Which British admiral signed Japan’s surrender document for the United Kingdom?

Admiral Bruce Fraser signed Japan’s surrender document for the United Kingdom.

Fraser represented Britain at the ceremony aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. He signed after the representatives of Japan, General Douglas MacArthur for the Allied powers, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States, and General Hsu Yung-chang for China.

Fraser was a senior Royal Navy officer who had served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet. His participation reflected Britain’s major role in the war against Japan, particularly through naval operations and the British Pacific Fleet’s campaigns in the final year of the conflict.

He is sometimes confused with Lord Louis Mountbatten, who accepted Japan’s surrender in Southeast Asia at a separate ceremony in Singapore on September 12, 1945. Fraser’s signature belonged to the central Tokyo Bay ceremony, while Mountbatten oversaw a regional surrender several days later.