Gloster Hill

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Battle of Gloster Hill

Part of Korean War

Date	1951
Location
Result	Decisive Chinese Victory

Belligerents

People's Republic of China

United Kingdom

Republic of Korea

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Korean War

Ongjin Peninsula – Uijeongbu – Munsan – Chuncheon/Hongcheon – Gangneung – Miari – Han River – Osan – Donglakri – Danyang – Jincheon – Yihwaryeong – Daejeon – Pusan Perimeter – Incheon – Pakchon – Chosin Reservoir – Faith – Twin Tunnels – Ripper – Courageous – Tomahawk – Yultong Bridge – Imjin River – Kapyong – Bloody Ridge – Heartbreak Ridge – Sunchon – Hill Eerie – Sui-ho Dam – White Horse – Old Baldy – The Hook – Pork Chop Hill – Outpost Harry- Major Armistace Infractions– 1st Western Sea– 2nd Western Sea

The hill designated Hill 235 during the Korean War is remembered as Gloster Hill because of the actions of the Gloucestershire Regiment (the Glorious Glosters) in following their orders to "Hold on where you are" during the Battle of the Imjin River 1951.

Information on and artefacts from the battle are held by The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum.

Hill 235 is south of the Imjin River and west of the Seolmacheon stream at 37°56′44″N, 126°55′44″E in Jeokseong-myeon, Paju City, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea.

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A memorial stands at the foot of Gloster Hill (Coordinates: 37°56'33.78"N, 126°56'21.00"E), beside the Seolmacheon stream, and the British Embassy in Seoul organises services for veterans on every anniversary of the battle.

Seolmacheon from Gloster Bridge	Seolmacheon and Gloster Bridge	Gloster Bridge	Veterans on Gloster Bridge
Australian military attaché on Gloster Bridge	British military attaché and other officers on Gloster Bridge	Korean veterans with a New Zealand veteran by Seolmacheon	Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon
South Korean troops at Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon	British veterans march by Seolmacheon	Colours paraded by Seolmacheon	Colours at the Gloster monument by Seolmacheon
Veterans by Gloster monument by Seolmacheon	Flags flying by Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon