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Preserve the memory of your veteran relatives who fought in the Second World War. Add their story, photo, and military service details to the UK registry.
Honour our veterans across the UK. Add your veteran to the registry and take part on 9 May — virtually from anywhere, or in person at the flower-laying ceremony at the Soviet World War II Memorial in London (Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ, 10:00 AM).
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“We carry their portraits so they march with us forever.”
Immortal Regiment · London
Since 2026, the UK format has been a virtual march paired with a single physical flower-laying ceremony at 10:00 AM at the Soviet World War II Memorial, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ, London.
Do you have a veteran in your family who fought in WWII? Add their name and story to our UK registry so their memory lives on forever.
Research, memoirs, and archival documents

How the Russian-speaking diaspora in the UK preserves veteran names and family histories through moypolk.uk, a CEA-operated digital archive structurally independent from any state body.

On 30 August 1941, Winston Churchill offered Stalin 200 Hurricane fighters as part of the military aid programme. Within days, the first Hurricanes landed at Vaenga airfield near Murmansk.

The reality of the Home Guard was far more serious than the popular sitcom suggests — 1.5 million volunteers stood ready to defend Britain against invasion.

The two Battles of El Alamein in 1942 marked the turning point of the war in North Africa and gave the Allies their first decisive victory over German forces.

A three-day journey from Manchester to the Scottish Highlands, retracing the assembly route of the Arctic Convoys that sailed from Loch Ewe to Murmansk between 1941 and 1945. Organised by Алиса Турцова for 23–25 May 2026.

One of the key community organisations of the Russian-speaking community in the United Kingdom. The Victory Day Auto-rally, the celebration concert, cultural programmes, and school projects — everything that brings families, cities, and generations together around shared memory.

The Necropolis section documents 39 verified Soviet WWII burials across 10 English cemeteries, cross-referenced between Russian archives (TsAMO, GARF), CWGC, and the 2011 Military Attaché list. This guide walks through what the archive contains and how families and researchers can use it.

The annual Auto-rally organised by RuCentre departs from cities across England — London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, Southampton, and others — and converges on a single point for a Victory Day festival.

Since 2026 the My Regiment UK format for 9 May runs on two paths — a flower-laying ceremony at the Soviet War Memorial in London at 10:00, and a virtual march UK-wide. This guide walks through both, from registration to the day itself.

1914 – 1945
Senior Lieutenant

1900 – 1942

1920 – 2005
Captain, Intelligence Officer
901 горно-вьючного артиллерийского Печенгского ордена А.Невского полка

Solder

1920
Red Army Soldier

Junior Lieutenant

1911 – 1942
Junior Commander
8-я гвардейская дивизия

1903 – 1943
Red Army Soldier
A small ritual of remembrance. Lit candles stay on the veteran's page forever.