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
Captain Michael Allmand VC
Gunner Edwin Bryer Rose, 930700, 155 (Lancashire Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery
Squadron Leader Herbert Selwyn Giddings.
Gunner Ernest Read, 1118303, Royal Artillery
Volunteer Chan Ping Fan 陳炳勳, Royal Hong Kong Police (Reserve) and British Army Aid Group
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