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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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John J Agar

John J Agar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Cyril C Boyers

Cyril C Boyers

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Walter Stanley Robson

Walter Stanley Robson

1911 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6350810 L. Cpl W.S. Robson The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 13th. July 1945

Alfred Redman Willans

Alfred Redman Willans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Horse Artillery

William John Lewery

William John Lewery

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Frederick James Jerram

Frederick James Jerram

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur John Hammond

Arthur John Hammond

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/181673 Driver A.J. Hammond Royal Army Service Corps 28th. March 1941 Age 29 He bade no last farewell He waved his hand to none He'd flown before we knew That he from us had gone

A A Tahta Muni

A A Tahta Muni

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Basil George Richardson

Basil George Richardson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

George Albert Page

George Albert Page

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas T Bewick

Thomas T Bewick

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Allen Parish

William Allen Parish

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7899463 Trooper W.A. Parish 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 23rd. April 1941 Age 22 Gone from our home But not from our hearts

Daniel David Thomas

Daniel David Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George Jesse Crockett

George Jesse Crockett

1915 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Edward Henry Jones

Edward Henry Jones

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Alexander Gow Macauley

Alexander Gow Macauley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Francis Patrick Kelly

Francis Patrick Kelly

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Alfred Downes Barber

Alfred Downes Barber

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5383453 Private A.D. Barber The King's Regiment 3rd. January 1945 Age 28 At the going down of the Sun and in the morning We remember him. Mum and Dad

Alfred Edward Lette

Alfred Edward Lette

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 23537 SAPPER A. E. LETTE 2/8 AUST. FD. COY 20TH APRIL 1941 AGE 30 BELOVED HUSBAND OF JESSIE AMY, FATHER OF JUDITH AND MARGARET

Savvas S Demetriou

Savvas S Demetriou

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Henry John Fuller

Henry John Fuller

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Ahmet Touko Moustafa

Ahmet Touko Moustafa

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

John Dowse Andrew

John Dowse Andrew

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dennis Charles Barrett

Dennis Charles Barrett

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLYING OFFICER D. C. BARRETT ROYAL AIR FORCE 2ND JANUARY 1941 AGE 25 † ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THE WONDERFUL ESPRIT DE CORPS OF HIS SQUADRON. R.I.P.

John William Clyde Christesen

John William Clyde Christesen

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Duncan William Cardno

John Duncan William Cardno

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur A Upton

Arthur A Upton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Percy Goldsmith

Percy Goldsmith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ahmad Khan

Ahmad Khan

1927 – 1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Tai Taingahue

Tai Taingahue

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Taingahue T.

Percy Edward Taylor

Percy Edward Taylor

1916 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

44549 Private P. E. Taylor N. Z. Infantry 22nd August 1942 age 26 [A fern with New Zealand written underneath, all within a cross]

David Dawson

David Dawson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PRIVATE MAU W. N. SERVED AS DAWSON D.

James Henry Reay

James Henry Reay

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank Robert Hart

Frank Robert Hart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CH/X. 2674 Corporal F.R. Hart Royal Marines 20th. August 1941 Age 19 In sacred memory of a dear son and brother. Until we meet again.

Joseph J Harding

Joseph J Harding

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Gordon Pope

Gordon Pope

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1157262 Sergeant G. Pope Royal Air Force 18th. December 1944 Age 23 We shall meet again one day. Loving Dad sister and brothers

Philip P Carpus

Philip P Carpus

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

John J Howarth

John J Howarth

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Herbert Summers

Herbert Summers

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PSALM 27. THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR? AMEN

Frederick Bates

Frederick Bates

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6408487 Private F. Bates The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 19th. June 1946 Age 23 In loving memory of our son Frederick

Reginald Lionel Church

Reginald Lionel Church

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1584051 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. L. CHURCH PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 22ND JUNE 1946 AGE 25 SILENT THOUGHTS AND SWEET MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS REMAIN OF OUR DEVOTED SON

Samuel S Floyd

Samuel S Floyd

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

James Peter King

James Peter King

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Martin M Walshe

Martin M Walshe

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Reuben R Dalby

Reuben R Dalby

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Clarence Ernest James

Clarence Ernest James

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William Albert Gentry

William Albert Gentry

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Harry Barnard Ibertson

Harry Barnard Ibertson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

255428 Sapper H.B. Ibertson S.A.E.C. 17th. December 1941 Age 30 Those who love you will never forget. Alma and Warwick S.A.E.C. = South African Engineer Corps

Nicolas Ioannou Tylliros

Nicolas Ioannou Tylliros

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

David Hugh “Dave” Roberts

David Hugh “Dave” Roberts

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7896017 Trooper D.H. Roberts 46th. (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regt. R.A.C. 2nd. January 1945 Age 25 Our Dave Faithful unto death R.A.C. = Royal Armoured Corps

Singh Daljit

Singh Daljit

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

John James Gosling

John James Gosling

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3771430 Private J.J. Gosling The King's Regiment 31st. March 1945 Fond memory of my son John Always in our thoughts. Mother. Brother. Sister

Francis George Kenney II

Francis George Kenney II

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Trevor Francis Markham

Trevor Francis Markham

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Edward Charles Johnson

Edward Charles Johnson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4914838 Private E.C. Johnson Royal Army Ordnance Corps 16th. April 1945 Age 27 Always in our thoughts Not just to-day but always. Wife, daughter and family

Kenneth Ernest Leitch

Kenneth Ernest Leitch

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George G Conway

George G Conway

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Hance Robert Monk

Hance Robert Monk

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 43784 L. CPL H. R. MONK A. A. PRO. CORPS 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 27 HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED

James Frederick Brien

James Frederick Brien

1900 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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