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    Memorial

    Hirano Maru

    Source: Copyright Paul Bowen

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    Current Location

    St. Ishmael's Church, Church Lane, St Ishmael's, Preseli Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, SA62 3TH, Wales

    OS Grid Reference

    SM 83018 06750

    Denomination

    Church in Wales

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    86390
    Description
    Short stone obelisk with explanatory silver plaques on the shaft (one in Japanese the other English). Each face of the base has a flower carved in relief.
    Inscription
    In memory of those/ who lost their lives when/ 'Hirano Maru'/ was sunk by enemy action/ 4th October 1918
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)

    Components

    Obelisk

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaques

    Made from: Silver


    Condition: Good


    • Newspaper Title: Western Mail Publication Date: Thursday 17 October 1918 Page Number: 2 HIRANO MARU DISASTER EIGHT BODIES WASHED ASHORE IN SOUTH PEMBROKE. During the past week eight bodies have washed ashore at different points on the South Pembrokeshire coast — viz., four men, a woman, and two boys, all Japanese with the exception of one lad. They were on board the Japanese vessel Hirano Maru, which was torpedoed off the Irish coast on October 4. At an inquest on six of the bodies held at Angle by the Pembrokeshire coroner only two of the bodies were identified. One was stated to be that of a steward named Shiro Okoshi, of Tokio, and the English lad the son of the Rev. J. Andrew Carleton, who was passenger on the ill-fated boat and bound for Durban.