BBC NEWS | UK | England | Somerset | Japanese surrender officer dies

The army officer who is credited with organising the Japanese surrender after World War II has died at his home in Somerset, it has emerged.

Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Collingwood Sherman, who was 93, orchestrated the ceremony of Japanese capitulation in Singapore on 12 September, 1945.

Last week, at a church service in Long Sutton, the same Union Flag used in the ceremony was flown on the tower.

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May he rest in peace

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