Commemoration (2015)

In July 2015, memorial ceremonies across Britain marked the end of the Second World War seventy ago. According to the Imperial War Museum’s catalogue, the image below shows a widow of a Second World War serviceman. She is wearing his medals at the Victory and Freedom parade in Newbury, Berkshire.

The widow of a Second World War serviceman wears his medals at the Victory and Freedom Parade organised in Newbury, Berkshire to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Similar events took place throughout Britain. © Crown Copyright. IWM (HU 94254)

COMMEMORATION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, JULY 2005. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205213521 © Crown Copyright. IWM (HU 94254)

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