I have trawled the internet, well youtube at least. to bring you videos of the Battle of Imjin River
No commentsThe service at Gloucester Cathedral Sunday 25th April 2021. By Paul Nicholls Western Daily Press
Three Korean War veterans were among the dignitaries at a service at Gloucester Cathedral yesterday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imjin River.
In Korea in April 1951, the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment fought a desperate action against overwhelming numbers of Chinese attackers until it was overrun and the survivors were marched into prison camps. It remains the bloodiest single battle that British soldiers have fought in since the end of World War II.
Read more: The service at Gloucester Cathedral Sunday 25th April 2021
The replicas of the Carne Cross have been carved by Gloucester Cathedral stonemason Wieslaw Szod, using sandstone from the Forest of Dean.
Three replicas of a cross carved by a prisoner in the Korean War have been blessed by the Bishop of Gloucester.
Presentation of US Presidential Unit Citation to 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment and C Troop 170th Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery in Korea on 8th May 1951
United States General Van Fleet Presented the Glosters and 170 Mortar Battery survivors with President Truman’s “Presidential Citation”
Reforming 1st Glosters in Korea.
The following article has been submitted by Major General RD Grist CB OBE .
70 years ago, on 5th May 1951, my father, who had not been captured at Imjin and had taken over command of 1st Glosters, sent a signal to the Duke of Gloucester, the Regiment’s Colonel in Chief stating “we are operational again”.