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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)

Trevor Claude Bellringer

Trevor Claude Bellringer

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

523 Bombardier T.C. Bellringer N.Z. Artillery 17th. April 1941 Age 31

David Cameron Lamb

David Cameron Lamb

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James W. Cruickshank

James W. Cruickshank

1913 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Walter Reginald Basil Long

Walter Reginald Basil Long

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis Edward Spillane

Francis Edward Spillane

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Medical Corps

Jack William Martin

Jack William Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Karl Clement Mayne

Karl Clement Mayne

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert William Wigington

Herbert William Wigington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Tai Rangi

Tai Rangi

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Rangi T.

Geoffrey Francis Taylor

Geoffrey Francis Taylor

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Edward Boyes

Albert Edward Boyes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

William W Morris

William W Morris

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Caradoc C Richards

Caradoc C Richards

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

James Smith

James Smith

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14322474 Private J. Smith The Black Watch 13th. January 1945 Age 20 For our to-morrow He gave his to-day

William Smail Sanderson

William Smail Sanderson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Delemore

William Delemore

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment Son of William and Alice Delemore, of Rhydfelin, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.

James Stewart “Jim” Austin

James Stewart “Jim” Austin

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Edward Dagnall

William Edward Dagnall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Walter Sidney Ray

Walter Sidney Ray

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6849704 Rifleman W.S. Ray The Rangers 9th. Bn. K.R.R.C. 12th. - 27th. April 1941 Age 24 Gone from our home but not from our hearts. Wife, son, mother and family

Hugh Henry Taylor

Hugh Henry Taylor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Known to be buried in this cemetery 28292 Private H.H. Taylor N.Z. Infantry 9th. December 1941 Age 24

Mustafa Bilbeissi Yassin

Mustafa Bilbeissi Yassin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Charles William Edwin Long

Charles William Edwin Long

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

William John Gregory Warren

William John Gregory Warren

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Percy Holroyd

Percy Holroyd

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/291284 Driver P. Holroyd Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 43 Remembrance is a golden chain That binds us Till we meet again May

Walter Henry Simpson

Walter Henry Simpson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

A MN Sailor

A MN Sailor

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SAILOR OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR MERCHANT NAVY KNOWN UNTO GOD

David Llewellyn Rees

David Llewellyn Rees

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

U Haisman

U Haisman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A MN Sailor

A MN Sailor

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SAILOR OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR MERCHANT NAVY KNOWN UNTO GOD

Raymond Percival Atkinson

Raymond Percival Atkinson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

988591 Flight Sergeant R.P. Atkinson Flight Engineer Royal Air Force 1st. December 1943 Age 21 Home, Kindred, Motherland and all They leave at their creator's call

Leonard L Edmonds

Leonard L Edmonds

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Albert Vincent Lenholm

Albert Vincent Lenholm

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 4552 CORPORAL A. V. LENHOLM 2/3 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 23 As The Day Clings To The Dark So My Memory Clings To You

James J Carroll

James J Carroll

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank F Edwards

Frank F Edwards

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Essex Regiment

Charles James Anderson

Charles James Anderson

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Albert Beck

Albert Beck

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Alan Saville Micholls

Alan Saville Micholls

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2nd Lieutenant A.S. Micholls 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 13th. April 1941 Age 26 His heart to his home His life to King and Country And his soul to God

Henry “Harry” Deakin

Henry “Harry” Deakin

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest E. Bailey

Ernest E. Bailey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Reginald George Ives-Lashmar

Reginald George Ives-Lashmar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George Francis Headland

George Francis Headland

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Douglas Herbert Onions

Douglas Herbert Onions

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1911592 Sapper D.H. Onions Royal Engineers 20th. December 1944 Age 28 God help us from our hearts to say "Thy will be done"

Kenneth Charles Simkin

Kenneth Charles Simkin

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 1413 CORPORAL K. C. SIMPKIN 2/2 AUST. INF. BN. 17TH APRIL 1941 AGE 27 LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN

John Munro

John Munro

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

YEARS HAVE PASSED HOW LONG IT SEEMS BUT IN OUR HEARTS HIS FACE STILL BEAMS

Edward Thomas George Wallis

Edward Thomas George Wallis

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

“R.I.P. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. MAY ANGELS GUARD YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN. DAD”

Anna Ferrito

Anna Ferrito

1949

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Miss Anna Ferrito died 30th. September 1949 Daughter of 6916894 Sgt. Ferrito

Colin Campbell Bond

Colin Campbell Bond

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Archibald Joseph Penhall

Archibald Joseph Penhall

1910 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Frank Taylor

William Frank Taylor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police

John James Lewis

John James Lewis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Alfred George Barr

Alfred George Barr

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

John Edward Einsiedel

John Edward Einsiedel

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Townsend

John J Townsend

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Charles Christopher

John Charles Christopher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

George G Donaldson

George G Donaldson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur A Drayton

Arthur A Drayton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Army Dental Corps

Frank Ferguson Ching

Frank Ferguson Ching

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert R Morrison

Robert R Morrison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John William Inchley

John William Inchley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

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