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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)

John Hugh Dennis

John Hugh Dennis

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flying Officer J.H. Dennis Royal Air Force 28th. October 1944 Age 37 At the going down of the Sun And in the morning We will remember him

Thomas Clegg Beattie

Thomas Clegg Beattie

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leo Gerard Rice

Leo Gerard Rice

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

Eric Anderson Brown

Eric Anderson Brown

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Lawrence Alfred Allen

Lawrence Alfred Allen

1908 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Frederick William Knee

Frederick William Knee

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/5571056 Driver F.W. Knee Royal Army Service Corps 11th. December 1944 Age 22 "Peace. Perfect. Peace"

C J De Jager

C J De Jager

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

LIEUTENANT C. J. DE JAGER S.A.A.F. 21ST MARCH 1944 AGE 22 LAAT ONS NIE MOEG WORD OM GOED TE DOEN NIE

William Herbert “Bill” Evans

William Herbert “Bill” Evans

1899 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Evans W. H.

John Richard Kidd

John Richard Kidd

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

D. J. Rodgers

D. J. Rodgers

1948

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

21040389 L. Cpl D.J. Rodgers The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 11th. October 1948

George O'Hara

George O'Hara

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Harold H Mornington

Harold H Mornington

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Thomas T Potter

Thomas T Potter

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Robert Wrigglesworth

Robert Wrigglesworth

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

945209 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. WRIGGLESWORTH AIR GUNNER ROYAL AIR FORCE 23RD JANUARY 1943 AGE 24 AS LONG AS LIFE AND MEMORIES LAST I WILL REMEMBER YOU

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR AN OFFICER ROYAL ARTILLERY KNOWN UNTO GOD

Lewis Grant

Lewis Grant

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Horace Roland Jacobs

Horace Roland Jacobs

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Stanley George Lester

Stanley George Lester

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

11263864 Gunner S.G. Lester Royal Artillery 1st. December 1944 Age 37 Deep in our hearts Your memory is kept We smile with the world But never forget

Fred Wood

Fred Wood

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

EX. 2397 MARINE F. WOOD ROYAL MARINES 10TH JUNE 1941 AGE 24 HE DIED FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND THOSE HE LOVED REMEMBER

Douglas Cecil Hill

Douglas Cecil Hill

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Roosevelt Albert Jackson

Roosevelt Albert Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Beatty “Bill” Craig

William Beatty “Bill” Craig

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Norman Lionel Wilfred Rustell

Norman Lionel Wilfred Rustell

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Jack Coopland Teale

Jack Coopland Teale

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Wilfred Lawrence Johnson

Wilfred Lawrence Johnson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Francis William Andrews

Francis William Andrews

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Gavin Muirhead Moffat

Gavin Muirhead Moffat

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Corps of Signals

John O'Mahoney

John O'Mahoney

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

6471619 FUSILIER J. O’MAHONEY THE ROYAL FUSILIERS 18TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 29 LORD JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL R.I.P.

John James Cadan

John James Cadan

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 2915 L. CPL J. J. CADAN A.A.S.C. 6 AUST. DIV. 20TH APRIL 1941 AGE 23 ONLY BELOVED SON

Eric White Marshall

Eric White Marshall

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Walter Harold Hilliam

Walter Harold Hilliam

1901 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

A Soldier

A Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

A SOLDIER OF THE 1939 - 1945 WAR KNOWN UNTO GOD

Marshall Cocker

Marshall Cocker

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Guy Durrant

William Guy Durrant

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Robert George Cole

Robert George Cole

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Alec John Jackson

Alec John Jackson

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Ronald Francis Cameron

Ronald Francis Cameron

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Australian Infantry

James Frederick Aldridge

James Frederick Aldridge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Henry Arthur Evans

Henry Arthur Evans

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

951134 L. Bdr H.A. Evans Royal Artillery 20th. June 1945 Age 33

William Joseph Amos

William Joseph Amos

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Denis Murray

Denis Murray

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

John J Mappin

John J Mappin

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Medical Corps

Ernest Frank Hitchman

Ernest Frank Hitchman

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

558365 Trooper E.F. Hitchman 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 23rd. April 1941 Age 25

William Brunning

William Brunning

1903 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1422606 PRIVATE W. BRUNNING ROYAL ARMY VET. CORPS 21ST AUGUST 1941 AGE 38 I CAME TO JESUS AND I WAS, WEARY, AND WORN, AND SAD; I FOUND IN HIM A RESTING – PLACE

William Henry Croft

William Henry Croft

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Harold Rodney Leonard

Harold Rodney Leonard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Ernest E Hallos

Ernest E Hallos

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

William David Sheehan

William David Sheehan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

George William Harris

George William Harris

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Leicestershire Regiment

Francis Charles Hodge

Francis Charles Hodge

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

John Charles Bissett

John Charles Bissett

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Arthur William Fortune

Arthur William Fortune

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Frederick Edwin Fletcher

Frederick Edwin Fletcher

1919 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 7747 PRIVATE F. E. FLETCHER 2/1 AUST. M. G. BN. 23RD APRIL 1941 AGE 21 IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION MORN

Ronald H Fisher

Ronald H Fisher

1917 – 1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Winters

William Winters

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2939653 PRIVATE W. WINTERS PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 27TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 23 TO THE BEAUTIFUL AND TREASURED MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON. WE WILL REMEMBER. R.I.P.

Stanley Harry Stephens

Stanley Harry Stephens

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

J Forbay

J Forbay

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Harold H Mellor

Harold H Mellor

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Lawrence Ernest Howard

Lawrence Ernest Howard

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

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