The sacrifices troops made to defeat Japan in the Second World War are to be remembered at a seafront service in Great Yarmouth.

A ceremony marking the surrender of Japan 78 years ago will take place at the Far East Prisoner of War (FEPOW) Memorial on Marine Parade on Tuesday, August 15.

Attendees are asked to arrive at 5.50pm for a 6pm start.

There will be a service of readings and prayers led by Father Tracey Williams.

Councillor Penny Carpenter, mayor of the Great Yarmouth borough, will attend and lay a wreath on behalf of the borough.

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The Act of Remembrance will be led by FEPOW chaplain Pauline Simpson.

Many soldiers from the borough served in the Far East and became prisoners of war and were held captive in appalling conditions.

Eight years ago on-lookers at the Great Yarmouth seafront event were moved to tears as Eddie Hunn, one of the last surviving FEPOWs, gave a poignant speech.

He was one of an estimated 60,000 prisoners of war who worked on the 258-mile Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway.