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	1st Commonwealth Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1st Commonwealth Division was a multinational unit that took part in the Korean War, as part of British Commonwealth Forces Korea.
		The division was formed in July 1951 and was comprised mainly of British Army and Canadian Army units.
		The division was deactivated in 1954 as part of the demobilisation of forces in Korea in the aftermath of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_1st_Commonwealth_Division (433 words)

	Memories - Nell Espie
		At this time the British Commonwealth Communication zone medical unit (BCCAMU) in Seoul was established to form a link in the medical evacuation of Commonwealth battle casualties to the British Commonwealth General Hospital (BCGH) at Kure in Japan, in 1952 after the Armistice Australian Army nurses served in Korea.
		Medical and nursing care was provided for minor sick from the local area; patients in transit to the in-country convalescent depot, and the sick and wounded battle casualties of the Commonwealth Forces were admitted, awaiting evacuation to Japan by the RAAF nursing officers on an evacuation flight to Japan.
		The Commonwealth casualties from Korea received emergency treatment only, prior to their evacuation to Kure via the Iwakuni RAAF Air base where they were put on a Hospital train which consisted of railway carriages converted by the Japanese to accommodate stretchers and essential needs of the casualties, and attached to the afternoon train.
	koreavets.tassie.net.au /espie.htm (1462 words)

	Articles - British Commonwealth Forces Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) was the formal name, from 1952, of the Commonwealth army, naval and air units serving with the United Nations in the Korean War.
		In 1949, Australian units based with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan were among the first UN personnel to be deployed in South Korea.
		By the time BCFK came into being, the Commonwealth armies had formed the 1st Commonwealth Division (in July, 1951) and British and Canadian Army personnel predominated at the operational level in the Commonwealth land forces.
	www.kamero.net /articles/British_Commonwealth_Forces_Korea (432 words)

	British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1946 - 1951
		Participation in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) marked the first time that Australians were involved in the military occupation of a sovereign nation which it had defeated in war.
		BCOF participation in the allied occupation force was announced on 31 January 1946, though planning and negotiations had been in progress since the end of the war.
		The force was dismantled during 1951 as responsibilities in Japan were handed over to the British Commonwealth Forces Korea.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/bcof.htm (813 words)

	Korean war 50th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		British and Commonwealth Forces served in Korea from soon after the start of the war in June 1950 to beyond the armistice.
		The soviet authorities in North Korea flouted the UN resolutions, and all the commission could do was watch the elections held in the US zone, where a national assembly was elected and a government of the Republic of Korea was formed.
		The temporary commission was replaced by the UN Commission on Korea, to establish the unification and observe the withdrawal of the occupation forces.
	www.army.mod.uk /news/Year_2003/korea.htm (2048 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in 1907; three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs.
		First discovered by the British in 1821, the uninhabited island was annexed by the US in 1858, but abandoned in 1879 after tons of guano had been removed.
		North Korea's long-range missile development and research into nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and massive conventional armed forces are of major concern to the international community.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	Definition of Korean war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		U.S. forces were eventually joined during the conflict by troops from fifteen other UN members: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Greece, the Netherlands, Ethiopia, Colombia, the Philippines, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
		From 1950, North Korea introduced MiG-15 jet fighters, piloted by Soviet Air Force pilots, which was — on the face of it — a casus belli, if it were not for the reluctance of the UN to become involved in open war with the Soviet Union and China.
		In South Korea, the painting was deemed anti-American, a longtime taboo in the South, and thus was prohibited for public display until the 1990s.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Korean_war (4116 words)

	Korean War--United Nations and Republic of Korea Forces
		British and Commonwealth ground and air forces were also numerous and in the fight early, with the land contingent building up to division strength.
		The British and Commonwealth countries, given the size of their contribution, also used their own aircraft, weapons and equipment, unlike the other UN forces, which mostly had U.S. weapons and materiel.
		The ROK's ground forces and its small air force were also intensively developed, reaching a point where they could be counted as the equal in many ways to the best from abroad.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/kowar/un-rok/un-rok.htm (1440 words)

	British Commonwealth Occupation Force History Web Page
		Responsibility for the control and administration of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (B.C.O.F.), rested with a committee; the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia (Australian Chiefs of Staff Committee augmented by British, NZ and British Indian representatives) operating from Head Quarters in Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.
		Britain began to withdraw forces in February 1947, due to the Malayan emergency and India withdrew in July 1947 followed by NZ in October 1948, US forces were also being repatriated on the assumption that the various Commonwealth countries would continue to share occupation responsibilities assigned to them in 1946.
		With the end of the occupation, the Commonwealth organisation in Japan was re-designated British Commonwealth Forces Korea and continued to supply and administer the Commonwealth forces fighting in Korea.
	bcofonline.com /history.htm (2334 words)

