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🎗9 May — Virtual March & Flower-Laying Ceremony · London336 days

My RegimentUnited Kingdom

A coalition of public initiatives, organisations, researchers, reenactors, volunteers and families across the UK

Preserve the memory of your veteran relatives who fought in the Second World War. Add their story, photo, and military service details to the UK registry.

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Victory Day 2027

Honour our veterans across the UK. Add your veteran to the registry and take part on 9 May — virtually from anywhere, or in person at the flower-laying ceremony at the Soviet World War II Memorial in London (Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ, 10:00 AM).

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“We carry their portraits so they march with us forever.”

Immortal Regiment · London

Since 2026, the UK format has been a virtual march paired with a single physical flower-laying ceremony at 10:00 AM at the Soviet World War II Memorial, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ, London.

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Castle Archdale — Lough Erne Flying-Boat Base
25 May 2026

Castle Archdale — Lough Erne Flying-Boat Base

The Lough Erne flying-boat base in Fermanagh — Catalinas and Sunderlands flew the Battle of the Atlantic from here, and a Castle Archdale Catalina re-found the Bismarck. Now a country park with a WWII exhibition.

Sunderland War Memorial — Mowbray Park
25 May 2026

Sunderland War Memorial — Mowbray Park

Sunderland's war memorial in Mowbray Park — a column crowned by Victory, commemorating the fallen of both World Wars in this heavily-bombed shipbuilding town.

Bristol Blitz Memorial — St Peter's Church, Castle Park
25 May 2026

Bristol Blitz Memorial — St Peter's Church, Castle Park

The preserved ruins of St Peter's Church, gutted in the Bristol Blitz of November 1940, kept as the city's memorial to around 1,300 civilians killed in the air raids.

Exercise Tiger Memorial — Slapton Sands, Torcross
25 May 2026

Exercise Tiger Memorial — Slapton Sands, Torcross

A recovered Sherman tank at Torcross commemorating the 749+ American servicemen killed in Exercise Tiger, the April 1944 D-Day rehearsal attacked by E-boats in Lyme Bay.

RAF Bomber Command Memorial — Green Park, London
25 May 2026

RAF Bomber Command Memorial — Green Park, London

Green Park memorial to the 55,573 aircrew of RAF Bomber Command who died in the Second World War, and to civilians of all nations killed in the bombing.

Historical Archive

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Family Memory of WWII Veterans in the United Kingdom

Family Memory of WWII Veterans in the United Kingdom

How the Russian-speaking diaspora in the UK preserves veteran names and family histories through moypolk.uk, a CEA-operated digital archive structurally independent from any state body.

British and Soviet Pilots with the Hurricane Mk II — 1941

British and Soviet Pilots with the Hurricane Mk II — 1941

On 30 August 1941, Winston Churchill offered Stalin 200 Hurricane fighters as part of the military aid programme. Within days, the first Hurricanes landed at Vaenga airfield near Murmansk.

The Evacuation of Britain's Children, 1939–1945

The Evacuation of Britain's Children, 1939–1945

The mass evacuation of children from Britain's cities — Operation Pied Piper — was one of the largest social upheavals in the country's history, affecting millions of families.

The Special Operations Executive: Britain's Secret War Behind Enemy Lines

The Special Operations Executive: Britain's Secret War Behind Enemy Lines

The story of the SOE — Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" — which sent agents into occupied Europe to organise sabotage, subversion, and resistance.

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Mironov Vladimir Alekseevich

Mironov Vladimir Alekseevich

1914 – 1945

Senior Lieutenant

Kolobushin Pyotr Ivanovich
London

Kolobushin Pyotr Ivanovich

1900 – 1942

Lastukhin Zakhar (Alexander) Kuzmich
Manchester

Lastukhin Zakhar (Alexander) Kuzmich

1920 – 2005

Captain, Intelligence Officer

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Khairullin Abdulkhak
Manchester

Khairullin Abdulkhak

Solder

Vlasov Afanasy Grigorievich

Vlasov Afanasy Grigorievich

1920

Red Army Soldier

Vlasova Elizabeth Ivanovna

Vlasova Elizabeth Ivanovna

Junior Lieutenant

Vlasov Philip Grigorevich

Vlasov Philip Grigorevich

1911 – 1942

Junior Commander

8-я гвардейская дивизия

Platov German Zakharovich

Platov German Zakharovich

1903 – 1943

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Three sailors in Arctic clothing standing on the deck of what appears to be an escort destroyer. Ice is visible on the rigging and guardrails. One man wears a chief petty officer's cap cover. The conditions suggest an Arctic Convoy escort. Written on reverse: "Homeward bound PQ-17."Photograph of a young man in Merchant Navy uniform. He appears to be no older than 17. The background shows a cargo ship. On reverse: "My first voyage. Good luck to me!" The handwriting suggests a teenager. No other identification.Photograph of a woman in WAAF uniform operating what appears to be radar equipment. She wears corporal's stripes and a "CH" (Chain Home) badge. The station could be one of the coastal radar sites in East Anglia. Pencilled on the back: "Maggie at work, 1941."
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