6023627 Pte Leslie H V Carline, 2nd Bn, Leics Regt

6023627 Private Leslie Harold Victor Carline of the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died on the 23rd May 1941. Leslie, who was born in, and was living in, east London when he enlisted, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Athens Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

2010497 Sapper Robert Purdie, RE

2010497 Sapper Robert Purdie of 1003 Docks Operating Company,Royal Engineers, died on the 23rd April 1943. He was born in Kircudbrightshire and was living in Dumfriesshire when he enlisted.

Robert was the son of William and Emily Purdie, and the husband of Elizabeth M. Purdie of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. He was 25 years old when he died and he is commemorated on Face 4 of the Athens Memorial; one of nealy 3000 men remembered here. The memorial stands within Phaleron War Cemetery and commemorates 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.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

6846812 Rfm Stanley Charles Keem, 9th Bn, KRRC

6846812 Rifleman Stanley Charles Keem of the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on the 12th April 1941 during the Crete and Greece campaign. He was 22 years old, the son of Charles and Caroline Keem of Shepherd's Bush, London, and he is commemorated on the Athens Memorial in the Phaleron War Cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission