81,084 British servicemen served in the theatre of operations. 1,106 were killed in action. Thousands were wounded and 1,060 suffered as prisoners of war.
At its source, the National Army Museum, this image is captioned: "Troops from 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), on the march, 1950 (c)".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
British armed forces in Korean War
The phrase "distant obligation..." references a cabinet meeting on 25 June 19...
Joseph John Bolton was born on 8 January 1889, the eldest of the five children of Joseph George Bolton (1863-1942) and Emily Bolton née Challis (1859-1947). His birth was registered in the 1st quar...
George William Matthews was born in 1894 in North Kensington, London, the son of George John Henry Matthews (1872-1951) and Alice Elizabeth Matthews née Gregory (1873-1928). His birth was registere...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
Beneath the two windows to the left of the plaque there is some red granite, inscribed "1859", which looks like the remains of a drinking...
During construction, the tunnel was flooded on six separate occasions the worst being the second flooding, on 12 January 1828, in which six workmen died. "Near shift change. Isambard was in the sh...
The WW2 plaque is very high up on the wall behind the arches and can only be read from a zoomed-in photo. The naming is confusing. This ...
Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some detailed research on these names and also found a newspaper report of the incident at Trove (The...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
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