Vj Day British Legion

Vj day commemorations at the nma on 15 august the royal british legion will be holding a commemoration at the national memorial arboretum to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day.

Vj day british legion. The royal british legion pays tribute to the vj day veterans by 1945 across asia and the pacific there were 365 000 british and 1 5 million commonwealth troops. The royal british legion is encouraging people to take part in a two minute silence on saturday august 15. Due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic the royal british legion was required to review its initial plans to mark this significant anniversary. Visit our website for further information.

We will only use the contact details you have provided to contact you about vj day 75. Letters if they arrived and weren t lost at sea to japanese attacks took a long time to get through. It was a long way from home. Whilst capacity is limited we are also delighted to share that this will be broadcast live on bbc one from 0930 1130.

In addition there were no live radio or tv broadcasts from the campaign so for most of the public they had very little knowledge beyond the odd newspaper report of what was happening. At the royal british legion we take your privacy seriously and we will only use the information you have provided on this form as part of our vj day 75 commemorations. Captain sir tom moore is encouraging the public to remember the british and commonwealth soldiers who served in the far east on vj day which he described as the most special of days. The 75th anniversary of vj day marking both the surrender of japan and the end of the second world war will be commemorated on 15th august 2020.

Communications between service personnel and the home front were difficult. The royal british legion vj day 75 we are pleased to let you know that we are able to hold a smaller but hopefully equally significant commemoration for vj day 75 at the nma on saturday 15th august.