80th Commemoration of Victory in Japan

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Veterans, families and friends, including local communities will join hands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Japan at the Veterans Monument Knightswood on Saturday 10th May.

About 80th Commemoration of Victory in Japan

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A short Christian service takes place then there is the Last Post and Reveille played.

Veterans then form up on Baldwin Avenue to March past hopefully our Lord Provost led by the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders Balaclava Pipe Band.

They wind their way down the Great Western Road to the Lincoln Inn where there will be a Finger Buffet, Music and a Raffle for a Worthy Cause.

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