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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)

Wallace Thomas Matters

Wallace Thomas Matters

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald R Jenner

Ronald R Jenner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Maurice Samual Mills

Maurice Samual Mills

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 4618109 Private M.S. Mills The East Yorkshire Regt. 17th. August 1942 Age 22 We grow old and sad, But he Beyond the reach of time, Will always be our lad

Thomas Anthony Ferns

Thomas Anthony Ferns

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas William Henry Page

Thomas William Henry Page

1902 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Douglas D Lister

Douglas D Lister

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bathurst Burns

Bathurst Burns

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Douglas Ernest Barnard

Douglas Ernest Barnard

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2087879 Gunner D.E. Barnard Royal Artillery 3rd. March 1945 Age 25 What we possess can be taken What we love will remain Mum, Dad, Betty, Jean, John

Ernest E Hague

Ernest E Hague

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Samuel William Lock

Samuel William Lock

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Idwal I. Vaughan

Idwal I. Vaughan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bhunda

Bhunda

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Signal Corps

Panayiotis P Christodoulou

Panayiotis P Christodoulou

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Terence Alexander Head

Terence Alexander Head

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WE CANNOT SAY, WE WILL NOT SAY THAT HE IS DEAD, HE IS JUST AWAY.

Demetrious Comino

Demetrious Comino

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

S/277113 Private D. Comino Royal Army Service Corps 28th. May 1941 Age 36 Honi soit qui mal y pense "Shamed be [he] who evil of it thinks"

Khan Sher

Khan Sher

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Konrad John Elliot Hirtzel

Konrad John Elliot Hirtzel

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Sherratt

William Sherratt

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 7933092 Trooper W. Sherratt 50th. Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 17th. August 1942 Age 31

Andrew A Gunn

Andrew A Gunn

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Ordnance Corps

John George Thomson Norrie Webster Tait

John George Thomson Norrie Webster Tait

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James C Dellar

James C Dellar

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1921025 Sapper J.C. Dellar Royal Engineers 24th. April 1941 Age 24

Arthur William Tann

Arthur William Tann

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Alexander Garfield Dingwall

Alexander Garfield Dingwall

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

G C Coates

G C Coates

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold Herbert Warton

Harold Herbert Warton

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Henry Clifford Mathews

Henry Clifford Mathews

1913 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Dimitrios Melville

John Dimitrios Melville

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Corps of Signals

Alfred Theodore Patton

Alfred Theodore Patton

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

E C Martin

E C Martin

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Walter Martin

Thomas Walter Martin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edmund E Lynch

Edmund E Lynch

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Ronald Herbert Sydney Pilcher

Ronald Herbert Sydney Pilcher

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Rao Jadhao Shivram

Rao Jadhao Shivram

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Douglas Murray Gerloff

Douglas Murray Gerloff

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WX. 461 PRIVATE D. M. GERLOFF 2/11 AUST. INF. BN. 25TH APRIL 1941 AGE 25 SWEET TO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY IN DANGER. YOUR ADMIRING FAMILY

Arnold Robertson Morrison

Arnold Robertson Morrison

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

James J Leonard

James J Leonard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

William Henry Siddall

William Henry Siddall

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ernest William Dollimore

Ernest William Dollimore

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

James Anthony Dymock

James Anthony Dymock

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 11468 PRIVATE J. A. DYMOCK 2/1 AUST. INF. BN. 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 25 AT REST

Richard George Boyle

Richard George Boyle

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Issack Gyori

Issack Gyori

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

M Joffe

M Joffe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Edward Paddison

James Edward Paddison

1916 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Ronald Gemmell McLean

Ronald Gemmell McLean

1921 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Alexander George Alldis

Alexander George Alldis

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Ogden Wade

John Ogden Wade

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Reginald Bernard Ireland

Reginald Bernard Ireland

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Thomas Albert Sauvarin

Thomas Albert Sauvarin

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur Cook

Arthur Cook

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14041947 FUSILIER A. COOK THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS ATTD. THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT 30TH MAY 1946 AGE 19 WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU SMILING. MUM AND DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Francis Leslie Yager

Francis Leslie Yager

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Abdel Rahim Ali

Abdel Rahim Ali

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Alfred Henry Davis

Alfred Henry Davis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Robert Robinson Wetherell

Robert Robinson Wetherell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Herbert Arthur Hazel Thompson

Herbert Arthur Hazel Thompson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Raymond George Batchelor

Raymond George Batchelor

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

CH/X. 112317 Marine R.G. Batchelor, RM. H.M.S. "Sphinx" 14th. November 1944 Age 20 To a beautiful life Came a sudden end, He died as he lived, Everyone's friend

Rath Nodoros Constantinou

Rath Nodoros Constantinou

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

William Edward Sherriff

William Edward Sherriff

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Lionel Allen Caldwell

Lionel Allen Caldwell

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Frederick Henry James Pickles

Frederick Henry James Pickles

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Philip Hamilton Evans

Philip Hamilton Evans

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 13627 PRIVATE P. H. EVANS 2/2 AUST. INF. BN. 19TH APRIL 1941 AGE 28 "LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT"

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