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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)

Harry Daniel Patrick Grimes

Harry Daniel Patrick Grimes

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Grimes H. D. P.

Graham Bloomfield

Graham Bloomfield

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Frederick Blunt

George Frederick Blunt

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

James J Hallam

James J Hallam

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Edward Riley

John Edward Riley

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7894001 SERJEANT J. E. RILEY 50TH ROYAL TANK REGIMENT ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS 17TH AUGUST 1942 AGE 25 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

John Richard Adams

John Richard Adams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

George Edward Taylor

George Edward Taylor

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Dugald Duncan

Dugald Duncan

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Frank Slack

Frank Slack

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1700063 BOMBARDIER F. SLACK ROYAL ARTILLERY 13TH AUGUST 1945 AGE 34 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. IN MEMORY'S GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY

Ernest George Morse

Ernest George Morse

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Dunia

Dunia

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Pioneer Corps

Arthur A Unwin

Arthur A Unwin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Rim Bahadur Khatri

Rim Bahadur Khatri

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John George Balmas

John George Balmas

1921 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Krishan Maharaj

Krishan Maharaj

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Richard Thomas Rigg

Richard Thomas Rigg

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Rao Gaonker Sambaji

Rao Gaonker Sambaji

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4th Gwalior Maharaja's Bahadur Battalion

Alfred A. Bennett

Alfred A. Bennett

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Leonard Joseph Godwin

Leonard Joseph Godwin

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6895730, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Lal

Lal

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

12th Frontier Force Regiment

John J Foster

John J Foster

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Horse Artillery

Frederick Peter Anthony Chapman

Frederick Peter Anthony Chapman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William W Barish

William W Barish

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Douglas Whitfield

Douglas Whitfield

1915 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

D. Whitfield Third Engineer Officer S.S. "Empire Dace" 1st. December 1944 Age 29 One of many heroes Dearly loved by his mother, sisters and brothers

Sydney William Abell

Sydney William Abell

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

Kenneth Thomas Galloway

Kenneth Thomas Galloway

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Joseph Hulloway Austin

Joseph Hulloway Austin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Charles Rose

Charles Rose

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14633393 Private C. Rose The King's Regiment 22nd. May 1946 In loving memory of my husband Charlie Love's greatest gift Remem,brance

George Hennessy

George Hennessy

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5385782 PRIVATE G. HENNESSY THE ESSEX REGIMENT 21ST OCTOBER 1945 AGE 31 HE DIED SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. WE MISS YOU ALWAYS

Thomas Hadwin

Thomas Hadwin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward E McCAFFREY

Edward E McCAFFREY

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Joseph James Shephard

Joseph James Shephard

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Wilfred Holling

Wilfred Holling

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4626923 Trooper W. Holling 17th./21st. Lancers Royal Armoured Corps 13th. March 1946 Age 28 "Thy will be done"

Joseph Frederick Luff

Joseph Frederick Luff

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

David Charles Bevan

David Charles Bevan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1263728 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN D. C. BEVAN ROYAL AIR FORCE 10TH OCTOBER 1945 AGE 23 IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS NOT ONLY TO-DAY BUT ALWAYS. MAM, DAD, RAYMOND, ALEC R.I.P.

Victor Roger Smith

Victor Roger Smith

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Patrick James Moran

Patrick James Moran

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Lewis Pomery Dinsdale

Lewis Pomery Dinsdale

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Ernest E. Barrett

Ernest E. Barrett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William W Needham

William W Needham

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Gerald Crosland Thornton

Gerald Crosland Thornton

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Arthur A James

Arthur A James

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Army Catering Corps

Ivan Barnett McWhinnie

Ivan Barnett McWhinnie

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

James Edward Wintie

James Edward Wintie

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1123431 FLIGHT SERGEANT J. E. WINTIE AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1943 AGE 28 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY. WIFE GLADYS, MOTHER, FAMILY AND IN-LAWS

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

James Wilson

James Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

533256 Ldg. Aircraftman J. Wilson Royal Air Force 25th. January 1941 Age 24 His life a loving memory His absence a silent grief

Vivian Edward Wrafter

Vivian Edward Wrafter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

William Thomas Humphries

William Thomas Humphries

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

John Charles Meadows

John Charles Meadows

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

James J Stafford

James J Stafford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George Alon Hughes

George Alon Hughes

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4201114 PRIVATE G. A. HUGHES THE SOMERSET REGT. 19TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON GEORGE, WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE

Norman N MacDONALD

Norman N MacDONALD

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Singh Shambij

Singh Shambij

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Army Medical Corps

Ronald Alfred Harvey

Ronald Alfred Harvey

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1287051 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. A. HARVEY PILOT ROYAL AIR FORCE 26TH APRIL 1943 AGE 21 TREASURED MEMORIES WILL NEVER FADE

Jim East

Jim East

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Eric Edward Eddolls

Eric Edward Eddolls

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edward George Bates

Edward George Bates

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Donald Barrett

Donald Barrett

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John Leonard Pearson

John Leonard Pearson

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE TILL HE BIDS US MEET AGAIN. HIS LOVED ONES

Bernard B Catlow

Bernard B Catlow

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

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