Worksop branch of Royal British Legion hold service to mark 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War

Members of the RBL were joined at the service on July 27 by the RAF Association, the Chair of Bassetlaw District Council, the Worksop Charter Mayor and residents at 12 noon in the Worksop Memorial Gardens for a short service of Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the armistice which brought an end to the fighting in Korea.

Worksop RBL Branch Secretary, Grant Cullen said: “We were gathered to reflect that 60,000 British service personnel had participated in this almost now forgotten conflict and of those 1000 had lost their lives while others remained broken in mind and body, for whom the Royal British Legion exists to support today.”

The war was overshadowed by the end of the Second World War and the subsequent ‘Cold War but the sacrifice of the allied Armed Forces was extremely high, and its legacy still has a global impact.

To this day the conflict remains active, with ongoing tensions between North and South Korea.

Councillor Sybil Fielding, vice chair of Worksop RBL spoke The Homage and Sarah Emblen then played a haunting Last Post followed by a minute`s silence concluded with Sarah playing Reveille. Councillor Fielding then spoke the Kohima Epitaph

Wreaths were laid by Councillor Debbie Merryweather, Chair of Bassetlaw District Council, Councillor Maria Charlesworth, Charter Mayor of Worksop, Councillor Tony Eaton and Paul Roome representing Worksop RBL

The Reverend Peter Stanley of St Luke`s Church Shireoaks led prayers and offered the blessing.