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. SAS Carmichael, James Alexander (Jim)

    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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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)...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. ARMY CDOS Humphrey, Bert

    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...

  13. ARMY CDOS Bristow, William Frederick

    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...

  14. LRDG Penhall, Archibald Joseph

    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...

  15. LRDG Tighe, Alfred

    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...

  16. PHANTOM Anderson, James Donald

    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...
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