THE KOREAN WAR PAIR AWARDED TO RIFLEMAN L.G. TANNER, ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES, WHO WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON 3/1/1951 DURING THE BATTLE OF CHAENGUNGHYON. Two: Queen’s Korea Medal (officially impressed: 5726316 RFN. L.G. TANNER. R.U.R.) United Nations Korea

THE KOREAN WAR PAIR AWARDED TO RIFLEMAN L.G. TANNER, ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES, WHO WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON 3/1/1951 DURING THE BATTLE OF CHAENGUNGHYON. Two: Queen’s Korea Medal (officially impressed: 5726316 RFN. L.G. TANNER. R.U.R.) United Nations Korea Medal (unnamed, as issued). Extremely Fine.

Group accompanied by copied extract from Korean War Roll of Honour from the Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Journal for the summer of 1951 and copy of relevant extract from the Korean War casualty roll.

Rifleman Tanner was taken prisoner on 3/1/51 but, such was the confused nature of the fighting, he was not reported missing until 20/1/1951 and due to the difficulty in getting confirmation from the North Korean authorities, was not confirmed as being a prisoner of war until 1/12/1951.

The 1 Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles landed at Pusan on 5 November 1950 as part of 29 Infantry Brigade. Together with the Glosters and Royal Northumberland Fusiliers they moved North towards the Yalu River but then, together with the rest of the Allied Army, fell back towards Seoul. Their first big battle was at Chaegunghyon Happy Valley where they were overwhelmed by a mass Chinese attack, suffering 157 killed, wounded and taken prisoner.