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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 Frederick Christian Danielsen

George Frederick Christian Danielsen

1910 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Charles Gilbert Brown

Charles Gilbert Brown

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

George Henry Calveley

George Henry Calveley

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flight Lieutenant G.H. Calveley Pilot Royal Air Force 30th August 1944

Ralph Eric Morcom

Ralph Eric Morcom

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry H Hadley

Harry H Hadley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

James Slessor “Jamie” Duncan

James Slessor “Jamie” Duncan

1915 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1945915 Corporal J.S. Duncan Royal Engineers 7th. March 1945 Age 30 He died that we might live. "Darling Jamie"

Leslie Walter Jackson

Leslie Walter Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Gordon Louis Maynard

Gordon Louis Maynard

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14408274 Private G.L. Maynard The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 20th. December 1944 Age 20 In proud and loving memory of our dear son Gordon. Mother and Father Brothers and sisters

William Angus Arnold

William Angus Arnold

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14580347 Private W.A. Arnold The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 18th. April 1945 Age 20 We whisper his name fondly and say "We wish he were here"

Edward Herbert White

Edward Herbert White

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Victor James Capill

Victor James Capill

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry Phillip Skedgwell

Henry Phillip Skedgwell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Robert Paul Walsh

Robert Paul Walsh

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14048528 PRIVATE R. P. WALSH THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT 26TH FEBRUARY 1946 AGE 18 WE KNOW THAT ALL LOVE IS ETERNAL, AND DEATH ONLY AN INCIDENT IN ETERNITY

Herbert Edgar Horace Longworth

Herbert Edgar Horace Longworth

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred Norman Roberts

Alfred Norman Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Frank Aubrey Stumbles

Frank Aubrey Stumbles

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert Alan Whittlestone

Robert Alan Whittlestone

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

A N.Z. Soldier

A N.Z. Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR A SERJEANT A NEW ZEALAND REGIMENT 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

Thomas Arthur Vaughan

Thomas Arthur Vaughan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2182628 SERJEANT T. A. VAUGHAN PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 31ST DECEMBER 1944 AGE 39 WAR TO THE DEATH

Ronald Jack Tricker

Ronald Jack Tricker

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/5836156 DRIVER R. J. TRICKER ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 13TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 ASLEEP IN GOD’S GARDEN FREE FROM SORROW AND PAIN WHEN LIFE’S JOURNEY IS ENDED WE TRUST TO MEET HIM AGAIN

Henry George Fone

Henry George Fone

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Albert Allan Herron

Albert Allan Herron

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant A.A. Herron 2/1 Aust. Inf. Bn. 31st. May 1941 Age 25 Born Strathfield, N.S.W. Schola Grammatica Sydneiensis

Joseph Gillard

Joseph Gillard

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

David John Butcher

David John Butcher

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Cornelius C Murphy

Cornelius C Murphy

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Harold Erskine Lyle

Harold Erskine Lyle

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cecil William O'Dell

Cecil William O'Dell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Kamle Niwaratirao

Kamle Niwaratirao

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Carl Delbert Theodore Holmberg

Carl Delbert Theodore Holmberg

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flight Lieutenant C.D.T. Holmberg Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal Canadian Air Force 9th. April 1944

John Turnbull Mehaffey

John Turnbull Mehaffey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Brian Joseph Walsh

Brian Joseph Walsh

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Walsh B. J.

Richard William Ellis

Richard William Ellis

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred Hodgkiss Boden

Alfred Hodgkiss Boden

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Neil Joseph Bowden

Neil Joseph Bowden

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Ernest Wangman

William Ernest Wangman

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Gaven Albert Robert Nilson Smeath

Gaven Albert Robert Nilson Smeath

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Lloyd Ralph Pearson

Lloyd Ralph Pearson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Jack Allan Eyes

Jack Allan Eyes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Constantis C Ioannou

Constantis C Ioannou

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

David D Simms

David D Simms

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Donovan Gerhard Boehm

Donovan Gerhard Boehm

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Philip John Ramage

Philip John Ramage

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

Alfred Whiting Moodie

Alfred Whiting Moodie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Saadia S Zabary

Saadia S Zabary

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

W Jansen

W Jansen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pat Hensley Graham

Pat Hensley Graham

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Graham P. H.

Ali Shah Nur

Ali Shah Nur

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

William Raymond Culy

William Raymond Culy

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14655758 Private W.R. Culy The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 20th. December 1944 Loved, remembered and longed for always. Edna, Valerie, Mum and Dad

Alfred A. Atkinson

Alfred A. Atkinson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Ram Bahadur Sahi

Ram Bahadur Sahi

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry Harwood Derrington Cox

Harry Harwood Derrington Cox

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sidney Charles Fennell

Sidney Charles Fennell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Nadar Rajendra

Nadar Rajendra

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Samuel Kennedy

Samuel Kennedy

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7520783 Corporal S. Kennedy Royal Army Medical Corps 14th. April 1941 Age 39 He died that we might live

Albert Henry Fenwick

Albert Henry Fenwick

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Christoforos C Pavlou

Christoforos C Pavlou

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Frank Charles Stobart

Frank Charles Stobart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Robert R Farrington

Robert R Farrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bernard Henry Misselbrook

Bernard Henry Misselbrook

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14564920 Driver B.H. Misselbrook Royal Engineers 3rd. July 1945 Age 21 In loving memory. The beloved son of Henry and Edith Misselbrook Byfleet, Surrey, England

Nar Bahadur Thapa

Nar Bahadur Thapa

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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