 33 RESTING IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL. “THY WILL BE DONE”

Idris I Jones

Idris I Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Archibald John Fletcher

Archibald John Fletcher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Hubert Douglas Jones

Hubert Douglas Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Squadron Leader H.D. Jones Pilot Royal Air Force 18th. April 1941 Age 27 He died as he lived Playing the game "One of the Jones boys and a great man"

John Deakin Jeremy

John Deakin Jeremy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alfred Edward Chaplin

Alfred Edward Chaplin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

John Hardy Falconer

John Hardy Falconer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Sidney Jackson

Sidney Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7910435 Trooper S. Jackson Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 14th. - 30th. April 1941 Age 21 In loving memory of Sidney Killed at Gremena

William W Gray

William W Gray

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bernard Howarth William Webb

Bernard Howarth William Webb

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

77449 Private B.H.W. Webb Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 18th. December 1944 Age 24 In memory of my beloved husband All you had hoped for All you had you gave

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

879522 Fusilier T. Telford The Royal Fusiliers 18th. July 1945

Reginald Roland Bayliss

Reginald Roland Bayliss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas Clifford March

Thomas Clifford March

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Alfred Phillips

William Alfred Phillips

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

John Vaughan Tully

John Vaughan Tully

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Alfred Walpole

George Alfred Walpole

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

William Frederick Heath

William Frederick Heath

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6096275 PRIVATE W. F. HEATH PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 HAPPY AND SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT

Edward James Dyer

Edward James Dyer

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Dyer E. J.

Neil Beauchamp Selby

Neil Beauchamp Selby

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

James Kenneth Shewring

James Kenneth Shewring

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Bloor

James Bloor

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14309381 L. Cpl J. Bloor 4th. Regiment Recce. Corps, R.A.C. 12th. January 1945 Age 20 Let no bitter tear be shed He is marching With his comrades Somewhere on the road ahead R.A.C. = Royal Artillery Corps

Robert R Harrison

Robert R Harrison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harold H Heywood

Harold H Heywood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Philip Diggle

Philip Diggle

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5682530 Private P. Diggle The Somerset Light Inf. 19th. December 1944 Age 22 We will meet again some day Father, Mother Sister Barbara and Grannie

Edward Victor Percival

Edward Victor Percival

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7952450 TROOPER E. V. PERCIVAL 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 21ST DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 MEMORIES, ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF OUR DEARLY BELOVED SON AND BROTHER EDWARD. MOM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS

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