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Japanese sign Surrender Documents
An Instrument of Surrender was signed at Singapore on 12 September 1945 at 0341 hours (GMT) by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, and General Seishiro Itagaki, the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces Southern Region in South-East Asia.
A formal ceremony for the surrender of Japan had been conducted aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay on 2 September 1945.
Above, the Allied delegation, led by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, face the Japanese delegation led by General Itagaki across the table, for the signing of the surrender at Singapore.(Image - © IWM (A 30495)
On this day
Sunday 31 May 1992
The Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the 22 years of service by the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1970 - 1992, was led by The Most Reverend Dr Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday 31 May 1992 at 1530 hours.
Dr Eames reminded all that since the formation of the UDR on 1 April 1970, in excess of 40,000 had served in the Regiment.
Terrorism claimed 197 lives and seriously wounded 444 men and women of The Ulster Defence Regiment.
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On this day
31 May
Sunday 31 May 1992
The Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the 22 years of service by the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1970 - 1992, was led by The Most Reverend Dr Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday 31 May 1992 at 1530 hours.
Dr Eames reminded all that since the formation of the UDR on 1 April 1970, in excess of 40,000 had served in the Regiment.
Terrorism claimed 197 lives and seriously wounded 444 men and women of The Ulster Defence Regiment.
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31 May
Sunday 31 May 1992
The Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the 22 years of service by the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1970 - 1992, was led by The Most Reverend Dr Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday 31 May 1992 at 1530 hours.
Dr Eames reminded all that since the formation of the UDR on 1 April 1970, in excess of 40,000 had served in the Regiment.
Terrorism claimed 197 lives and seriously wounded 444 men and women of The Ulster Defence Regiment.
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