VE Day 80 – A Shared Moment of Celebration
Remembrance Sunday, 9th November, 2025
The exhibition will be on display in the St Saviour’s Family Room after the Service on Sunday. Everyone welcome to attend. No charge.
VE Day marked the end of the war in Europe and WWII as a whole on 8 May1945.
Information about the men who are commemorated on the War Memorial, and some who survived, will be included, as well as information about food rationing and activities like the Soldiers’ Comfort Fund.
Several men from Harden took part in significant events like the sinking of HMS Repulse which was one of the worst disasters in British naval history and bombing raids into enemy territory. One resident was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and another the Military Cross.
The exhibition will also include material from the First World War taken from a previous exhibition in 2014.
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