Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Friday 15 August, Kenilworth Nub News is sharing a short series on the town's connections to the Second World War and the war in the Pacific. The town will mark VJ Day with a short service at the Abbey Fields war memorial at 11am on Friday.

Today's feature is written by Miles Wyatt-Smith - administration & facilities assistant at Kenilworth Town Council.

As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific this week, the story of Rupert Wyatt-Smith — a former rubber plantation manager in Malaya — offers a sobering insight into the suffering endured by thousands of civilians and soldiers during the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia.

In December 1941, as Japanese forces swept into northern Malaya, Rupert Wy

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