VJ Day
VJ (Victory over Japan) Day was announced on 15 August 1945 bringing the Second World War to an end. The formal surrender had been signed a few weeks earlier on the decks of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September. Image © IWM (EA 75893)
“The War is over…those four words have for the Queen and myself the same significance – simple yet immense – that they have for you. Our hearts are overflowing.”
KING GEORGE VI, 15 AUGUST 1945
Gunner Alan Roscow
Gunner Bernard Playforth
Lieutenant Alec George Horwood VC DCM, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Major Charles Ferguson Hoey VC MC, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Major Frank Gerald Blaker VC MC, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
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