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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)

David Rowlands Dimmick

David Rowlands Dimmick

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Francis James Marchant

Francis James Marchant

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edward William Clark

Edward William Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Peter John Lovett

Peter John Lovett

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

THERE IS NO TIME NOR SPACE IN LOVE

Norman Scott Williams

Norman Scott Williams

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Philip Robert Miller

Philip Robert Miller

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Arnold Oakes

Arnold Oakes

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Flying Officer A. Oakes Navigator Royal Air Force 17th. June 1944

Mohamad Dahoud Mahmoud

Mohamad Dahoud Mahmoud

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Pioneer Corps

David Reginald Lathrope

David Reginald Lathrope

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

5782719 PRIVATE D. R. LATHROPE THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT 3RD-4TH MAY 1946 AGE 20 TO LIVE ON, DEAR DAVID IN THE HEARTS YOU LEFT BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE

Eugen Reisman

Eugen Reisman

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Sawa Efstathios Pashoulis

Sawa Efstathios Pashoulis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Cyprus Regiment

Derek Roy Lawman

Derek Roy Lawman

1946

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

14909377 Private D.R. Lawman The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 13th. June 1946 Age 19 He sleeps in God's garden Away from sorrow and pain When our life's work is ended We hope to meet him again

John Thomas Young

John Thomas Young

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

1692646 Gunner J.T. Young Royal Artillery 20th. December 1944 Age 32 A silent thought A secret tear Keep his memory ever dear

Alan McRAE

Alan McRAE

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Henry Yerrington

William Henry Yerrington

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Thomas Edward Fitzgerald

Thomas Edward Fitzgerald

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Robert George Heathcote

Robert George Heathcote

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Robert James Randles

Robert James Randles

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

Jack J Whitehouse

Jack J Whitehouse

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

George William Godley

George William Godley

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Edward “Eddie” Finn

Edward “Eddie” Finn

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

T/161842 DRIVER E. FINN ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS 14TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 32 WE COULD NOT BE BESIDE YOU TO SAY GOOD-BYE, EDDIE DEAR BUT YOU ARE EVER REMEMBERED BY THOSE WHO LOVED YOU

Jechel Usher Kasap

Jechel Usher Kasap

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Palestine Regiment

Hector McDonald Clark

Hector McDonald Clark

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Howard Lyle Clinch

Howard Lyle Clinch

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Horace James Willis

Horace James Willis

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Max Randolph Horan

Max Randolph Horan

1912 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

QX. 1166 PRIVATE M. R. HORAN 2/1 AUST. M.G. BN. 21ST APRIL 1941 AGE 29 ALWAYS REMEMBERED

George Alexander Pattison

George Alexander Pattison

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Peter John Keane

Peter John Keane

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Lieutenant P.J. Keane 4th. Queen's Own Hussars Royal Armoured Corps 4th. January 1945 Age 23 Not just to-day But every day In silence we remember him

Hamid Hamoudeh Subhi

Hamid Hamoudeh Subhi

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

A British Soldier

A British Soldier

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

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

Herbert Leslie Bowen

Herbert Leslie Bowen

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Robert Herbert Roberts

Robert Herbert Roberts

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Leslie James Ernest Fountain

Leslie James Ernest Fountain

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Fountain L. J. E.

Selwyn Glanville

Selwyn Glanville

1910 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps — Glanville S.

Sydney S Syford

Sydney S Syford

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

Henry William Morgan

Henry William Morgan

1917 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Gordon Bevan

Gordon Bevan

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

533042 LDG. AIRCRAFTMAN G. BEVAN ROYAL AIR FORCE 23RD FEBRUARY 1941 AGE 22 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Harry Wilkinson

Harry Wilkinson

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Major H. Wilkinson Intelligence Corps 3rd. May 1945 Age 38 Though I cannot see his face I know he walks with me in the happy freedom of his immortality

Douglas Gordon Brodie

Douglas Gordon Brodie

1905 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Thomas Francis Cox

Thomas Francis Cox

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery

Tiemi James Paiki

Tiemi James Paiki

1915 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Paiki T. J.

Peter Edward Daniels

Peter Edward Daniels

1918 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry — Daniels P. E.

Charles Richard Furneaux

Charles Richard Furneaux

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

George Kitchener Adams

George Kitchener Adams

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

York and Lancaster Regiment

Victor Frederick Wood

Victor Frederick Wood

1943

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Stanley S Aitken

Stanley S Aitken

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Arthur Terence Atherton

Arthur Terence Atherton

1902 – 1942

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

General List

Alan George Matthews

Alan George Matthews

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Philip John Frain

Philip John Frain

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

William Frederick Bristow

William Frederick Bristow

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

927388 Gunner W.F. Bristow Royal Artillery No. 7 Commando 15th. July 1941 Age 24

Hugh Thomas

Hugh Thomas

1944

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

3912033 CORPORAL H. THOMAS PARACHUTE REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS 27TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 27 GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Keith Edward Moore

Keith Edward Moore

1916 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

NX. 4056 PRIVATE K. E. MOORE A.A.M.C. 14TH APRIL 1941 AGE 25 MEMORIES NEVER DIE

Muhsen Salmieh Abdallah

Muhsen Salmieh Abdallah

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Engineers

Charles Owen

Charles Owen

1914 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Edwin E Hepworth

Edwin E Hepworth

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Army Service Corps

John Stevenson Shine

John Stevenson Shine

1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

Frederick George Hattaway

Frederick George Hattaway

1909 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

New Zealand Infantry

John Heyes

John Heyes

1920 – 1941

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

Royal Artillery. Son of Samuel & Ethel (Simmons) Heys.

Sulaiman Khan

Sulaiman Khan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

William Andrew Carneavon Egan

William Andrew Carneavon Egan

1945

Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial

2992758 Trooper W.A.C. Egan The Lovat Scouts 14th. -15th. September 1945 Age 22 God bless you, Will Wherever you are. Until we meet again Your loving wife Marion

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