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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 Wheeler

George William Wheeler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert Reginald Beale

Herbert Reginald Beale

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Harold George Franks

Harold George Franks

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

John William Downie

John William Downie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Sidney S Bielby

Sidney S Bielby

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Patrick Henry “Woody” Woodruff

Patrick Henry “Woody” Woodruff

1912 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

"WOODY" GOD BLESS YOU, DARLING

Joseph Henry Pearl

Joseph Henry Pearl

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Timothy Bowler

John Timothy Bowler

1914 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Terence T Howes

Terence T Howes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Ernest George Sullivan-Saunders

Ernest George Sullivan-Saunders

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

William Henry Christopher

William Henry Christopher

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George Norman Brazier

George Norman Brazier

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Sidney Keen

Sidney Keen

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pilot Officer S. Keen Royal Australian Air Force 3rd. August 1944 Age 23 He gave his life for his country

James Walter Metcalfe

James Walter Metcalfe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Andrew A Galloway

Andrew A Galloway

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Herbert George Billingham

Herbert George Billingham

1915 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5954501 PRIVATE H. G. BILLINGHAM THE BUFFS 19TH DECEMBER 1944 † THO' YOUR FACE I CANNOT SEE YOUR VOICE I CANNOT HEAR OFTEN I SIT AND THINK AND SHED A SILENT TEAR

Reginald Samuel Duffield Cudworth

Reginald Samuel Duffield Cudworth

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Harry Burton Searl

Harry Burton Searl

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX.7428 Corporal H.B. Searl Sigs.6 Aust. Div. 22nd. April 1941 Age 24 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON HARRY

Gordon Keith Thackeray

Gordon Keith Thackeray

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest Leslie Seaton

Ernest Leslie Seaton

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Clarence William Hansen

Clarence William Hansen

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles C Vincent

Charles C Vincent

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Ran Bahadur Tamang

Ran Bahadur Tamang

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Gwilym G Morris

Gwilym G Morris

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Alfred Cecil Giles Hesketh-Prichard

Alfred Cecil Giles Hesketh-Prichard

1916 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Reginald Thomas Linkstead

Reginald Thomas Linkstead

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Harry Henry Plumley

Harry Henry Plumley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry Lawrence Kilvert

Henry Lawrence Kilvert

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Albert Victor Abbotts

Albert Victor Abbotts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald Norman Robert Wheatley

Ronald Norman Robert Wheatley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Wallace Reid Wennerbom

Wallace Reid Wennerbom

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 6870 PRIVATE W. R. WENNERBOM 2/8 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 29 FOR EVER WITH THE LORD

William Augustus Jones

William Augustus Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

S Shrinivasan

S Shrinivasan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Reginald Douglas Wilmot

Reginald Douglas Wilmot

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Douglas Robert Shaw

Douglas Robert Shaw

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ronald O'Brien

Ronald O'Brien

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Antonio A Vella

Antonio A Vella

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Albert Edward Phillips

Albert Edward Phillips

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 5231 PRIVATE A. E. PHILLIPS 2/5 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 33 LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY WIFE CLARICE AND CHILDREN

John Ross

John Ross

1887 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10281 Private J. Ross N. Z. Infantry 8th September 1941 Age 50

Douglas Drew Dawkins

Douglas Drew Dawkins

1897 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Peter Thomas Fox

Peter Thomas Fox

1917 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6849129 L. Cpl P.T. Fox The Queen's Westminsters 9th. December 1944 Age 27 Sleep on, beloved And take Thy rest We loved you well But God loved you best

James Garrard Black

James Garrard Black

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William Helton Daniell

William Helton Daniell

1891 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Frank Hull

Frank Hull

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Frederick Maskell

Ronald Frederick Maskell

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert William Luckhurst

Robert William Luckhurst

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Edward James Guiver

Edward James Guiver

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/1437154 Driver E.J. Guiver Royal Army Service Corps 27th. December 1944 Age 38 Greater love hath no man He laid down his life for those he loved

Lawrence George Mitchell

Lawrence George Mitchell

1922 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

817187 Sergeant L.G. Mitchell Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal Air Force Auxiliary Air Force 7th. March 1941 Age 18 Christ is near

Stanley Frederick Jackson

Stanley Frederick Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Kevin Cuthbert Pinnington

Kevin Cuthbert Pinnington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Raymond Alfred Ashwell

Raymond Alfred Ashwell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Raymond Allan Barton

Raymond Allan Barton

1913 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

407612 Flight Sergeant R.A. Barton Royal Australian Air Force 21st. February 1943 Age 29 That freedom live He yielded all, Lest freedom die

George Morrison McGowan

George Morrison McGowan

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Jack Bennett Kroupa

Jack Bennett Kroupa

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles John Farlow

Charles John Farlow

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain C.J. Farlow Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 32 In ever loving memory of Jack Fallen in the cause of the free

John Edward Woodall

John Edward Woodall

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 ROYAL SIGNALS KNOWN UNTO GOD

Charles Narramore

Charles Narramore

1914 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 11648 PRIVATE C. NARRAMORE A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 21ST MARCH 1942 AGE 27 HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE

Charles Henry Ingram

Charles Henry Ingram

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7903345 TROOPER C. H. INGRAM 4TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 26 A LIGHT IS GONE A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED

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