On 25 June 1950, Communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea and rapidly advanced southwards. This image shows British troops leaving Hong Kong to join United Nations forces in South Korea, September 1950.
South Korean soldiers, separated from their unit during a Chinese offensive, make their way back to the United Nations lines.
Encouraged by the UN, many countries sent troops to support the South. Soldiers from India, Britain, New Zealand and Australia show the Commonwealth contribution to the war effort in Korea.
HMS Belfast firing a salvo from her 6-inch guns against enemy troop concentrations on the west coast of Korea, 1951.
Flares sent up along the Imjin River to illuminate enemy patrols.
On 27 July 1953, an armistice was signed agreeing that Korea would remain a divided country. Here Major T H Wilson of the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment reads ceasefire instructions to Headquarters personnel.
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George Lappin (third from left, reading a magazine) and fellow merchant seamen relax in the Modern Lounge of the Merchant Seamen's Home and Red Ensign Club. The Lounge is equipped with a cafe bar, which can be seen in the background, a canteen worker supplying two merchant seamen with tea. The rest of the men read or play dominoes.
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