Appendix C
United Kingdom Forces in the Korean Theatre of War
Period of Service | Armour |
November 1950 to December 1951 | 8 King’s Royal Irish Hussars |
November 1950 to October 1951 | ‘C’ Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment |
December 1951 to December 1952 | 5 Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
December 1952 to December 1953 | 1 Royal Tank Regiment |
Period of Service | Royal Artillery |
November 1950 to November 1951 | 45 Field Regiment |
November 1950 to November 1951 | 11 (Sphinx) Independent Light A.A. Battery (converted to 4.2 Mortars in June 1951) |
November 1950 to October 1951 | 170 Independent Mortar Battery |
November 1951 to December 1952 | 14 Field Regiment |
October 1951. Joined 61st Light Regiment in December 1952 | 120 Light A.A. Battery |
November 1951. Joined 61st Light Regiment in February 1952 | 42 Light A.A. Battery (Redesignated 42nd Light Battery in January 1952) |
15 Location Battery | |
January 1952 to January 1954 | 61 Light Regiment |
December 1952 to December 1953 | 20 Field Regiment |
February 1953 to November 1953 | 74 Medium Battery |
Period of Service | Infantry |
August 1950 to May 1951 | 1 Bn. The Middlesex Regiment |
August 1950 to April 1951 | 1 Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
August 1950 to March 1951 | 41 Commando, Royal Marines |
November 1950 to October 1951 | 1 Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
November 1950 to November 1951 | 1 Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment |
November 1950 to October 1951 | 1 Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles |
April 1951 to August 1952 | 1 Bn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
May 1951 to September 1952 | 1 Bn. The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry |
October 1951 to September 1952 | 1 Bn. The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
October 1951 to June 1952 | 1 Bn. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
November 1951 to November 1952 | 1 Bn. The Welch Regiment |
June 1952 to July 1953 | 1 Bn. The Black Watch |
August 1952 to August 1953 | 1 Bn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) |
September 1952 to September 1953 | 1 Bn. The Durham Light Infantry |
September 1952 to October 1953 | 1 Bn. The King’s Regiment |
October 1952 to November 1953 | 1 Bn. The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment |
July 1953 to May 1954 | 1 Bn. The Royal Scots |
Period of Service | Royal Engineers |
November 1950. Joined 28th Field Engineer Regiment July 1951 | 55 Field Squadron |
1951 to | 12 Field Squadron |
July 1951 to 1955 | 28 Field Engineer Regiment (Commonwealth integrated unit) |
July 1951 to 1955 | 64 Field Park Squadron (Commonwealth integrated unit) |
July 1951 to 1955 | 28 Field Engineer Regiment (Commonwealth integrated unit |
July 1951 to 1955 | 64 Field Park Squadron (Commonwealth integrated unit) |
Period of Service | Royal Signals |
27 Brigade Signals Troop | |
29 Brigade Signals Troop | |
July 1951 to 1955 | Commonwealth Division Signals Regiment (Commonwealth integrated unit) |
Period of Service | Royal Army Medical Corps |
December 1950 to 1954 | 26 Field Ambulance |
Commonwealth General Hospital, Kure, Japan | |
(Commonwealth integrated unit) | |
September 1952 to December 1954 | Communications Zone Medical Unit |
(Commonwealth integrated unit) | |
Royal Army Dental Corps | |
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps | |
Royal Army Service Corps | |
57 Company | |
78 Company | |
76 Supply Company | |
37 Field Bakery Platoon | |
39 Field Bakery Platoon | |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | |
10 Infantry Workshops | |
11 Infantry Workshops | |
16 Infantry Workshops | |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps | |
Intelligence Corps | |
904 Field Security Section | |
104 Army Photographic Interpretation Section | |
Royal Military Police | |
27 Brigade Provost Section | |
28 Brigade Provost Section | |
Commonwealth Division Provost Company | |
(Commonwealth integrated unit) | |
Royal Army Pay Corps | |
73 Forward Base Pay Office | |
204 Field Cash Office | |
Navy/Army/Air-Force Institutes/Expeditionary Forces Institute | |
2 Public Relations Service | |
ROYAL AIR FORCE | |
Far East Air Force Flying Boat Wing | |
Far East Air Force Transport Wing | |
1903 Army Observation Post Flight | |
1913 Light Liaison Flight | |
ROYAL NAVY | |
Period of Service | Headquarters ships |
September 1950 to April 1953 | Ladybird |
April to July 1953 | Tyne |
Period of Service | Light Fleet Carriers |
July 1950 to July 1953 | Unicorn |
July 1950 to September 1950 | Triumph |
October 1950 to April 1951 | Theseus |
April to September 1951 | Glory |
January to September 1952 | |
November 1952 to May 1953 | |
May to October 1952 | Ocean |
May to July 1953 | |
Period of Service | Cruisers |
June to August 1950 | Belfast |
January 1951 to September 1952 | |
June to October 1950 | Jamaica |
July 1950 to August 1952 | Kenya |
August 1950 to July 1952 | Ceylon |
July 1952 to July 1953 | Newcastle |
September 1952 to July 1953 | Birmingham |
Period of Service | Destroyers |
July 1950 to January 1951 | Charity |
July to September 1951 | |
December 1951 to March 1952 | |
August to November 1952 | |
February to April 1953 | |
June to July 1953 | |
July to November 1950 | Cockade |
March to August 1951 | |
October to December 1951 | |
January to March 1952 | |
December 1952 to February 1953 | |
April to July 1953 | |
July to November 1950 | Comus |
March to August 1951 | |
October to December 1951 | |
May to September 1952 | |
November 1952 to February 1953 | |
September 1950 to January 1951 | Concord |
April to May 1951 | |
August to November 1951 | |
January to April 1952 | |
July to August 1952 | |
May to July 1953 | |
June 1950 to April 1951 | Consort |
June to September 1951 | |
May to August 1952 | |
November 1952 to February 1953 | |
March to May 1953 | |
October 1950 to March 1951 | Constance |
June to July 1951 |