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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)

John Duncan MacMillan

John Duncan MacMillan

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry Evans Gibson

Henry Evans Gibson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5949829 Private H.E. Gibson The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 3rd. July 1945 Age 30 Happy memories Are all we have left We loved him too dearly To ever forget

Edward John Watson Forbes

Edward John Watson Forbes

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

36505 Driver E. J. W. Forbes N. Z. Army Service Corps 22nd April 1941 age 26 [A fern with New Zealand written underneath, all within a cross]

Christos C Paraskeva

Christos C Paraskeva

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

David Dorrien Hutton

David Dorrien Hutton

1914 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Bernard Buckthought

George Bernard Buckthought

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

William W Murphy

William W Murphy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Edward Le Marshall

John Edward Le Marshall

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph Richard Thomas

Joseph Richard Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Claudian George Barnett

Claudian George Barnett

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLYING OFFICER C. G. BARNETT PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 2ND FEBRUARY 1944 AGE 26 † HE IS NOT HERE FOR HE IS RISEN ST. MATT. XXVIII. 6

Jaspar Ernest Harrell

Jaspar Ernest Harrell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Everest George Edmunds

Everest George Edmunds

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James J Smrke

James J Smrke

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Ernest Frederick Hammon

Ernest Frederick Hammon

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frederick Charles Butler

Frederick Charles Butler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Singh Niranjan

Singh Niranjan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11th Sikh Regiment

Robin Cyril Lindsay Bury

Robin Cyril Lindsay Bury

1918 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you

Joseph Edward Harris

Joseph Edward Harris

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Stewart Campbell Thurman

Stewart Campbell Thurman

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Army Service Corps

William Victor Holloway

William Victor Holloway

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Georghios Savva Zevlas

Georghios Savva Zevlas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Anthony Arthur Wells

Anthony Arthur Wells

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Maxwell Vitty

James Maxwell Vitty

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Francis Joseph Keegan

Francis Joseph Keegan

1916 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

405963 Warrant Officer F.J. Keegan Royal Australian Air Force 3rd. June 1944 Age 28 Remembered always. Rest in Peace

Frederick Rowland Fear

Frederick Rowland Fear

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5674160 Corporal F.R. Fear Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 13th. December 1944 Ever remembered by Mum, Cecil, George, Jim and Norman "Never alone, son"

Thomas Gibbs

Thomas Gibbs

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 11258 SAPPER T. GIBBS 2/1 AUST. FD. COY. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 33 REST, WARRIOR REST. THY TOILS ARE O'ER. SADLY MISSED

Lemuel Mahanga

Lemuel Mahanga

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Mahanga L.

Clarence Charles “Charlie” Horne

Clarence Charles “Charlie” Horne

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Arthur Ling

William Arthur Ling

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry Joseph Perkins

Henry Joseph Perkins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Philip Leonard Evans

Philip Leonard Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Andreas Elia

Andreas Elia

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert R Waistell

Robert R Waistell

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Carey Thomas Rugman

Carey Thomas Rugman

1916 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2003640 Sapper C. Rugman Royal Engineers 3rd. April 1945 Age 28 With God he rests Our boy who gave His life, his all For a soldier's grave

Thomas Wilfred Wright

Thomas Wilfred Wright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William W Byrne

William W Byrne

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Percy Harold Green

Percy Harold Green

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ronald John Wilson

Ronald John Wilson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14549281 Private R.J. Wilson The Royal Sussex Regiment 30th. May 1945

Sidney George Swinnerton

Sidney George Swinnerton

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 7798 PRIVATE S. G. SWINNERTON 2/1 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH AUGUST 1941 AGE 23 ALWAYS LIVING IN OUR HEARTS TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS

Evan Ancre Jones

Evan Ancre Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Leo Alphonsus Young

Leo Alphonsus Young

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Walter Douglas Peacock

Walter Douglas Peacock

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11430406 L. BDR W. D. PEACOCK ROYAL ARTILLERY 27TH FEBRUARY 1946 AGE 29 GOD KNOWS BEST AND WE MUST SUBMIT

Ralph Allan Coleman

Ralph Allan Coleman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Angus MacKintosh

Angus MacKintosh

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Walter W Wrench

Walter W Wrench

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John James McGILL

John James McGILL

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Joseph Henry Stephens

Joseph Henry Stephens

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bernard James Adams

Bernard James Adams

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

932009 GUNNER B. J. ADAMS ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 22 UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

Stanley Horder

Stanley Horder

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1620802 Sergeant S. Horder Air Bomber Royal Air Force 21st. September 1944 Age 20 Our beloved son. No morning dawns No night returns But what we think of him

Stephen Edward Barber

Stephen Edward Barber

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Harling

John Harling

1909 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11052826 PRIVATE J. HARLING ROYAL ARTILLERY 15TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 35 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. DUTY NOBLY DONE

Phillip William Harvey

Phillip William Harvey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Joseph Wemyss

Joseph Wemyss

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Cameron

Thomas Cameron

1917 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2934031 CORPORAL T. CAMERON THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 24TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 28 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

Cyril Edward Ohlson

Cyril Edward Ohlson

1921 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

David D McPherson

David D McPherson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Samuel S Benelisha

Samuel S Benelisha

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Samuel Arthur Legge

Samuel Arthur Legge

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1923776 Sapper S.A. Legge Royal Engineers 15th. December 1944 Age 27

Andrew A Brand

Andrew A Brand

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Charles Richard Miller

Charles Richard Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

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