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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)

Glyndwr G Jenkins

Glyndwr G Jenkins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald Leslie Syer

Ronald Leslie Syer

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Syer Royal Artillery Comdg. 64th. Medium Regt. R.A. 18th. April 1941 Age 37

Djakit Ramadan Hussein

Djakit Ramadan Hussein

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Walter Gilbert Clarke

Walter Gilbert Clarke

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Mahmoud Hassan

Mahmoud Hassan

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Thomas George Philpot

Thomas George Philpot

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Maxwell Auzeas

Maxwell Auzeas

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

202682 Private M.J. Auzeas Army Catering Corps 20th. December 1944 Age 24 R.I.P.

Ebenezer E Thomas

Ebenezer E Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

William John Cameron

William John Cameron

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Joseph J Keegan

Joseph J Keegan

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Ronald William McQuienn

Ronald William McQuienn

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Bullecourt Mercer

George Bullecourt Mercer

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Assaf Dielal

Assaf Dielal

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Edward E Little

Edward E Little

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas Herbert Brighurst

Thomas Herbert Brighurst

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

William George Luxton

William George Luxton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Jonathan Foster

Jonathan Foster

1911 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1716703 Gunner J. Foster Royal Artillery 27th. February 1945 Age 34 If you have a Daddie Treasure him like gold

Ernest John Irwin

Ernest John Irwin

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Thomas Maloney

William Thomas Maloney

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Kenneth Ernest Wright

Kenneth Ernest Wright

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John Leslie Ball

John Leslie Ball

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 4822 SERGEANT J. L. BALL 2/8 AUST. INF. BN. 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 28 DUTY NOBLY DONE

William Hendry Russell

William Hendry Russell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1989030 Sapper W.H. Russell Royal Engineers 24th. April 1941 Age 26 We think of you always

Costas C Aivaliotis

Costas C Aivaliotis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Frederick George Wheeler

Frederick George Wheeler

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Das Arjun

Das Arjun

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Signal Corps

Wilfrid Collingwood Ford

Wilfrid Collingwood Ford

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Gewergis Zozan

Gewergis Zozan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4246 C.S.M. Gewergis Zozan Iraq Levy 3rd. January 1945 C.S.M. = Company Sergeant Major

Peter P Murray

Peter P Murray

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas T Pennock

Thomas T Pennock

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur Charles Golder

Arthur Charles Golder

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Louis Bavister

John Louis Bavister

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Arthur Albert Harold Bryant

Arthur Albert Harold Bryant

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

David Alexander Eaglesham Brown

David Alexander Eaglesham Brown

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Henry Malcolm

William Henry Malcolm

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion

John Thomas Cockerell

John Thomas Cockerell

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Tuhura Hami

Tuhura Hami

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Hami T.

Francis Ernest Bond

Francis Ernest Bond

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Peter Gardner

John Peter Gardner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank Lehman Harding

Frank Lehman Harding

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

John William Thorley

John William Thorley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert James Johnson

Robert James Johnson

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 14913 PRIVATE R. J. JOHNSON H.Q. 1 AUST. CORPS 14TH APRIL 1941 AGE 29 SACRIFICE AND PRAYER ARE NEVER UNANSWERED

John Crowley Cameron

John Crowley Cameron

1922 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Edward George Saword

Edward George Saword

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Charles Edwin Webster

Charles Edwin Webster

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Hamad Shahin Mohamad

Hamad Shahin Mohamad

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

William Hillard Dunbar

William Hillard Dunbar

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Australian Artillery

Joseph William Nugent

Joseph William Nugent

1900 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 3514 Sergeant J.W. Nugent 2/6 Aust. Inf. Bn. 26th. April 1941 Age 35 He did his best For everyone And died a soldier And a man

Sidney S Wilson

Sidney S Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

George Cowan Smith

George Cowan Smith

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Stephen Joseph Scott

Stephen Joseph Scott

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry Richmond Armstrong

Henry Richmond Armstrong

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Bruce Hugh MacDonald

Bruce Hugh MacDonald

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Newton Noel Bryant

Newton Noel Bryant

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Herbert James Allen

Herbert James Allen

1924 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14350642 Gunner H.J. Allen Royal Artillery 16th. December 1944 Age 20 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith The epitaph is from The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, Chapter Four, Verse Seven.

Peter Francis Donnelly

Peter Francis Donnelly

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Morris Walter Dicker

Morris Walter Dicker

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Alexander Kenneth Inglis

Alexander Kenneth Inglis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

John Thomas O'Donnell

John Thomas O'Donnell

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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