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)

George Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

S/189332 Private G. Miller Royal Army Service Corps 20th. June 1941 Age 25

Frederick Vaughan Walley

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1578617 Serjeant F.V. Walley R.E.M.E. 20th. May 1945 Age 25 O Lord, we say a prayer and leave our loved one in Thy care

James Mcgowan Mathieson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

George Henry William Sprackland

1920 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7897125 TROOPER G. H. W. SPRACKLAND 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 30TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 24 WE WHO LOVED YOU SADLY MISS YOU. MUM, DAD, BILL, PETER AND SWEETHEART PHYLLIS

Horace William Wilson

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry H Harris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

E H Wells

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT E. H. WELLS S.A.A.F. 24TH JUNE 1945 AGE 25 CHRIST WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN

Jadhao Ganpat

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners

John J Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Reginald Henry Rome Meyer

1920 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flight Lieutenant R.H.R. Meyer Pilot Royal Air Force 9th. February 1944 Age 23

Edgar Walter Perry

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Euripides E Nicolaou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Khan Zarin

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Karim Fazl

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Army Remount Department

Roger Walter Peel

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 4461386 Private R.W. Peel The Durham Light Infantry 17th. August 1942 Age 25 In loving memory of Roger Walter. Beloved husband of Edna

Donald D Maunsell

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Kenneth Percy Wormald

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Edward Radford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Charles Henry William Wasley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Frank Arthur Davies

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1115058 Ldg. Aircraftman F.A. Davies Royal Air Force 19th. December 1944 Age 26 Love and remembrance live for ever. His loving mother, brothers and sister

Leslie John Maynard

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/236178 Driver L.J. Maynard Royal Army Service Corps 13th. December 1944 Age 33 Beloved husband of Mildred Daddy of Gwyn and Peter. Only son of J. and E. Maynard. "In silence we remember him"

Leonard Charles Laurenson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Robert Eastman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

Nahar Sing Chhettri

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Rifleman, 9th Gurkha Rifles. Age: 19.

Charles Warwick Appleton

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Joseph J Tansey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

10584335 PRIVATE A. E. DRING PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 21 "THEIRS NOT TO REASON WHY THEIRS BUT TO DO AND DIE" TILL WE MEET AGAIN

William George Travers

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Tohelebi Avram Hananel

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Fyfe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Laurie L Tattersfield

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Lilburn

1913 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

MAJOR W. LILBURN THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INF. 11TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 31 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART

George Arthur Southcott

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

George Arthur Collier

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Daniel D Downs

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Oscar Lewis Fuller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

El Abed Mahmoud

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

George Stark Anderson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ken Penetito

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Penetito K.

An Airman

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

AN AIRMAN OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR ROYAL AIR FORCE KNOWN UNTO GOD

William Layton Bright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Thomas Henry Noel Lomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John Merifield

1940

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND THE BEST DOING HIS DUTY CALLED TO REST

Horace H Latham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

John Walter George Tyser

1924 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Stewart Irvine Weir

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CAPTAIN S. I. WEIR A.A.M.C. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 34 PRO AMORE ET HONORE

Geoffery Wynne Alison

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Leonard Muir Scrutton

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain L.M. Scrutton Royal Army Service Corps 15th. - 16th. March 1945

Ivan Robert White

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Francis Benjamin King

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

John Philip Irwin

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Captain J.P. Irwin Royal Army Medical Corps 11th. December 1944 Age 28 Requiescat in pace

James Galbraith Shearer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Eric E. Atkinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Gordon Henry Bettenson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Edwin Thomas Banks

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

FLYING OFFICER E. T. BANKS PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 13TH MARCH 1941 AGE 21 †

Pagina 41 din 75

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Deceased (4.498)

George Miller

Frederick Vaughan Walley

James Mcgowan Mathieson

George Henry William Sprackland

Horace William Wilson

Henry H Harris

E H Wells

Jadhao Ganpat

John J Miller

Reginald Henry Rome Meyer

Edgar Walter Perry

Euripides E Nicolaou

Khan Zarin

Karim Fazl

Roger Walter Peel

Donald D Maunsell

Kenneth Percy Wormald

Edward Radford

Charles Henry William Wasley

Frank Arthur Davies

Leslie John Maynard

Leonard Charles Laurenson

Robert Eastman

Nahar Sing Chhettri

Charles Warwick Appleton

Joseph J Tansey

Roy James Harrison

John Bernard Woodhouse

Albert Edward Dring

William George Travers

Tohelebi Avram Hananel

John Fyfe

Laurie L Tattersfield

William Lilburn

George Arthur Southcott

George Arthur Collier

Daniel D Downs

Oscar Lewis Fuller

El Abed Mahmoud

George Stark Anderson

Ken Penetito

An Airman

William Layton Bright

Thomas Henry Noel Lomas

John Merifield

Horace H Latham

John Walter George Tyser

Stewart Irvine Weir

Geoffery Wynne Alison

Leonard Muir Scrutton

Ivan Robert White

Francis Benjamin King

John Philip Irwin

James Galbraith Shearer

Eric E. Atkinson

Gordon Henry Bettenson

John McNeil

G Theodossiou

Ronald Lorimer Clark

Edwin Thomas Banks

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