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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)

Arthur Allen Baldwin

Arthur Allen Baldwin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/64843 Corporal A.A. Baldwin Royal Army Service Corps 14th. April 1941 Age 23

Alfred Thomas Field

Alfred Thomas Field

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7348282 Private A.T. Field Royal Army Medical Corps 29th. December 1944 Age 26 A light is gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home That never can be filled

Harold H Parkinson

Harold H Parkinson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Maxwell Norman William Whiteside

Maxwell Norman William Whiteside

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX.32365 Sergeant M.N.W. Whiteside 3 Aust. Lt. A/A Rgt. 25th. May 1941 Age 22 Our smiling boy Lt. A/A = Light Anti-Aircraft.

Frederick F Dansey

Frederick F Dansey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Henry Frederick Walton

Henry Frederick Walton

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

103584 SERJEANT H. F. WALTON ARMY CATERING CORPS 17TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 27 MAY THE SUNSHINE HE MISSED ON LIFE’S JOURNEY BE FOUND IN GOD’S HAVEN OF REST

James Glenning Burton

James Glenning Burton

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harry H Goodman

Harry H Goodman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Cecil Douglas Horn

Cecil Douglas Horn

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Terry Otho Stanton

Terry Otho Stanton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Ronald Davidson Gracie

Ronald Davidson Gracie

1922 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Terry Broad

Terry Broad

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert George Bradbrook

Robert George Bradbrook

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Oliver Lloyd Jones Woodward

Oliver Lloyd Jones Woodward

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

John Thomas Hall

John Thomas Hall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Andrew Alexander Gurnhill

Andrew Alexander Gurnhill

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1734812 Gunner A.A. Gurnhill Royal Artillery 11th. January 1945 Age 29

James Edward Bernardes

James Edward Bernardes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/198760 Driver J.E. Bernardes Royal Army Service Corps 14th. April 1941 Age 28 "Abide with me"

Ernald Freeman Chell

Ernald Freeman Chell

1911 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ken Kamira

Ken Kamira

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Kamira K.

Leonard William Malcolm

Leonard William Malcolm

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Henry Marsh

James Henry Marsh

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Paani “Barney” Parata

Paani “Barney” Parata

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Parata P.

William Hemsley Reavley

William Hemsley Reavley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2009537 Sapper W.H. Reavley Royal Engineers 14th. April 1941 Age 24 He worked on Earth in a garden Now he walks in God's garden

Gerardis Leonardus Jung

Gerardis Leonardus Jung

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ali Shan

Ali Shan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James William Crowe

James William Crowe

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2989061 Private J.W. Crowe Royal Army Ordnance Corps 25th. May 1945 Age 31 Although your grave Is far away My thoughts are with you Night and day

William Gerald Alexander

William Gerald Alexander

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ronald Gerard Van Tinteren

Ronald Gerard Van Tinteren

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Moshe M Gorali

Moshe M Gorali

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

Geoffrey Manning William Harriss

Geoffrey Manning William Harriss

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 30847 DRIVER G. M. W. HARRISS H.Q. 16 AUST. INF. BDE. 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 20 DEEP IN MY HEART A MEMORY OF ONE TOO DEAR TO EVER FORGET

Thomas Walker Wilson Pendray

Thomas Walker Wilson Pendray

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Jack J Davis

Jack J Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

James Edward Brown

James Edward Brown

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Malcolm Alfred Cutter

Malcolm Alfred Cutter

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Ram Jage

Ram Jage

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse), I.A.C.

Samuel Theodore Jarrett

Samuel Theodore Jarrett

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Frank F. Mann

Frank F. Mann

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ellis E Bamforth

Ellis E Bamforth

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Leslie Albert Mann

Leslie Albert Mann

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Merion Darwin Taylour

Merion Darwin Taylour

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Noel Charles Gardiner

Noel Charles Gardiner

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Gardiner N. C.

Walter Edmund Plumridge

Walter Edmund Plumridge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Michael Demetriou Kiteli

Michael Demetriou Kiteli

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Cornelius Bernard Christie

Cornelius Bernard Christie

1921 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 146152 PRIVATE C. B. CHRISTIE A.W.G.S. 7TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 WITH GOD

Harry H Green

Harry H Green

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Marcus William Wood

Marcus William Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3966478 PRIVATE M. W. WOOD THE WELCH REGIMENT 19TH JUNE 1941 AGE 24 TO THE MEMORY OF MARCUS BELOVED SON OF RALPH AND MABLE WOOD. “UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN”

Leslie Albert Pettet

Leslie Albert Pettet

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

L. A. PETTET, DSM. PETTY OFFICER RN. D/JX. 127061 H.M.S. "SPHINX" 4TH NOVEMBER 1944 AGE 33 TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN

Zwi Z Shore

Zwi Z Shore

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Frederick F Donovan

Frederick F Donovan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

John Bernard Rutter

John Bernard Rutter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Norman Coley

Norman Coley

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Kenneth Walker

Kenneth Walker

1915 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT K. WALKER ROYAL ENGINEERS 24TH MAY 1944 AGE 29 “I’LL WALK BESIDE YOU THROUGH THE EVENTIDE”

Edmund E O'Neill

Edmund E O'Neill

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

William Leslie Topp

William Leslie Topp

1922 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

PILOT OFFICER W. L. TOPP ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1943 AGE 20 "HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE"

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John J Whittle

John J Whittle

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Army Catering Corps

William George Jenkins

William George Jenkins

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Henry Charles Pryor

Henry Charles Pryor

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Jackson

John J Jackson

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Harry H Purkis

Harry H Purkis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

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