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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)

Farhat Husain Sayid

Farhat Husain Sayid

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Alan Clarkson Martin

Alan Clarkson Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Corps of Signals

Wilfred W Blower

Wilfred W Blower

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert Roland Gilbert

Robert Roland Gilbert

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Richard Corfield “Dick” Pipe

Richard Corfield “Dick” Pipe

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21524 Corporal R. C. Pipe N. Z. Infantry 15th April 1941 age 23 [A fern with New Zealand written underneath, all within a cross]

Henry Ernest Whitbourne

Henry Ernest Whitbourne

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Jack J Turner

Jack J Turner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Francis McManus

Francis McManus

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 1950 PRIVATE F. McMANUS A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV 1ST OCTOBER 1941 AGE 37 A BETTER SON NEVER LIVED

Harry Waiomio

Harry Waiomio

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Waiomio H.

Frank Derrick Gifford

Frank Derrick Gifford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Horse Artillery

Ivor Alan Parkinson

Ivor Alan Parkinson

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Yermia Y Mizan

Yermia Y Mizan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

John Malcolm Todd

John Malcolm Todd

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Harold George Dodd

Harold George Dodd

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Kenneth Douglas

James Kenneth Douglas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

Albert A Davies

Albert A Davies

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

John William Hughes

John William Hughes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Merton M Greenstreet

Merton M Greenstreet

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Vernon Sloan

Thomas Vernon Sloan

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Albert Sydney Cammock

Albert Sydney Cammock

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alfred Ernest Smith

Alfred Ernest Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Albert Clifton West

Albert Clifton West

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ronald John Hughes

Ronald John Hughes

1917 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

983494 Flight Sergeant R.J. Hughes Pilot Royal Air Force 1st. December 1944 Age 27 Am I not richer than of old Safe in Thy immortality? The epitaph is from the poem "Snow-Bound", by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Harry Walter Dubberke

Harry Walter Dubberke

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Edwin Burton

Charles Edwin Burton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Gordon Hugh Jones

Gordon Hugh Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Awadh Ram

Awadh Ram

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

10th Baluch Regiment

John M Mullins

John M Mullins

1917 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

S/152366 S. Sjt J.M. Mullins Royal Army Service Corps 4th. January 1945 Age 28 Of your charity Pray for the soul Of Thy servant John R.I.P.

Lionel Charles Clews

Lionel Charles Clews

1897 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

22382 Serjeant L.C. Clews N.Z. Artillery 14th April 1941 Age 36

Augustus Bendall

Augustus Bendall

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Joseph J Whitehouse

Joseph J Whitehouse

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

William Robert Collins

William Robert Collins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Patric Bernard Coote

Patric Bernard Coote

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Gordon Hart

Gordon Hart

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Jack Imrie

Jack Imrie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Sydney Bennett

Ronald Sydney Bennett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur Albert Woodroofe

Arthur Albert Woodroofe

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Owen Lynch

Thomas Owen Lynch

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

O C Meiklejohn

O C Meiklejohn

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT O. C.MEIKLEJOHN S.A.A.F. 24TH JUNE 1945 AGE 19 LYING IN A SOLDIER'S GRAVE ONLY UNTIL JESUS COMES THEN WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

James Stewart Wilson

James Stewart Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Hugh H Duncan

Hugh H Duncan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Wilfred John Austen

Wilfred John Austen

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John George Farrington

John George Farrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Derek Basil Steward

Derek Basil Steward

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Worcestershire Regiment

Albert Edward Butt

Albert Edward Butt

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Norman N Thomas

Norman N Thomas

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Stanley Norman Jewes

Stanley Norman Jewes

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11422810 Gunner S.N. Jewes 104th. (Essex Yeomanry) Regt. R.H.A. 10th. December 1944 Age 21 He lives in the garden of sweet memories R.H.A. = Royal Horse Artillery

Glyndwr Davies

Glyndwr Davies

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1377268 Warrant Officer G. Davies Pilot Royal Air Force 15th. May 1945

William Frank Hankins

William Frank Hankins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2634 Private W.F. Hankins N.Z. Infantry 8th. July 1941 Age 27

Arthur William Akroyd

Arthur William Akroyd

1923 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14323418 Gunner A.W. Akroyd Royal Artillery 12th. December 1944 Age 21 "Mizpah" Mummy

William Alfred Flood

William Alfred Flood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry Elly

Harry Elly

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7602593 Private H. Elly Royal Army Ordnance Corps 10th. May 1941

John J Simpson

John J Simpson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Joseph Clark

John Joseph Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Rowland Chambre Holroyd-Smyth

John Rowland Chambre Holroyd-Smyth

1903 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CAPTAIN J. R. C. HOLROYD-SMYTH ROYAL ARTILLERY 13TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 41 BELOVED SON OF CAPT. AND MRS. HOLROYD-SMYTH, BALLYNATRAY, YOUGHAL, IRELAND

Samuel George Ford

Samuel George Ford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Joseph Crompton

William Joseph Crompton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Mangan

William Mangan

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Jason Victor Aro

Jason Victor Aro

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

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