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
Kathleen E Waddle, BA (Hons) European Mistress, Raffles Girl’s School
Sister ‘Stewie’ Jean Stewart, Australian Army Nursing Service - Executed on Radji Beach
Major Hugh Paul ‘Grandfather Longlegs’ Seagrim GC DSO MBE, 49359, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
Flight Sergeant Stanley James Woodbridge GC, 1393806, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 159 Sqn.
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Stewart Park, 130676, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 681 Sqn.
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