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Korean War Memorial, London


Korean War Memorial, London


A memorial to the British soldiers in the Korean War was unveiled in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London, England, on 3 December 2014. The memorial, a bronze statue of a British soldier by the sculptor Philip Jackson, with a Portland stone obelisk on a Welsh slate base, was a gift from the Government of South Korea and was unveiled in a ceremony led by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

See also

  • Gloucester Valley Battle Monument, a memorial site for British troops in South Korea
  • United Nations Memorial Cemetery, South Korea, where most of the British soldiers killed in the war are buried

References

External links

  • Media related to Korean War Memorial, London at Wikimedia Commons


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