Remembering VJ day
At the Hatfield war memorial on Saturday August 15th – the Mayor of Hatfield , Cllr Margaret Eames- Petersen , Leader of the Council Cllr Lenny Brandon, Cllr Glyn Hayes ( Welwyn Hatfield Veterans Covenant champion) and Welwyn Hatfield Deputy Mayor, Cllr Peter Hebden , took part in a memorial service led by Rev Darren Collins starting at 10 am.
The Mayor, Leader and Deputy Mayor of WHBC laid wreaths in memory of our armed forces who gave their lives in the Asian Pacific part of world war 2, in combat or Japanese prisoner of war camps before VJ Day on August 15th 1945.
This was a socially distanced event , so there were very few people , without publicity to ensure no rules broken.