Friday 15 August 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, and commemorates the ending of the Second World War.
The Royal Scots Museum Outreach Team will hold a VJ Day 80 event in the George Washington Browne Room at Central Library.
The Family Research Area will be staffed by Museum research volunteers, National Records Scotland, Scottish Genealogical Society, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission who will have access to
• Regimental War Diaries
• Regimental Journal, “The Thistle”
• Royal Scots World War Two Attestation Books
• documents and photographs from the Royal Scots Museum Archive
• and much more…
There will also be a small display of Royal Scots-related items and memorabilia and display boards telling the stories of
• 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots who at the outbreak of World War Two were serving on Garrison Duty in Hong Kong
• the sinking of the Lisbon Maru
• 1st Battalion The Royal Scots, who after the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, were reconstituted at Bradford and were responsible for a stretch of the Yorkshire coastal defences. The Battalion was then sent to India in 1942.
• officers and soldiers from the Royal Scots who served with specialist units in the Far East.
You will also be able to view the Museum’s new 12 minute VJ 80th film, which includes interviews with those Royal Scots who served in the Far East and their families.
The Family Research Area will run from 12 to 15 August, from 10am to 4.30pm each day, and is free to attend.
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