Eastbourne remembers fallen comrades on 75th anniversary of VJ day

Flags were paraded in Eastbourne to remember all the fallen comrades from the campaigns in the Far East.
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Saturday, August 15 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day. It commemorates the signing of the final surrender by the Japanese Emperor on USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay in 1945.

To remember the fallen the surviving standards of the service associations from the Eastbourne area were paraded at the War Memorial in the town.

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Barry Lane said: "The standards were lowered for the exhortation and Kohima epitaph as a tribute to all absent friends and comrades."

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