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
Sergeant Arthur Maurice Belshaw, 67878, Royal Australian Air Force
Signalman Ralph Williams, 2351592, Royal Corps of Signals, Malaya Command Sigs.
Gunner Harry Sutcliffe, 62014, Royal Artillery, 80 Anti-Tank Regiment
Aircraftsman 1st Class Henry Ernest Warne, 907872, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Private Leslie White, 7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment ~ Fell at Naga Village, Kohima
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