Today marks 80 years since VE day - the end of WWII hostilities in Europe. Listen below to weel kent* Orcadian Brigadier S P Robertson as he talks about his experiences of VE Day whilst stationed in Hamburg, Germany. Robertson was born in Kirkwall in 1914. His earliest memory was sitting on the shoulders of his brother John who had returned home to recover from a shrapnel wound in 1918. In 1939, Robertson volunteered for duty, serving in France and Germany as a Major.
* well known
See here for a post from 2015, the 70th anniversary of the ceasefire.
Information and photograph taken from Orcadian newspaper obituary, 25th December 2008
Interview recorded for BBC Radio Orkney in 1985 - Orkney Archive reference OSA/RO5/461
