VJ Day & Worcestershire
- Introduction
- War in the Far East
- Kohima
- Atomic Bomb
- VJ Day in the Far East
- VJ Day United Kingdom
- VJ Day in Worcester
- VJ Day Today
- Acknowledgements
VJ Day – Introduction
War in the Far East
Worcestershire Regiment in the Far East
Family in the Far East
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 Oliver Holcroft |
 Anthony Jackson |
RAF in the Far East
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 34th Sqn: 1943 (c) R Brunt |
 Ronald Brunt at Palel |
 Hurricane of the 34th Sqn – Palel (c) R Brunt |
 Operations record book of squadron flights (c) The National Archives |
Kohima
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Burma memorial at Worcester Cathedral |
Sketch of Col H. Richards – “Hero of Kohima” |
 Naga village, Kohima (c) Mercian Regiment Museum |
 Tank on the road to Imphal (c) Mercian Regiment Museum |
 Stone memorial at Kohima (c) Mercian Regiment Museum |
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Atomic Bomb and VJ Day – Far East
VJ Day – United Kingdom
VJ Day – Worcester
VJ Day – 50th anniversary
VJ Day – Today
VJ Day – Today …further information
Further information
| Information | Web link |
| Official website | now closed |
| British Legion | https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/…/vj-day |
| BBC coverage | https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/vj-day |
| The National Archives | https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/operations-…japan-1945/ |
Related information
| Information | Web link |
| Our blog post of August 2015 | https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2015/08/remembering-v-j-day/ |
| Our article on Worcester film-maker John Beer who filmed VJ Day being celebrated in the city in 1945 | “Worcester In Film” |
| JukeBox on the 2nd floor of The Hive where we talk of 20 years of Oral Histories talking about “interviews from our very first project ” which includes VJ day |
20 years of Oral Histories |
Acknowledgements
| Thank you to Patrick Holcroft OBE, Mark Jackson OBE, Roger Brunt, Mercian Regiment Museum, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester News and The National Archives for providing images and information.
Other images, oral history and documents are from our archives. |