Commissioned on behalf of the military charity Combat Stress, the Official 80th Anniversary VEVJ Souvenir Journal: A tribute and dedication to those who secured peace.
For more information about Combat Stress visit:
combat stress.org.uk
Headed by His Majesty The King the Journal reflects on those great deeds of 80 years ago.
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“The war is over…You know, I think, that those four words have for the Queen and myself the same significance, simple yet immense, that they have for you. Our hearts are full to overflowing, as are your own. Yet there is not one of us who has experienced this terrible war who does not realise that we shall feel it’s inevitable consequences long after we have all forgotten our rejoicings of today.
But that relief from past dangers must not blind us to the demands of the future. The British people here at home have added lustre to the true fame of our Islands, and we stand today with our whole Empire in the forefront of the victorious United Nations. Great, therefore, is our responsibility to make sure by the actions of every man and every woman here and throughout the Empire and Commonwealth that the peace gained amid measureless trials and suffering shall not be cast away. “
KING GEORGE VI, 15th AUGUST 1945
Featured messages in the Journal include:
His Majesty King Charles III
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC
Chief of the Defence Staff
General Sir Peter Wall
GCB CBE DL
President, Combat Stress
General Sir James Everard
KCB CBE
Colonel, The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own)
Major General Jo Chestnutt CBE
Master General of Logistics
Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB GCVO OBE DL
Joyce Wetton receiving her copy of the VEVJ80 Journal. Joyce, now 89 years old, recounts her story as a young evacuee from London during the blitz and is featured by Motorfinity.
