Spennymoor-based veterans are planning to organise a service to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, which formally brought an end to the Korean War.
The Korean War lasted for three years (25th June 1950 to 27th July 1953) and involved more than 100,000 British service personnel. The lives of 1,100 British service personnel were lost with a further 2,674 wounded and 1,060 reported missing or taken as prisoners. Members of the Spennymoor branches of the Royal Navy and Royal Signals Associations have been working with the vicar of St Paul’s Church to hold the commemoration service.
One of the organisers of the event and member of the Spennymoor branch of the Royal Signals Association, Pete Molloy, said, “When I was growing up in Liverpool, the Korean War was referred to as the forgotten war by many of the older generation. So with having both the first Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and the first Battalion, King’s Regiment (Liverpool) involved in Korea, I thought it would be appropriate for a commemoration service to be held, so those that died serving their country were remembered.”
The commemoration service is a public event and will be held on Sunday 30th July 2023 at St Paul’s Church, Whitworth Terrace, Spennymoor. The service will commence with a short parade of veterans and standards at 2.30pm on the church grounds.
Further information can be obtained from Pete Molloy – please email molloy418[@]googlemail[.]com.
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