In partnership with Imperial War Museums, Letters to Loved Ones invites you to get involved, by sharing historical letters from your VE and VJ Day generation relatives.
Were your relatives part of the VE and VJ Day generation? If so we’d love to hear from you!
During the Second World War, letter writing helped to ease the pain of separation between soldiers and other displaced people, and their loved ones.
Receiving letters from family and friends was also vital for morale, keeping men and women connected to the homes they had left behind. Letters written to family and friends are today a fascinating source of information about everyday life in wartime Britain.
Do you have letters or postcards sent by your family members during the Second World War to their loved ones? This could include soldiers on the front line; men, women and children on the home front; or relatives who contributed to Britain’s war effort from Britain and Commonwealth countries.
In partnership with Imperial War Museums, we’re asking young people and families across the UK to share the stories they find here on our Letters to Loved Ones gallery.
You can also share and discover your VE and VJ Day family connections of the people commemorated by CWGC via the Commonwealth War Graves’ Stories portal.
