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The National Service Years 1945-59

Korea 1953-1954

Kit and Equipment


On arrival in Korea the soldiers of the 1st Battalion received a new issue of kit and equipment.
Accession Number: KO2345/01-058


On arrival in Korea the soldiers of the 1st Battalion received a new issue of kit and equipment.
Accession Number: KO2345/01-059


On arrival in Korea the soldiers of the 1st Battalion received a new issue of kit and equipment.
Accession Number: KO2345/01-060


Soldiers of the Anti-Tank Platoon of Support Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster, Korea 1954. 
Accession Number: KO2685/05


The Drums, garlanded with roses to mark St. George's Day, April 1954.  1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Korea.
Accession Number: KO2334/09


'Yorky France' who appears to be a member of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), attached to the 1st Battalion, King's Own in Korea, 1953/54.
Accession Number: KO2334/37


Unknown soldier of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Korea, 1953/54 with Bren machine gun.
Accession Number: KO2334/18


'Mitch', 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, Korea, 1953/54.
Accession Number: KO2334/34


The caption, by Mr Ian Thomas, who served with the Anti-Tank Platoon of Support Company, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment in Korea reads: ‘CSM Brickell and guardians of the ‘Empire Fowey’ in full spate.’
'The Empire Fowey' was the name of the troopship which brought out the 1st Battalion, however in Korea it was the name given to this building, whose purpose was cooking. In the main, this - and heating - was petrol driven. Petrol was used for everything including cleaning. The loos, or bogs, were wooden structures erected over 20 feet deep rectangular holes. One young soldier came out from the UK and was told to clean the bogs. He saw that petrol was used for everything and poured a generous amount in the hole. The next person who came in was smoking a cigarette which he dropped between his legs.....
Accession Number: KO2685/08

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