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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)

Walter Dickens

Walter Dickens

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1876322 L.Cpl W. Dickens Royal Engineers 2nd. February 1945 Age 22 No fear can rob my soul of rest. I lean upon my saviour's breast. He is my peace

Sidney Lewins

Sidney Lewins

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3325158 CORPORAL S. LEWINS THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INF. 7TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 29 TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN

Joseph J Dyson

Joseph J Dyson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Herbert Francis Thompson

Herbert Francis Thompson

1913 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Maxwell Joseph Daniel Byford

Maxwell Joseph Daniel Byford

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery — Byford M. J. D.

Samuel Eddy Pinchback

Samuel Eddy Pinchback

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Phillip P Galman

Phillip P Galman

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Ivan Joseph Warwick

Ivan Joseph Warwick

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 12485 PRIVATE I. J. WARWICK 2/8 AUST. INF. BN. 13TH APRIL 1941 AGE 29 IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU

Mervyn Roy Parkin

Mervyn Roy Parkin

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX. 1803 PRIVATE M. R. PARKIN 2/11 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 31 LINK OF A PERFECT CHAIN. FOR KING, HOME AND EMPIRE

Charles Arthur Copeland Chetham

Charles Arthur Copeland Chetham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PILOT OFFICER C. A. C. CHETHAM PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 15TH APRIL 1941 AGE 21 †

John Carl Mousley

John Carl Mousley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Leslie Frank England

Leslie Frank England

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Life Guards

Colin Fisher

Colin Fisher

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Fisher, C.

John Alexander MacDonald

John Alexander MacDonald

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Henry Harvey

Charles Henry Harvey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Frederick F Thomas

Frederick F Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Mohamad Rizka Zaki

Mohamad Rizka Zaki

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Abbas Ghulam

Abbas Ghulam

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10th Baluch Regiment

Roy Allan Dean

Roy Allan Dean

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Singh Bir

Singh Bir

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse), I.A.C.

Georghios G Michael

Georghios G Michael

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Vincent Edwin Piggott

Vincent Edwin Piggott

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Roy Elisha Wilson

Roy Elisha Wilson

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Reginald Robert Mardon Hancock

Reginald Robert Mardon Hancock

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11062871 GUNNER R. R. M. HANCOCK ROYAL ARTILLERY 29TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 25 HIS CHEERY WAYS AND SMILING FACE ARE A PLEASURE TO RECALL

Henry John Starrett

Henry John Starrett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flight Lieutenant H.J. Starrett Pilot Royal Air Force 20th. April 1941

Thomas Milton James Wood

Thomas Milton James Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Matthew M Thackeray

Matthew M Thackeray

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Samuel Hankey Kane

Samuel Hankey Kane

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George Butler

George Butler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

860675 GUNNER G. BUTLER ROYAL ARTILLERY 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 22 LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS, I AM NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING IN PEACE WAITING FOR YOU ALL

Alan Clark Campbell

Alan Clark Campbell

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT A. C. CAMPBELL ROYAL ENGINEERS 26TH JUNE 1944 AGE 26 “IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING”

George Wheaton Pateman

George Wheaton Pateman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Horace A. Reid

Horace A. Reid

1890 – 1951

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lt. Colonel Horace A. Reid D.S.O., M.C., Croix de Guerre Belge 1914-1918 D.S.O. = Distinguished Service Order M.C. = Military Cross Born Montevideo 17th. October 1890 Died Athens 14th. June 1951 Faithful and true

James Ernest Barber

James Ernest Barber

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

746793 SERGEANT J. E. BARBER OBSERVER ROYAL AIR FORCE 7TH DECEMBER 1940 AGE 21 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

Robert Arthur Fromenton

Robert Arthur Fromenton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Richard R Sharman

Richard R Sharman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

South Staffordshire Regiment

James J Tocker

James J Tocker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Samuel S Wilson

Samuel S Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Kenneth MacKenzie

Kenneth MacKenzie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Fayad Mohamad Ahmad

Fayad Mohamad Ahmad

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Kenneth Francis Watson

Kenneth Francis Watson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Stanley S Pritchard

Stanley S Pritchard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

H M Abu Afif

H M Abu Afif

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

W D Morice

W D Morice

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

208355V AIR MECHANIC W. D. MORICE S.A.A.F. 24TH JUNE 1945 AGE 29 "THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH… THOU ART WITH ME"

John Dorman Chisim

John Dorman Chisim

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1877605 L. Cpl J.D. Chisim Royal Engineers 19th. November 1944 Age 23 He rests far from his native land

Iorwerth Watkins

Iorwerth Watkins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur A Ince

Arthur A Ince

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alfred James Kingsley

Alfred James Kingsley

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/81191 Driver A.J. Kingsley Royal Army Service Corps 28th. April 1941 Age 30

D. Holt

D. Holt

1948

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14462510 Rfm. D. Holt K.R.R.C. died 1st. March 1948

Benjamin B. Aspinall

Benjamin B. Aspinall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William George Evans

William George Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Eric James Lewis

Eric James Lewis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Derek Richard Humm

Derek Richard Humm

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

John Anthony Crompton

John Anthony Crompton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William W Reid

William W Reid

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

George Downes

George Downes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

John Godden

John Godden

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2120466 Sapper J. Godden Royal Engineers 26th. July 1945 Age 31 Not only to-day But every day We think of you

James Crawford Farmer

James Crawford Farmer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Thomas Edward Reeve

Thomas Edward Reeve

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR 1941 KNOWN UNTO GOD

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