THE Shaftesbury & District Branch of the Royal British Legion will be holding a short ceremony to commemorate the 78th anniversary of VE-Day on Monday, May 8.
Members will assemble at the town memorial in Park Walk at 10.50am for a short service at 11am, followed by a simple wreath-laying by the Mayor, and the British Legion.
Medals and decorations may be worn.
The ceremony will remember the 382,700 dead among British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War.
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