phaleron war cemetery

PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
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.
  1. PARAS Bowser, Ernest Edward

    SURNAME Bowser FORENAME Ernest Edward UNIT 4 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 5674662 DATE OF DEATH 27th October 1944 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 15.B.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London E resided London E son of Ernest Edward and Alice Eleanor...
  2. PARAS Bowker, Alexander Reginald

    SURNAME Bowker FORENAME Alexander Reginald UNIT 4 Bn RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 2929481 DATE OF DEATH 27th October 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 15.B.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool son of Matthew and Ada Bowker, Liverpool husband of...
  3. PARAS Marsh, Donald Carruthers

    SURNAME Marsh FORENAME Donald Carruthers UNIT 4 Bn RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 240661 DATE OF DEATH 12th October 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 17.B.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Dorset resided Birmingham KIA Greece
  4. PARAS Blakemore, Francis Eugene

    SURNAME Blakemore FORENAME Francis Eugene UNIT 4 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 6097845 DATE OF DEATH 12th October 1944 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 17.B.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Staffordshire resided Worcester KIA Greece
  5. SOE Empson, Alan Howard

    SURNAME Empson FORENAME Alan Howard UNIT SOE Military Mission to Greek Resistance Army RANK Major NUMBER 2702 DATE OF DEATH 6th April 1946 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 7.E.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 18 Bn,New Zealand Infantry born 26.5.1917 Te...
  6. LRDG Botha, Arthur Samuel (Ape)

    SURNAME Botha FORENAME Arthur Samuel (Ape) UNIT LRDG Z1 Patrol RANK Rifleman NUMBER RH18000046 DATE OF DEATH 11th December 1944 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 17.A.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit King's Royal Rifle Corps son of Adriaan Jacobus and...
  7. SOE Sheppard, Leslie Frederick (Rufus)

    SURNAME Sheppard FORENAME Leslie Frederick (Rufus) UNIT SOE Liaison Officer Greece RANK Lieutenant Colonel NUMBER 157375 DATE OF DEATH 30th December 1944 AGE 39 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.A.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Intelligence Corps born 1905...
  8. SAS Kingston, Frank Charles Norton

    SURNAME Kingston FORENAME Frank Charles Norton UNIT Special Boat Squadron RANK Sergeant NUMBER 7345605 DATE OF DEATH 24th April 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 23.D.14 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Army Medical Corps born 18.05.1920...
  9. SAS Fishwick, William Owen

    SURNAME Fishwick FORENAME William Owen UNIT Special Boat Squadron (M Detachment) RANK Private NUMBER 66847 DATE OF DEATH 7th July 1944 AGE 35 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 10.E.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit East Yorkshire Regiment former Corporal,Royal...
  10. SAS Carmichael, James Alexander

    SURNAME Carmichael FORENAME James Alexander (Jim) UNIT Special Boat Squadron (M Detachment) RANK Fusilier (A/Lance Corporal) NUMBER 6980528 DATE OF DEATH 11th October 1944 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 17.E.15 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal...
  11. SAS Bury, Robin Cyril Lindsay

    SURNAME Bury FORENAME Robin Cyril Lindsay UNIT Special Boat Squadron (L Detachment) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 287459 DATE OF DEATH 30th September 1944 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 21.A.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit General List born 3.2.1918...
  12. RSR Paskell, Percy Edward

    SURNAME Paskell FORENAME Percy Edward UNIT RSR RANK Gunner NUMBER 6204931 DATE OF DEATH 29th September 1944 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 117 Battery,30th LAA Regiment,Royal...
  13. RSR Keane, Peter John

    SURNAME Keane FORENAME Peter John UNIT RSR RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 226354 DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.C.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 4th Queen's Own Hussars,R.A.C. former Royal Corps of Signals born Hertfordshire...
  14. RSR Head, Terence Alexander

    SURNAME Head FORENAME Terence Alexander UNIT RSR RANK Gunner NUMBER 1776322 DATE OF DEATH 10th September 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 16.C.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Artillery born London SW resided London SE killed by Greeks at...
  15. RSR Grimsdale, Stanley David James

    SURNAME Grimsdale FORENAME Stanley David James UNIT RSR (HQ) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 262178 DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.A.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Middlesex Regiment born Oxford son of Frederick James and...
  16. RSR Edge, Robert

    SURNAME Edge FORENAME Robert UNIT RSR (HQ) RANK Warrant Officer Second Class (Squadron Corporal Major) NUMBER 305134 DATE OF DEATH 10th September 1944 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 15.A.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)...
  17. RSR Collis, Reginald William

    SURNAME Collis FORENAME Reginald William UNIT RSR RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 14259995 DATE OF DEATH 1st January 1945 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.A.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 2 Bn Rifle Brigade born 14.08.1923, Blaby, Blaby District...
  18. RSR Carter, Stanley Arthur Sidney

    SURNAME Carter FORENAME Stanley Arthur Sidney UNIT RSR RANK Gunner NUMBER 2054111 DATE OF DEATH 8th December 1944 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 17.B.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Artillery born London SE resided London SE son of Thomas James...
  19. RSR Barrett, Donald

    SURNAME Barrett FORENAME Donald UNIT RSR RANK Trooper NUMBER 319708 DATE OF DEATH 10th September 1944 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 15.A.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 24th Lancers,R.A.C. former 9th Queen's Royal Lancers,R.A.C. born Leeds,Yorkshire...
  20. RSR Astell, Norman Francis

    SURNAME Astell FORENAME Norman Francis UNIT RSR RANK Major NUMBER 172179 DATE OF DEATH 24th December 1944 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 19.F.14 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) born 04.07.1913, Walthamstow, London...
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