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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)

Michael Chaim Brajer

Michael Chaim Brajer

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Robert R Wilson

Robert R Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Frank Kevin Dunne

Frank Kevin Dunne

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Henry Irving Bowkett

Henry Irving Bowkett

1923 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

You gave your life that we might live There was no more a son could give

Timothy Michael Dwyer

Timothy Michael Dwyer

1911 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Dwyer T. M.

Thomas Robert Augustus Heard

Thomas Robert Augustus Heard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Keith Fielding Wright

Keith Fielding Wright

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

999812 Warrant Officer K.F. Wright Pilot Royal Air Force 11th. February 1944 Age 26 We hold you in loving memory and in faith that we shall be reunited Mum and Dad

Charles Fred Arthur Griffin

Charles Fred Arthur Griffin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Hugh Mitchell Cowan

Hugh Mitchell Cowan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

George Varian Howe

George Varian Howe

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Anthony Spearman Hunter

Anthony Spearman Hunter

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

David Shitrit

David Shitrit

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Robert R Francis

Robert R Francis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

John Quentin Wilson

John Quentin Wilson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Donald Carruthers Marsh

Donald Carruthers Marsh

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant D.C. Marsh Parachute Regiment Army Air Corps 12th. October 1944

Walter Verdun Mosen

Walter Verdun Mosen

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Mikhail Yokhana

Mikhail Yokhana

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

R.A.F. Iraq Levies

Basil James Stewkley Shuckburgh

Basil James Stewkley Shuckburgh

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sydney Josselyn Holland

Sydney Josselyn Holland

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Patrick Denis James Rickman

Patrick Denis James Rickman

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6848431 RIFLEMAN P. D. J. RICKMAN THE QUEEN’S WESTMINSTERS 21ST JANUARY 1945 AGE 26 THOUGH DEATH INTERVENED AND DISTANCE COMES BETWEEN, OUR LOVE REMAINS

John Ashcroft

John Ashcroft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

7910442 Trooper J. Ashcroft Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 14th.-30th. April 1941 Age 25

George G Carter

George G Carter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Armoured Corps

Philip Bruce Errington Goodman-Burke

Philip Bruce Errington Goodman-Burke

1907 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Goodman-Burke P. B. E.

Michael Paul Studholme

Michael Paul Studholme

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Nath Som

Nath Som

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Alexander Thomas Poole

Alexander Thomas Poole

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Richard Noel Kentwell

Richard Noel Kentwell

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Demetrios D Stylianou

Demetrios D Stylianou

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1088156 Private S. Smith Army Catering Corps 1st. December 1944 Age 33 Memories Are all that we have left Of one that we loved And shall never forget

Arthur Reginald Cooke

Arthur Reginald Cooke

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur Frank Allen

Arthur Frank Allen

1923 – 1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14319833 Trooper A.F. Allen 50th. Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 27th. December 1944 Age 21 In ever loving memory of our beloved son who died that we might live

William Mordaunt Stratford

William Mordaunt Stratford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6847981 RIFLEMAN W. M. STRATFORD THE RANGERS (9TH BN. K.R.R.C.) 8TH JUNE 1941 AGE 22 OUR LOSS IS GREAT WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN BUT WE HOPE IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN

Edward Garner

Edward Garner

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/141199 DRIVER E. GARNER ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 25TH FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 26 IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN

George Douglas Young

George Douglas Young

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

VX. 4438 Private G.D. Young 2/6 Aust. Inf. Bn. 27th. May 1941 Age 21 Greater love hath no man He gave his life for his country

Alfred Charles Stoner

Alfred Charles Stoner

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

William W Crockard

William W Crockard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

George Edmond Sherman

George Edmond Sherman

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas T Ramsden

Thomas T Ramsden

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Alfred James Phipps

Alfred James Phipps

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2139174 Sapper A.J. Phipps Royal Engineers 31st. July 1945 Age 24 Resting. At the going down of the Sun We will remember him

Samuel S Oscroft

Samuel S Oscroft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Herbert Henry Burgess

Herbert Henry Burgess

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Burgess H. H.

John Le Blonde Sherwin

John Le Blonde Sherwin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Hugh Denis Hocking

Hugh Denis Hocking

1906 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Armoured Corps

Lewis Simmons

Lewis Simmons

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

4127874 Private L. Simmons Army Catering Corps 27th. January 1945 Age 26 Eternal rest Give unto him, O Lord Remembered By his mother and brothers

Eric Lorraine Corry

Eric Lorraine Corry

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Michael M Miller

Michael M Miller

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Nelson N Rowntree

Nelson N Rowntree

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Stanley Eric Jones

Stanley Eric Jones

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Anastasis A Mavronicola

Anastasis A Mavronicola

1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

John Stuart Dukes

John Stuart Dukes

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

365732 SERGEANT J. S. DUKES ROYAL AIR FORCE 23RD FEBRUARY 1941 AGE 32 FOR OUR TO-MORROW HE GAVE HIS TO-DAY

A Soldier

A Soldier

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Walter Webb

Walter Webb

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 13014 PRIVATE W. WEBB 2/3 AUST. INF. BN. 25TH APRIL 1941 AGE 35 HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

John Andrew Ashdown

John Andrew Ashdown

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

414851 Warrant Officer J.A. Ashdown Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal N.Z. Air Force 3rd. June 1944 Age 24

Sydney James Rider

Sydney James Rider

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Alfred William Crowley

Alfred William Crowley

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William W. Clark

William W. Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Fred F. Anderton

Fred F. Anderton

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Durham Light Infantry

Robert Claude Cope

Robert Claude Cope

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

915849 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN R. C. COPE ROYAL AIR FORCE 14TH JUNE 1941 AGE 22 CHERISHED MEMORIES OF OUR DEVOTED SON. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS

Norman Parker

Norman Parker

1924 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

WE PLANNED SUCH A WONDERFUL FUTURE ONLY TO HAVE IT END IN A DREAM, MY DARLING

Frederick Norman Weston

Frederick Norman Weston

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

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