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Act of Remembrance for 80th anniversary of VJ Day
An Act of Remembrance to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day will take place in Belfast Cathedral on Friday August 15.
Led by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev Stephen Forde, this simple service will begin at 12 noon.
It will coincide with a special British Legion service at the National Arboretum, in Staffordshire, attended by the King and Queen, as the nation remembers the final ending of the Second World War with the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 15 1945.
The Act of Remembrance in St Anne’s Cathedral will take place next to the Burma Star Association commemorative mosaic, with the Burma Star Association Standard.
Dean Forde said: “While VE Day on May 8 1945 marked the end of fighting in Europe, many from these shores engaged in further intense battles in Burma and the Far East. Others endured the appalling conditions of the Japanese Prisoner of War Camps until the surrender of Japan on August 15.
“For many of those posted to the Far East, it would be up to a year before they finally returned home to Northern Ireland.
“On Friday we will remember the suffering of all those who served from these shores in Burma, the Far East and in the Pacific.”
The service in Belfast Cathedral is open to all.
