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)

Percy P Corfield

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Jack Brabin

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Charles Henry Claude Baines

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6896474 L. SJT C. H. C. BAINES THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS 20TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 36 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON CLAUDE

Cyril Stephen McEWEN

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Heblikar Vasudeo

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Singh Raja

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

Hassan Mustafa Salman

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

John Llewellyn Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Bertram Henry Peart

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Albert Robinson

1922 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Vivian James Adlam

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

William Leslie James

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

25014 L. CPL W. L. JAMES ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 28TH APRIL 1941 AGE 38 NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER

Rhys Llewellyn Evans

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6012735 PRIVATE R. L. EVANS THE ESSEX REGIMENT 18TH APRIL 1941 AGE 20 TILL WE MEET AGAIN “MY BOY” WE LOVE AND REMEMBER YOU. MOTHER, DAD, GEOFF, IVY

Eric Richard Payton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

643867 Sergeant E.R. Payton Observer Royal Air Force 17th. May 1941

Norman N Jones

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Hector Graham Allan Cameron

1904 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5171 Private H.G. Cameron N.Z. Infantry 26th April 1941 Age 37

William James Dean

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Lewis Locking

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ambar Dhoj Rai

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

James Henry Maddison

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Alfred William John Browne

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William Laity

1914 – 1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Athol George McIvor

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert R Rankin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Henry Colquhoun Whitson

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dennis John Howlett

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1386233 Flight Sergeant D.J. Howlett Pilot Royal Air Force 1st. December 1943 Age 22 Of this dark world The loveliest and best Has said Good Night And gone to rest

Menachem M Spac

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

Walter Barker

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3975371 PRIVATE W. BARKER THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS 16TH JANUARY 1945 AGE 22 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER DEARLY MISSED BY ALL AT HOME R.I.P.

George Arthur Collins

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14329410 Private G.A. Collins The East Surrey Regiment 29th. December 1944 Age 19

Jacob J Mizrahi

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

James Thompson Ritchie

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Henry Erlam Thompson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bernard John Gill

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Veli Faik

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

George John Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Charles Dove

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Denis D Cowton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Edwin Lewis John Turner

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14385279 PRIVATE E. L. J. TURNER K.O.Y.L.I. 22ND MARCH 1945 AGE 37 GOD’S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE

Thomas Morris Drummond

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Athens Memorial Face 14

Herbert Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Buried near this spot 557123 L. Cpl H. Wilson 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 9th. April 1941 Age 22

Stuart Randell Thomas

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Welch Regiment

Frank F Latham

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frederick F Buckell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Samuel S “Shmuel” Dahbash

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

John J Mackey

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Pengelley Dill

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Artillery

William W Wellsted

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

1940124 Sapper W. Calvert Royal Engineers 29th. April 1941 Age 26 Death takes us unawares At unexpected hours To-morrow we may never see To-day alone is ours

Iskhaq Gewergis

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4077 Private [R.A.F.] Iraq Levy

Royal Army Service Corps

Russell John Bridge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Maurice Farquhar Little

1899 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Engineers

William Henry Everson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

John Leslie Holme

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1477877 Gunner J.L. Holme Royal Artillery 26th. - 28th. April 1941 Age 27

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Deceased (4.498)

Percy P Corfield

Jack Brabin

Charles Henry Claude Baines

Cyril Stephen McEWEN

Heblikar Vasudeo

Singh Raja

Hassan Mustafa Salman

John Llewellyn Jones

Bertram Henry Peart

John Albert Robinson

Vivian James Adlam

William Leslie James

Rhys Llewellyn Evans

Eric Richard Payton

Norman N Jones

Hector Graham Allan Cameron

William James Dean

John Lewis Locking

Ambar Dhoj Rai

James Henry Maddison

Alfred William John Browne

William Laity

Athol George McIvor

Robert R Rankin

A Soldier

Henry Colquhoun Whitson

Dennis John Howlett

Menachem M Spac

Walter Barker

George Arthur Collins

Jacob J Mizrahi

James Thompson Ritchie

Henry Erlam Thompson

Bernard John Gill

Veli Faik

George John Wood

Charles Dove

Denis D Cowton

Edwin Lewis John Turner

Thomas Morris Drummond

Herbert Wilson

Stuart Randell Thomas

Frank F Latham

Frederick F Buckell

Samuel S “Shmuel” Dahbash

John J Mackey

John Pengelley Dill

William W Wellsted

E K Musiker

Harold Duncan Tod

William Calvert

Iskhaq Gewergis

Oscar Trimble Rowe

Sydney James Mitchell

Arthur Henry Nelson Bell

Ernest Harrington Jackson

Russell John Bridge

Maurice Farquhar Little

William Henry Everson

John Leslie Holme

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