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
John Dickson, Captain & Boarding Officer Hong Kong Harbour. Died on 12th December 1941 Age 39.
Lieutenant George Hamilton Lamb, A.I.F. - Died in Captivity on the Burma Railway
Sub Lt. Robert H Campbell, H.M.S. Giang Bee, Malayan RNVR. Died 15 February 1942.
The Rev. Alfred Lionel Sadd, Scout Commissioner for the Beru, Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Jemadar Parkash Singh VC
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