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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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George William Thomas Read

George William Thomas Read

1922 – 1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Quinton Rowland Dummett

Quinton Rowland Dummett

1920 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CAPTAIN Q. R. DUMMETT S.A.A.F. AND ROYAL AIR FORCE 19TH OCTOBER 1944 AGE 24 "NON SIBI SED PATRIÆ" Latin: NOT FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR HIS COUNTRY"

Terence Alexander George Hawkins

Terence Alexander George Hawkins

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas T Kirk

Thomas T Kirk

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Clifford O'Connor

John Clifford O'Connor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John J Ivison

John J Ivison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Thomas T Churchill

Thomas T Churchill

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Cyril Herbert Rourke

Cyril Herbert Rourke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald R. Vale

Ronald R. Vale

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bindu

Bindu

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Harold Edward Ralph

Harold Edward Ralph

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frederick Harold Thomas

Frederick Harold Thomas

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George King Sutherland

George King Sutherland

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 3284 PRIVATE G. K. SUTHERLAND 2/5 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 38 DUTY NOBLY DONE

Thomas James Hawker

Thomas James Hawker

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant T.J. Hawker The Gloucestershire Regt. 23rd. December 1944 Age 31 In silence we remember him. Death divides Fond memories cling. All at home

Robert Lawson

Robert Lawson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10583299 Craftsman R. Lawson R.E.M.E. 14th. December 1944 Age 22 Deep in our hearts A memory is kept Of Rab whom we loved And will never forget

Brendan Patrick Hoare

Brendan Patrick Hoare

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Muhammad Jan

Muhammad Jan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police (India)

John J. Bennett

John J. Bennett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Harold Lacey Goddard

Harold Lacey Goddard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ibrahim Jaabari Taha

Ibrahim Jaabari Taha

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Jack Voss Smith

Jack Voss Smith

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry James Murray

Henry James Murray

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 5386 PRIVATE H. J. MURRAY 2/3 AUST. INF. BN. 22ND APRIL 1941 AGE 22 YOU GAVE YOUR ALL, THAT WE IN PEACE MIGHT LIVE

Idris I Thomas

Idris I Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Corps of Military Police

John J Johnston

John J Johnston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

John Hayton Thorp

John Hayton Thorp

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Robert William Lee

Robert William Lee

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2016847 L SJT R. W. LEE ROYAL ENGINEERS 11TH 0CTOBER 1944 AGE 30 GOD REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE

Charles Leslie Mottram

Charles Leslie Mottram

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Sydney Edward Odell

Sydney Edward Odell

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Norman Dalziel McEWEN

Norman Dalziel McEWEN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Elphinstone Kay

William Elphinstone Kay

1888 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George William John “MM” Miller

George William John “MM” Miller

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Cromwell George Stainer

Cromwell George Stainer

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arnold Bell

Arnold Bell

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain A. Bell H.M.S. "Nile" 14th. November 1944 Greater love Hath no man than this, That a man lay down His life for his friends

Ernest Joseph Barton Jones

Ernest Joseph Barton Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Eugenion E Potoglou

Eugenion E Potoglou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Archibald Frederick Sinclair

Archibald Frederick Sinclair

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William James Dunlevey

William James Dunlevey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Harry Shaw

Harry Shaw

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Bravlio Heras

Bravlio Heras

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

William Fraser

William Fraser

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert John Roseblade

Herbert John Roseblade

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14039301 SIGNALMAN H. J. ROSEBLADE ROYAL SIGNALS 23RD MAY 1946 AGE 18 HE DID ALL HE COULD FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND THOSE HE LOVED REMEMBER

Eli Cecil Trewern

Eli Cecil Trewern

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Harry Nicholas

John Harry Nicholas

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

318786 Trooper J.H. Nicholas The Yorkshire Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 7th. October 1941 Age 22

Archibald Gilfilian Ayers

Archibald Gilfilian Ayers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edmund Pickett Ash

Edmund Pickett Ash

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles George Sutton

Charles George Sutton

1909 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Engineers

William Buckland Jones

William Buckland Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

826672 Corporal W.B. Jones Royal Army Ordnance Corps 13th. April 1941 Age 26

Alexander A Common

Alexander A Common

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Geoffrey Gilkes

Geoffrey Gilkes

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold Henry Dawks

Harold Henry Dawks

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George Hughes McKenna

George Hughes McKenna

1920 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

876381 Gunner G.H. McKenna Royal Artillery 1st. December 1943 Age 23

Harvey Arnold Newnham

Harvey Arnold Newnham

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dasav Appanarao

Dasav Appanarao

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Ivan George Pavicic

Ivan George Pavicic

1921 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 33695 Private I.G. Pavicic N.Z. Infantry 17th. August 1942 Age 21

Leslie Gordon Edwards

Leslie Gordon Edwards

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Singh Diwan

Singh Diwan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Leonard L MacDONALD

Leonard L MacDONALD

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

John Laurence Collier

John Laurence Collier

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Edward E Thompson

Edward E Thompson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Percy Edward Paskell

Percy Edward Paskell

1922 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried in Romanos 6204931 Gunner P.E. Paskell Royal Artillery 29th. April 1944 Age 22

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