United Kingdom in the Korean War

The United Kingdom was involved in the Korean War between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. 56,000 British troops participated on the side of the United Nations force.

For the war the United Kingdom provided the second largest force behind the United States.^[1] For deployment, the Royal Navy arrived on 1 July 1950 whilst the British Army arrived on 28 August. During the war 1,078 soldiers were killed.

After the war some British troops remained as military observers until 1957.