The surrender of Japan was announced in Japan (USA, Europe, etc.) on 14 (15) August 1945 and effectively ended WW2. The paperwork was done two weeks later on 2 September. All three dates are sometimes known as VJ Day. In the UK the official date is 15 August. The title was chosen by analogy to VE Day for Victory in Europe.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
50th anniversary of VJ Day
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Dwight D Eisenhower - Kingston
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander, allied forces Europe, Genera...
Last V2 rocket in Kingston upon Thames
The plaque says that 8 people were killed but has the names of only five: fou...
WW2 - Westminster
15 August is the official VJ Day in the UK so erecting this plaque on Wednesd...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Police Memorial Trust
A charitable organisation created following a letter to The Times from Michael Winner about the death of Yvonne Fletcher, and it was in her memory that the Trust's first memorial was erected. The p...
9 memorials
Battlefields Trust
Founded to preserve the battle sites of Britain. The founding motivation was the fact that the battlefield of Naseby, (a perfectly preserved site of the battle of the English Civil War), was to be ...
1 memorial
Shakespeare Reading Society
Active in 1909 with Beerbohm Tree as President. 2018: Via Facebook Roger W. Haworth wrote to say that this organisation is active, with Judi Dench as President. We are pleased to hear that and sor...
1 memorial
Historic Kilburn Plaque Scheme
Started by Ed Fordham, a local resident with a keen interest in local history.
2 memorials
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Sir Isaiah Berlin
Sir Isaiah Berlin OM CBE FBA was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Born in Riga into a wealthy family, which moved with him to London, in 1921. ...
2 memorials
Bernard Meadows
Sculptor. Born Norwich. Professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art, 1960–80. Died at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead. Tate holds some of his work but we are not aware of any other pu...
1 memorial
Japanese Garden - Holland Park
W8, Holland Park
Another plaque, further along the path reads: The Empress and I, as well as so many of our people, were deeply moved by the immediate res...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Richard Bright
A physician specialising in kidney problems, he was credited with the discovery of Bright's Disease (now called Glomerulonephritis or Nephritis) through his research on patients who exhibited drops...
1 memorial
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