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VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY IS COMMEMORATED
The Queen has taken the salute from
thousands of war veterans in London at
a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary
of VJ Day and the end of World War II.
The Dukj of Edinburgh unexpectedly
joined the march-past of soldiers and
civilians along The Mall. See 120
A fly-past followed, in which a
Lancaster bomber dropped one million
poppies in memory of the dead during a
two-minute silence.
A fireworks display over the Thames
which could be seen for several
miles ended the day's commemorations.
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