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On Monday, 15th August their will be a parade at the National Memorial Aboretum at Alrewas near Lichfield, starting at 10.45 a.m.
This is reprinted from the Bbirmingham Mail on Thursday, 11th August 2005.
War veterans who were prisoners in the Far East will mark the 60th Anniversary of VJ Day with a Midland tribute to their fallen comrades.
They will be on parade for the dedication of a building containing an exhibition telling their story.
The Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War Group raised £450,000 for the building on the site where millions of war dead from the 20th century are remembered every day.
Carol Cooper, the organisatio's founder, launched an appeal for the cash in 2002 on the 60th anniversary of the fall of Singapore when most of the Far East PoWs were captured.
This building has been created as a liiving tribute to all those who were involved in the Far Eastern campaign she said. Its contents will reveal the tradegy that befell the prisoners of war. Children and grandchildren of the prisoners helped to raise the cash for the project.
The building has an oriental design and is set in an area planted with trees from the Far East. Gates from the notorious Changi camp where many of the prisoners were held have already been restored and erected at the site.
A section of track from the Burma Railway has also been laid.
Veterans are being invited to parade their association standards at Monday's ceremony. They should arrive by 10.45 a.m.
Further details are on the website www.cofepow.org.uk
God Bless them All.
This is reprinted from the Bbirmingham Mail on Thursday, 11th August 2005.
War veterans who were prisoners in the Far East will mark the 60th Anniversary of VJ Day with a Midland tribute to their fallen comrades.
They will be on parade for the dedication of a building containing an exhibition telling their story.
The Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War Group raised £450,000 for the building on the site where millions of war dead from the 20th century are remembered every day.
Carol Cooper, the organisatio's founder, launched an appeal for the cash in 2002 on the 60th anniversary of the fall of Singapore when most of the Far East PoWs were captured.
This building has been created as a liiving tribute to all those who were involved in the Far Eastern campaign she said. Its contents will reveal the tradegy that befell the prisoners of war. Children and grandchildren of the prisoners helped to raise the cash for the project.
The building has an oriental design and is set in an area planted with trees from the Far East. Gates from the notorious Changi camp where many of the prisoners were held have already been restored and erected at the site.
A section of track from the Burma Railway has also been laid.
Veterans are being invited to parade their association standards at Monday's ceremony. They should arrive by 10.45 a.m.
Further details are on the website www.cofepow.org.uk
God Bless them All.
