Cpl Eric Jackson from Bolton was just 22 years old when he served in the Reconnaissance Corps of the 5th Loyals, serving in the Far East. However, on February 12, 1942, he was reported missing, ...

Part of the Axis powers alongside Germany and Italy, Japan officially surrendered on August 15, 1945, just months after VE ...

The 80th anniversary of the Victory over Japan has been marked in Salisbury. Victory over Japan Day, on Friday, August 15, marks the date when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, bringing an end ...

The 80th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day has been marked with a beacon lighting in Tidworth . Victory over Japan Day, on Friday, August 15, marks the date when Japan surrendered to the Allied ...

A seaside town stepped back in time on Saturday as it marked the anniversary of VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day. On the exact spot of the former railway station in Clevedon, North Somerset, from ...

A BEACON was lit at a beauty spot in St Helens to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Yesterday, Friday, marked Victory over Japan Day, or VJ Day, and the end of World War Two everywhere in ...

A parade marched through Southampton on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day which marked ...

King Willem-Alexander had paid a touching tribute to VJ Day heroesOn Friday, August 15, the monarch stepped out to mark the ...

SALISBURY celebrated the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day). Friday, August 15, marks 80 years since Japan announced its surrender, ending the Second World War. Salisbury City Council ...

Tommy Doherty, 98, served in the RAF in Singapore while neighbour Brian Buick's uncle died in a prisoner of war camp in Borneo in 1945.

The Isle of Man has fallen silent to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Victory over Japan Day is commemorated on 15 August ...