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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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SURNAME
Humphrey
FORENAME
Bert
UNIT
52 Commando
RANK
Private
NUMBER
6402436
DATE OF DEATH
25th July 1941
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 15.B.5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 1 Bn Royal Sussex Regiment
born Brighton,Sussex
residxed Brighton,Sussex
son...
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SURNAME
Bristow
FORENAME
William Frederick
UNIT
7 Commando
RANK
Gunner
NUMBER
927388
DATE OF DEATH
15th July 1941
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 16.C.3
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Artillery
born Wiltshire
adopted son of Lewis Leonard and...
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SURNAME
Penhall
FORENAME
Archibald Joseph
UNIT
LRDG A Squadron
RANK
Trooper
NUMBER
565573
DATE OF DEATH
28th October 1943
AGE
33
GRAVESITE
Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece 13.B.19
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 2 New Zealand Div.Cavalry Regiment, N.Z.A.C.
born 14.3.1910...
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SURNAME
Tighe
FORENAME
Alfred
UNIT
LRDG
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
7615706
DATE OF DEATH
10th October 1944
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 17.D.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (former R.A.O.C.)
born...
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SURNAME
Anderson
FORENAME
James Donald
UNIT
A Squadron GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
7263189
DATE OF DEATH
26th April 1941
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 4.D.1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Army Medical Corps
born Co.Durham...