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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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Albert Edward Gee

Albert Edward Gee

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Albert Ruddock

Albert Ruddock

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2155535 SAPPER A. RUDDOCK ROYAL ENGINEERS 16TH NOVEMBER 1945 AGE 38 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DARLING HUSBAND: WE WHO LOVED YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

J Sutherland

J Sutherland

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT J. SUTHERLAND S.A.A.F. 24TH JUNE 1945 AGE 27 ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM, O LORD: AND MAY THE PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE ON HIM

Benjamin Aitken

Benjamin Aitken

1923 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2055553 PRIVATE B. AITKEN PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 4TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 21 “TILL WE MEET AGAIN”

Leonard L Cockroft

Leonard L Cockroft

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Charles Leonard Holt

Charles Leonard Holt

1913 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5575288 Gunner C.L. Holt 104th. (Essex Yeomanry) Regt. R.H.A. 16th. December 1944 Age 31 Till we meet again R.H.A. = Royal Horse Artillery

Bernard Louvain Hancock

Bernard Louvain Hancock

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Michael M Samson

Michael M Samson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Philip Graham Wattle

John Philip Graham Wattle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Arthur Herbert Taylor

Arthur Herbert Taylor

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles John Humphries

Charles John Humphries

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Hugh Macdonald Blane

Hugh Macdonald Blane

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J Carroll

John J Carroll

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Robert R Boath

Robert R Boath

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Richard R Newton

Richard R Newton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Modestos Papaefstratiou

Modestos Papaefstratiou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Ronald Wasley

Charles Ronald Wasley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Francis Mullard

George Francis Mullard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William W Binney

William W Binney

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Robert Gething

Robert Gething

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Carl Fay

William Carl Fay

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Fay W. C.

Constantine Pericles Dracoulis

Constantine Pericles Dracoulis

1911 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C. P. DRACOULIS ROYAL AIR FORCE 10TH MAY 1943 AGE 32 (Greek text translation): “Now the deeds of the best could never be or have been other than the fairest” Timaeus, Plato

Barry B Domvile

Barry B Domvile

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Hussein Ali

Hussein Ali

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

James West

James West

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6013731 Private J. West The East Surrey Regiment 26th. December 1944 Age 36 Some may think I forget you When they see me smile But none knows the heartache That is hidden all the while

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS KNOWN UNTO GOD

Joseph Amos Bailey

Joseph Amos Bailey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Le Roy Merriman

Le Roy Merriman

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Merriman Le R.

An Airman

An Airman

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AN AIRMAN OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR ROYAL AIR FORCE KNOWN UNTO GOD

George Henry Layton

George Henry Layton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Donald George MacReady

Donald George MacReady

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/70349 Driver D.G. MacReady Royal Army Service Corps 28th. April 1941 Age 29 Dearly loved and sadly missed by all at home

Ernest James “Sonnie” Coome

Ernest James “Sonnie” Coome

1924 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14523127 Private E.J. Coome Royal Army Medical Corps 15th. May 1945 Age 21 Until the day break and the shadows flee away The epitaph is taken from The Song of Solomon.

William Archibald Campbell

William Archibald Campbell

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lal Babu

Lal Babu

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

8th Punjab Regiment

Robert Edward Robinson

Robert Edward Robinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Edward Joseph “Teddy” Lawes

Edward Joseph “Teddy” Lawes

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

410896 Trooper E.J. Lawes The Royal Dragoons Royal Armoured Corps 16th. November 1944 Age 24 Though so far away from home you are near to us in thought. God bless you Teddy

Thomas James Green

Thomas James Green

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Sydney S Elston

Sydney S Elston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Cyril David Gaskin

Cyril David Gaskin

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Albert A Hunt

Albert A Hunt

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

Max Swirsky

Max Swirsky

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

DEARLY BELOVED YOUNGEST SON OF ABRAHAM AND UDICE SWIRSKY

Edward E Osborne

Edward E Osborne

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred A Evans

Alfred A Evans

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

John James Horder

John James Horder

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bertie Gwyn Davies

Bertie Gwyn Davies

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Hanan H Hess

Hanan H Hess

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Alexander Chalmers Waddell

Alexander Chalmers Waddell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Edward Sutcliffe

James Edward Sutcliffe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Harold Redfern

Harold Redfern

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7899320 Trooper H. Redfern 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 26th. - 27th. April 1941 Age 23 To a beautiful life Came a sudden end He died as he lived Everyone's friend

Alexander Harold Todd

Alexander Harold Todd

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Angus Frank Windsor

Angus Frank Windsor

1920 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Maurice Powell

James Maurice Powell

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Clarence William Hutchings

Clarence William Hutchings

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Thomas Tolley

John Thomas Tolley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

James J Moffatt

James J Moffatt

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Joseph Lawrence Jones

Joseph Lawrence Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John J Knight

John J Knight

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

James Bernard Ogilvy

James Bernard Ogilvy

1898 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Norfolk

George Norfolk

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment, Private, Norfolk G

Arthur William Wise

Arthur William Wise

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

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