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      United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea

      • United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea, where a total of 1589 Commonwealth casualties are buried.
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  2. Burials of seven countries' graves were retrieved back to their homeland, including Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, Luxembourg, Philippines and Thailand. The burials of British Commonwealth Forces Korea are located in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. The numbers are 885 British troops, in accordance with the English customs of the dead.

    • 18 January 1951, (as the United Nations Military Cemetery (UNMC))
    • 2,300
  3. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states; United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, established through royal charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces killed durin...

  4. British Section, United Nations Memorial Cemetery Korea (UNMCK), Busan, Korea. PLEASE PHOTOGRAPH NAMES ON OUR WAR MEMORIALS! Of the 1.7 million Commonwealth Forces' casualties of both WW1 and WW2, an estimated 760,000 have no-known-grave. That equates to 45% of all casualties!

  5. KATCOM. United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, Korea, where a total of 1589 Commonwealth casualties are buried. Korean War Memorial in London. Footnotes. ^ For example, No. 2 Squadron, South African Air Force was part of the US 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Korea, flying P-51s and F-86s.

  6. The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea, located at Tanggok in the Nam District, City of Busan, Republic of Korea, is a burial ground for United Nations Command (UNC) casualties of the Korean War. It contains 2,300 graves and is the only United Nations cemetery in the world.

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  8. FIND WAR MEMORIALS NEAR ME. To find local war memorials and war cemeteries near you, use our simple search database above. Alternatively, download the CWGC War Graves app to find and visit locations on the go. If you live in the UK, this interactive map will show you all of the cemeteries and memorials in your region.