The Hirasaku Army Cemetery was transferred to our city on April 1, 1951, under the Former Naval Port City Conversion Act. The cemetery enshrines 23 soldiers who died in World War I, as well as the remains of approximately 400 soldiers from the Yokosuka Heavy Artillery Regiment who died in battle or from illness.
Due to the confusion at the end of the war and the sudden demobilization of those involved, records were scattered and the surviving family members of the war dead are not known. After that, the cemetery fell into disrepair with broken grave markers, but in October 1964, with the cooperation of local residents, the scattered remains were collected and reburied, a surrounding fence and approach to the cemetery were constructed, and in 1973, a memorial monument was erected to pray for the repose of the war dead.
* It was originally called "Yokosuka Heavy Artillery Regiment Cemetery" (Yokosuka Army Cemetery).
* It was built in 1890 as a burial ground for the 1st Fortress Artillery Regiment when the regiment was founded.
* After the war, it became overgrown because many people came and went during cherry blossom season and other times. It seems to have been maintained by members of the local neighborhood association and Buddhist church.
* In October 1964, an Olympic memorial pool was built, and the remains scattered in the park area along with those from the cemetery there were reburied in the current cemetery, and a fence was also built around it.
* The local senior citizens' association regularly cleans the temple grounds. We are grateful for this. The city administration center is responsible for caring for the trees.
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