King Charles says heroes will ‘never be forgotten’

King Charles, “Service and Sacrifice”, will honor those who helped to end the Second World War in a personal message marking the 80th anniversary of the VJ day.

In a voicemail recorded at the beginning of this month, the king will promise that those who fight and die in the Pacific and Far East will “never be forgotten”.

On Friday, King and Queen will participate in a commemoration service at the National Memorial Arboretum of Staffordshire to commemorate his anniversary with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Victory against VJ Day or Japan Day is commemorated every year on August 15, and points out that Japan ended the war in 1945, when he surrendered to the Allied forces.

71,000 soldiers from the British and Nations Ensemble died in a war against Japan, including 12,000 war prisoners in Japanese captivity.

Sir Keir, who organized an event with veterans at Download Street on Thursday, said, “Our country owes a great debt to those who fight for a better future, so that we can have the freedom and life we enjoy today.

“We must honor this sacrifice with every new generation.”

The king’s message is expected to reflect and reflect the audio broadcast made by his grandfather George VI, whom his grandfather King George VI announced 80 years ago.

The experience that has been folded by prisoners of war and the civilians of the occupied lands in the region, reminiscent of the real cost of war beyond the battlefields, reminds us that it touches all aspects of life “.

The king was possible in close cooperation between “extensive distances, beliefs and cultural divisions” between nations “between nations, beliefs and cultural divisions”, because the king said, “How to give us more than freedom; how to protect and protect us”.

This showed that “during war and times of peace, the largest weapons are not the arms you carry, but the arms you tied.”

VJ Day 80 Commemoration ceremonies began on Thursday evening with a sunset ceremony in Memorial Gates in the center of London to pay tribute to Commonwealth staff in the Far East.

A light show, images and stories from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Digital Story Sharing platform for Evermore was reflected on the gates of the commemoration.

Lord Boateng, President of the Memorial Gates Council, put a wreath on behalf of the king during the ceremony on Thursday.

The government said on Friday, military unseen in Cenotaph, in the Far East of the National Monument Arboretum, and Llament Battle in Edinburgh Castle will take the stage in O’er Dawn.

A Piper will also perform in a Japanese peace garden in Western London to reflect the reconciliation between England and Japan in decades since the end of the war.

The government said that on Friday morning, the National Arboretum will contain a military Flypast as well as red arrows as well as the historical Dakota, Hurricane and Spitfire plane.

A special tribute will be organized by 400 members of the armed forces, including the music provided by military groups.

The event on Friday will be broadcasted live on BBC One and a two -minute national silence will be observed throughout the country in the afternoon.

This will follow a reception that the King and the Queen will meet with veterans working in the Far East with their families during the Second World War.

Later, from 21:00 in England, Buckingham Palace, London Tower, Blackpool Tower, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Durham Cathedral, Cardiff Castle and white rocks will be illuminated to Mark VJ Day.

VJ Day, and three months after the day, falls in Europe following Germany’s surrender.

Activities that will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the VJ Day will result in a reception for veterans in Windsor Castle later in autumn.