	British Commonwealth Forces
		On 4 November 1951 in Korea, when the section holding the left shoulder of the company's position had been seriously depleted by casualties and was being over-run by the enemy, Private Speakman, on his own initiative, collected six men and a pile of grenades and led a series of charges.
		British Commonwealth Forces in Korea Commonwealth troops serving in Korea included British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, and South African contingents.
		The first British units to arrive at Pusan on 28 August 1950 were the 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment and 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders under the 27th British Infantry Brigade.
	www.rt66.com /~Korteng/SmallArms/BCD1.htm (486 words)

	Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (VVAA) Web Site
		KOREA - awarded to members of the Australian Defence Force and certain Australian civilians who qualified for the Korea Medal for service in Korea between 1 July 1950 and 27 July 1953.
		The colours of the ribbon are intended to depict the tones of the Australian bush and are in hues of brown, gold and green, with the addition of a thin red strip symbolising danger.
		The colours of the ribbon are intended to depict the tones of the Australian bush and are in hues of brown, gold and green.
	www.vvaa.org.au /service.htm (2221 words)

	This Month in Australian Military History
		In comparison with the British units involved in the battle, Australian involvement was minimal.
		The Greek campaign, involving forces from Greece, Britain, New Zealand and Australia, resulted in heavy losses to the 6th Australian Division and ultimately an evacuation of Allied forces from beaches in southern Creece.
		When the state of occupation ended the Commonwealth organisation in Japan was redesignated British Commonwealth Forces Korea and continued supplying and administering Commonwealth forces then fighting in Korea.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/thismonth/apr.htm (1565 words)

	Korean War and New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		In the meantime the UN forces sought to keep up pressure on the enemy, and the New Zealand frigates were involved in operations up the Han River which were partly designed to influence the communist negotiators at the nearby talks.
		UN air forces maintained a strong bombing campaign over North Korea, though with increasing resistance from enemy fighters that were, in many cases, piloted by Russian airmen.
		The non-operational control and general administration of Commonwealth forces in Korea was the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief, British Commonwealth Forces in Korea, an Australian officer, initially Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Robertson, who was also Commander-in-Chief, British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/se-asia/korea.html (2180 words)

	CHAPTER VII: Bolstering the Forces
		The action in Korea fell far short of global war, but proved big enough to involve the greater portion of the nation's active ground forces by the end of the first month of fighting.
		There had been a difference of opinion as to whether a small, balanced, and mobile expeditionary force for emergencies similar to Korea should be created and maintained in addition to forces for Korea and the General Reserve.
		Enemy pressure was still great enough to force limited tactical withdrawals from the edges of the perimeter and the actual final line had not yet been developed, but the defensive line would be held successfully and the beachhead kept intact.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/pd-c-07.htm (11527 words)

	British Commonwealth Occupation Force Official Web Page
		Together with forces of the United States of America, the role of the occupying powers was to demilitarise and initiate rebuilding a vanquished nation in a way, which exemplified the calibre of the occupiers and the superiority of the democratic way of life.
		Units of the Royal Australian Navy assembled in the East Indies arriving early February as part of the allied naval group with Headquarters at HMS Commonwealth and by the end of the month had taken over the operations of the Kure Port.
		On 28 February 1952, the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces ceased to exist with the ratification of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
	bcofonline.com (786 words)

	Korean War--British and Commonwealth Forces
		The British and the Commonwealth nations also contributed six-inch and lighter gunfire to the support of forces on land, and to patrol and blockading functions offshore.
		British, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian destroyers and frigates were vigorously and effectively employed.
		A notable British navy vessel that was present for nearly the entire war, though generally stationed in port in Japan, was the aircraft maintenance ship Unicorn.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/kowar/un-rok/uk-s.htm (866 words)

	Lt. Col. Charles Green, 3RAR Commanding, with Commanding officer of Commonwealth Forces Korea, October 1950
		The British War Office on 20 August announced that it was dispatching at once to Korea an infantry force of two Battalions, from Hong Kong.
		These were the the First Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, and the First Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Regiments, constituting the nucleus of the 27th British Infantry Brigade.
		Docking at Pusan August 29, the force moved at once to Kyongsan and became an integral part of the Eighth Army.
	www.kmike.com /oz/Charlie/green3.htm (170 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Korean War [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		On June 25, 1950 North Korea n forces moved south in force.
		Within days South Korea n forces were in full retreat.
		These, initially, were US Air Force F-80 s, and US Navy or US Marine Corps McDonnell F2H Banshee s, which overwhelmed North Korea's propeller-driven Yakovlev Yak-9 s and Lavochkin La-9 s.
	encyclozine.com /Korean_War (4120 words)

	Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991 - RODGER (A): (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991 - RODGER (A):
		The work is divided into four main sections: pre-1914; the Great War and Third Afghan War; the Second World War and Korea; other post-WWII conflicts to the first Gulf campaign of 1991.
		In addition to the extensively tabulated honours themselves, there are very useful extended introductions to each section covering structure and organisation by country.
	www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/isl/7257.shtml (153 words)

	KOREAN WAR/Allied Participation
		The story of troops of the British Commonwealth from 1950 - July 31, 1951.
		Cassels, Lt Gen A. The Commonwealth Division in Korea.
		British 'War Cabinets' in Limited Wars: Korea, Suez and the Falklands.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/korea/allied.htm (570 words)

	1st Commonwealth Division
		formed in Korea; artillery, engineers and armour were centralized under division control, but the division attempted to have national units continue to support their brigades as much as possible
		British Forces, by Ed Evanhoe ( The Korean War)
		The First Commonwealth Division; the story of British Commonwealth land forces in Korea, 1950-1953.
	www.regiments.org /formations/uk-div/div01cw.htm (87 words)

	Great Britain and Commonwealth Ground Forces Korea
		Commonwealth Infantry Brigade was disbanded Aug 1954 in Korea. 1
		Commonwealth Division was disbanded Nov 1954 in Korea.
		Canadian Infantry Brigade departed Korea 2 Dec 1954 (although many units left Nov 1954). At that point the remaining forces became the Commonwealth Contingent, Korea.
	www.orbat.com /site/history/historical/uk/commonwealthkorea.html (775 words)

	Korean War--British and Commonwealth Forces
		Senior U.S. and British naval officers confer on board Rochester, flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, during the early days of the Korean War.
		The original photograph was released by Commander, Naval Forces, Far East, and is dated 22 December 1950.
		LVTs embarking British Royal Marine commandos leave USS Fort Marion (LSD-22) for the beach at Sorye Dong, North Korea, on 7 April 1951.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/kowar/un-rok/uk.htm (738 words)

	Korean War Military Prints
		Communist Forces of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea invaded the Republic of South Korea across the 38th parallel, 25th June 1950.
		UN forces, US, British and Commonwealth forces were committed to the defence of South Korea.
		Historical military art prints of the Korean War including battle of the Hook, Chosin Reservoir and the retreat from the Yalu River, and the Pusan Perimeter, Inchon, Seoul, Sinuigu.
	www.war-art.com /korean_war.htm (1590 words)

	World Statesmen Links
		Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth (T.F. Mills)
		The History of British Military Conflicts since 1945 (M. Spirit, J. Paul, J. Robinson)
		The British Library of Political and Economic Science
	www.worldstatesmen.org /LINKS.html (975 words)

	Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement for Settlement of Advances in Korean Currency made to the British ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement for Settlement of Advances in Korean Currency made to the British Commonwealth Forces, Korea (28 September 1954, Seoul)
		Concluded between Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom, and Korea.
		The Agreement entered into force on the date of the Note in reply.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/bi/kiribati19540928.html (96 words)

	Webshots - Images of British Commonwealth Division
		A Co, 127th Signal BN 7th Inf Div
		I-Corps (Gp) Artillery, Korea 68 - Album #2
		Photos from veterans of the British Commonwealth Division who served in Korea.
	community.webshots.com /album/92514102JNyZtL (252 words)

	Jackson, Percival Philp (Peter) - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Adjutant in the 8 Division Engineers and three and a half years as a prisoner of war
		Commander of the Royal Engineers and Commander of the Britcom Engineering Regiment, British Commonwealth Occupying Forces (BCOF), Korea
		Instructor in the Australian Staff College, Australian Military Forces
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P004520b.htm (182 words)

	New Additions, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
		Bibliographies: Jeannemarie Faison, Rosemary Marlowe-Dziuk, Tim Renick, Military Forces in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Bibliography, National Defense University
		Bibliographies: -----, British Commonwealth Forces In Korea, 1950-1953, U.S. Army Military History Institute
		Centers: Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy
	faculty.tamu-commerce.edu /sarantakes/2001.html (2236 words)

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