phaleron war cemetery

PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
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PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
HISTORY INFORMATION
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 2,029 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 3,000 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.

In the north-east corner of the cemetery, a plot contains 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.

The CEMETERY and the ATHENS MEMORIAL were designed by Louis de Soissons.
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  1. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Hickerton, Arthur Edward

    SURNAMEHickerton FORENAMEArthur Edward UNIT624 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1199782 DATE OF DEATH1st December 1943 AGE29 GRAVESITEPhaleron War Cemetery,Greece Coll.grave 5.D.1-12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Charles and Elsie Hickerton,Birmingham husband of Renee Frances...

  2. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Edwards, Arthur Ernest

    SURNAMEEdwards FORENAMEArthur Ernest UNIT624 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1331655 DATE OF DEATH1st December 1943 AGE21 GRAVESITEPhaleron War Cemetery,Greece Coll.grave 5.D.1-12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of James Emerson and Edith Wade Edwards,North Finchley,Middlesex air...

  3. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Atkinson, Raymond Percival

    SURNAMEAtkinson FORENAMERaymond Percival UNIT624 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER988591 DATE OF DEATH1st December 1943 AGE21 GRAVESITEPhaleron War Cemetery,Greece Coll.grave 5.D.1-12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Raymond Percival and Elizabeth Atkinson,Penrith,Cumberland husband...

  4. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Howlett, Dennis John

    SURNAMEHowlett FORENAMEDennis John UNIT624 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1386233 DATE OF DEATH1st December 1943 AGE22 GRAVESITEPhaleron War Cemetery,Greece Coll.grave 5.D.1-12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Frederick Albert and Nesta Catherine Howlett,Kingsdown,Kent pilot Op...

  5. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Miller, Vernon Leslie

    SURNAME Miller FORENAME Vernon Leslie UNIT 624 Squadron (R.C.A.F.) RANK Flight Sergeant NUMBER R/161298 DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1943 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece Coll.grave 5.D.1-12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 9.1.1924 8th son of Alexander and Maud...

  6. PARAS Bray, Herbert Bailey

    SURNAME Bray FORENAME Herbert Bailey UNIT 6 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 4867404 DATE OF DEATH 13th December 1944 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 17.B.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 04.03.1923 Lincoln son of George Edward and Annie Beatrice Bray, Lincoln died Greece

  7. PARAS Astley, Denzil Payne

    SURNAME Astley FORENAME Denzil Payne UNIT 6 Bn RANK Sergeant NUMBER 3974764 DATE OF DEATH 11th December 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.D.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 08.12.1922 Montgomeryshire son of Evan and Agness Bella Astley, Llanfair...

  8. PARAS Bartlett, Colin

    SURNAME Bartlett FORENAME Colin UNIT 6 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 5387533 DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece Joint grave 18.E.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Glamorgan resided Oxfordshire son of Arthur and Rachel Bartlett, Barry...

  9. PARAS Atkinson, George William Gorman

    SURNAME Atkinson FORENAME George William Gorman UNIT 6 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 4547073 DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1944 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece Joint grave 18.E.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 20.07.1923 Leeds, Yorkshire son of Ernest Metcalfe and...

  10. PARAS Bishop, Joseph

    SURNAME Bishop FORENAME Joseph UNIT 5 Bn RANK Sergeant NUMBER 2982615 DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.D.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Falkirk,Stirlingshire resided Falkirk,Stirlingshire former Argyll and Sutherland...

  11. PARAS Boyd, John Thomson

    SURNAME Boyd FORENAME John Thomson UNIT 5 Bn RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 264618 DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1945 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.B.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 05.06.1912 Govan, Glasgow, UK resided Bath, Somerset former 21 Independent...

  12. PARAS Aitken, Benjamin

    SURNAME Aitken FORENAME Benjamin UNIT 5 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 2055553 DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1945 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.B.15 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Dundee son of Benjamin and Annie Aitken,Dundee former Royal Engineers KIA Greece

  13. PARAS Braebaum, Donald Edric

    SURNAME Braebaum FORENAME Donald Edric UNIT 5 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 3448214 DATE OF DEATH 30th December 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.A.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 07.10.1919 Croydon, Surrey resided Blackpool, Lancashire former Lancashire...

  14. PARAS Webb, Bernard Howarth William

    SURNAMEWebb FORENAMEBernard Howarth William UNIT5 Bn RANKPrivate NUMBER77449 DATE OF DEATH18th December 1944 AGE24 GRAVESITEPhaleron War Cemetery,Greece 17.B.20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONborn London SE resided London SW son of William John Henry and Bertha Weeb husband of Mary Agnes...

  15. PARAS Barrowclough, Reggie

    SURNAME Barrowclough FORENAME Reggie UNIT 5 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 3606498 DATE OF DEATH 12th December 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.D.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Yorkshire resided Oldham, Lancashire son of Dyson and Mary Maud Barrowclough...

  16. PARAS Barnes, John McCulloch

    SURNAME Barnes FORENAME John McCulloch UNIT 4 Bn RANK Major NUMBER 138657 DATE OF DEATH 6th January 1945 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.C.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London resided Oxford son of Frederick Robert and Edith Mary Barnes, Sydenham...

  17. PARAS Bould, Albert

    SURNAME Bould FORENAME Albert UNIT 4 Bn RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5055176 DATE OF DEATH 15th December 1944 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 19.D.18 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire son of Albert and Alice Bould...

  18. PARAS Irwin, John Philip

    SURNAME Irwin FORENAME John Philip UNIT 4 Bn (Royal Army Medical Corps,attached) (RMO) RANK Captain NUMBER 202416 DATE OF DEATH 11th December 1944 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 21.D.14 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Birmingham resided Surrey son of John...

  19. PARAS Arch, Douglas Charles

    SURNAME Arch FORENAME Douglas Charles UNIT 4 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 2734184 DATE OF DEATH 10th December 1944 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.D.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 17.10.1918, Glamorgan son of Thomas Arthur and Rosaline...

  20. PARAS Phillips, Haydn Walter

    SURNAME Phillips FORENAME Haydn Walter UNIT 4 Bn (Royal Artillery,attached) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 162757 DATE OF DEATH 27th October 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 15.B.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Newport,Monmouthshire son of Walter G. and Lilian...
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