We hope you can all do something to mark #VEDayAtHome. At GMMM, we'll be observing the two-minute silence at 11am, and hopefully there'll be a cake (or two!). Not forgetting all of those who served on the Home Front, here's a photograph from our collection of the Worcester Home Guard.
Worcester’s Home Guard
Set up in 1942 as Britain's 'last line of defence', many members of the Infirmary staff joined what was originally the LDV (Local Defence Volunteers), and a copy of this photograph is on display in our War Surgery case alongside the medals they were awarded.
Winston Churchill announced the end of the War in Europe with a speech broadcast from Downing St on 8 May 1945. He said "we may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead".