
The Duke of Gloucester marks 70 years since the end of the Korean War
The conflict witnessed more than 1,000 British service personnel killed in action, thousands were injured and 1,060 suffered as prisoners of war.
Prayers were said for the departed and families broken by the losses of war.
The Duke laid a wreath and delivered a speech, remembering the 81,000 people who served in the Korean War.
His Royal Highness said:
“The immediate consequences of the conflict were catastrophic: Over two and a half million fatalities, directly affecting many more millions of lives.
The millions of fatalities were husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters who were called upon to serve, and of whom we should be rightly proud.
‘Today, those millions are now grandparents; uncles and aunts… So we must keep telling their stories to their grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The legacy of the Korean War is important, and remains relevant, for our next generation.”