Memorial

SS Suez Maru

Mark Newton 19.09.2017

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 19.09.2017

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Current Location

Memorial is located outside the FEPOW Building, National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

SK 18155 14632

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 72922
Description: A block formed of 414 grey cobblestones with a limestone top on a limestone-paved base. A small limestone tablet etched with the number 414 is fixed to the front of the block, representing the number of FEPOWs commemorated. A commemoration is engraved into one of the base stones. Contained within the centre of the memorial is a jar of coral and sand from the island of Liang, from where the Suez Maru set sail.
Inscription: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ 414 BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR/ ABOARD THE JAPANESE SHIP/ SUEZ MARU/ TORPEDOED BY USS BONEFISH 8.17 AM 29, NOVEMBER 1943/ SANK 9.20 AM 6 [degrees] 22 [degrees] SOUTH BY 116 [degrees] 35 [degrees] EAST/ 250 FEPOW SURVIVORS FLOATING IN THE SEA/ 5PM TO SUNSET, ALL WERE SHOT BY THE JAPANESE./ 29 NOVEMBER 1943/ THIS MEMORIAL DEDICATED 29 NOVEMBER 2013.

Stone of remembrance

Height: 1500

Width: 1500

Depth: 1500

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Height: 1500

Width: 1500

Made from: Stone - Limestone

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone - Limestone