British Korean war heroes remember fallen comrades on 60th anniversary
British heroes of a battle that changed the course of the Korean war remembered their fallen comrades at a memorial service in South Korea on Saturday.
On the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Imjin River, 80 war veterans sat in a memorial park near the hill where heavily outnumbered soldiers from the Gloucestershire Regiment held up Chinese Communist troops for three days in April 1951.
The battle took place at Hill 235, which became known as Gloster Hill, and the resistance by the “Glorious Glosters” stopped Chinese forces sweeping on to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul 30 miles to the south.
At the service Private Ben Whitchurch, 79, read the Ode of Remembrance in front of the war monument with a clear, proud voice. His courageous comrades, dignified in medal-bedecked uniforms, struggled to hold back the tears .......