The United Kingdom was involved in the Korean War between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. 56,000 British troops participated on the side of the United Nations force.
For the war the United Kingdom provided the second largest force behind the United States.[1] For deployment, the Royal Navy arrived on 1 July 1950 whilst the British Army arrived on 28 August. During the war 1,078 soldiers were killed.
After the war some British troops remained as military observers until 1957.
British Army's order of battle as follows:
Royal Navy's order of battle as follows:
Royal Marines's order of battle as follows:
See also: List of U.S. friendly-fire incidents since 1945 with British victims § Korean War |
Killed | Wounded | MIA | POW | Total |
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1,078 | 2,674 | 179 | 978 | 4,909 |
Total 56,000 British participated in the Korean War, 886 of 1,078 killed soldiers were buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, South Korea.
There is a Gloucester Hill Battle Monument in the memorial Park for Battle of the Imjin River in Paju, South Korea.
There is a Korean War Memorial in London which unveiled on 3 December 2014.
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