Post by KG on Jul 11, 2013 8:44:29 GMT -5
Korean War anniversary marked by parade and service:
07-11-2013
The 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War has been marked with a parade and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey.
The event remembered the 1,000 or so comrades who were killed and some 1,060 who were taken prisoner during the war.
Although an armistice was signed on 27 July, 1953, the two Koreas remain technically at war.
The Republic of Korea, now also known as South Korea, was invaded by the North Korean Peoples' Army on 25 June, 1950.
Some 100,000 British troops served on the Korean peninsula, many of them National Servicemen, as part of a United Nations force.
Troops from the US, Canada, Australia, India and many other UN member states also took part during the war.
Defence Minister Mark Francois said: "Sixty years on, the Korean War remains an international conflict in which Britain played a significant role and one that should never be forgotten".
Other events to mark the anniversary include a Korean War Commemoration Day at the National Memorial Arboretum on 27 July.
K.
07-11-2013
The 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War has been marked with a parade and thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey.
The event remembered the 1,000 or so comrades who were killed and some 1,060 who were taken prisoner during the war.
Although an armistice was signed on 27 July, 1953, the two Koreas remain technically at war.
The Republic of Korea, now also known as South Korea, was invaded by the North Korean Peoples' Army on 25 June, 1950.
Some 100,000 British troops served on the Korean peninsula, many of them National Servicemen, as part of a United Nations force.
Troops from the US, Canada, Australia, India and many other UN member states also took part during the war.
Defence Minister Mark Francois said: "Sixty years on, the Korean War remains an international conflict in which Britain played a significant role and one that should never be forgotten".
Other events to mark the anniversary include a Korean War Commemoration Day at the National Memorial Arboretum on 27 July.
K.