Beacon to blaze to mark VJ Day 80th anniversary

THE sacrifice made by the remarkable wartime generation is to be remembered in a special event on Anglesey, commemorating the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON Local Democracy Reporter

The commemoration of Victory over Japan Day is being held at Parys Mountain and will include the lighting of the most northern beacon in Wales.

It aims to remember those who took part in the conflict in the Far East and the date which heralded the final end of conflict in the Second World War.

Thousands of British and Commonwealth military personnel had continued to fight Japanese forces in Asia and the Pacific for three months after the celebrations had broken out to mark the end of World War II in Europe - 'VE Day' on May 8, 1945.

Victory over Japan - VJ Day - was not declared until August 15, 1945.