The Korean War Commonwealth Forces

 

Formation / Unit	Country	Month of... Arrival	Month of... Departure N
HEADQUARTERS
H.Q., 27th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade.  (Up to 30th September, 1950, the designation of the Brigade was "27th Infantry Brigade")	Integrated (after 30th September, 1950)	August, 1950	April, 1951
H.Q., 29th British Infantry Brigade	United Kingdom	November, 1950
H.Q., 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. (Relieved H.Q., 27th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade  at mid night 25th/26th April, 1951)	Integrated	April, 1951
H.Q., 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade	Canada	May, 1951
H.Q., 1st Commonwealth Division	Integrated	Assembled in June,1951, and assumed command on 28th July, 1951
ARMOUR
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars	United Kingdom	November,1950	December, 1951
"C" Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment	United Kingdom	November, 1950	October, 1951
"C" Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armoured Regiment)	Canada	May, 1951	June, 1952
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards	United Kingdom	December, 1951	December, 1952
"B" Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse  (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armoured Regiment)	Canada	June, 1952	May, 1953
1st Royal Tank Regiment	United Kingdom	December,  1952	December, 1953
"A" Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armoured Regiment)	Canada	May, 1953
5th Royal Tank Regiment	United Kingdom	December, 1953
ARTILLERY
45th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	November, 1950	November, 1951
11th (Sphinx) Independent Light A.A. Battery (converted to 4.2" Mortars in June, 1951)	United Kingdom	November, 1950	November, 1951
170th Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	November,  1950	October, 1951
15th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery	New Zealand	December, 1950
2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Canada	May, 1951	May, 1952
14th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	November, 1951	December,1952
120th Light A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	October, 1951	Joined 61st Light Regiment, R.A., in December, 1952
42nd Light A.A. Battery, Royal Artillery,    ( Redesignated 42nd Light Battery, Royal Artillery, in January, 1952)	United Kingdom	November, 1951	Joined 61st Light Regiment, R.A., in February, 1952
61st Light Regiment, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	January, 1952
1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Canada	May, 1952	April, 1953
20th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	December, 1952	December, 1953
81st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian  Artillery. (Redesignated 4th Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in October, 1953)	Canada	April, 1953
42nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	United Kingdom	December,1953
INFANTRY
1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment  (27th Brigade)	United Kingdom	August, 1950	May, 1951
1st Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (27th Brigade)	United Kingdom	August, 1950	April, 1951
3rd Bn. Royal Australian Regiment (27th and 28th Brigades)	Australia	September,1950
1st Bn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	November, 1950	October, 1951
1st Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	November, 1950	November, 1951
1st Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	November, 1950	October, 1951
2nd Bn. Princess Patricia's Canadian  Light Infantry (27th, 28th and 25th Brigades)	Canada	December, 1950	November, 1951
1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers  (27th and 28th Brigades)	United Kingdom	April, 1951	August, 1952
2nd Bn. The Royal Canadian Regiment  (25th Brigade)	Canada	May, 1951	April, 1952
2nd Bn. Royal 22e Régiment (25th  Brigade)	Canada	May, 1951	April, 1952
1st Bn. The King's Shropshire Light   Infantry  (28th Brigade)	United Kingdom	May, 1951	September, 1952
1st Bn. The Royal Norfolk Regiment  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	October, 1951	September, 1952
1st Bn. The Leicestershire Regiment (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	October, 1951	June, 1952
1st Bn. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry  (25th Brigade)	Canada	October, 1951	November, 1952
1st Bn. The Welch Regiment (29th  Brigade)	United Kingdom	November, 1951	November, 1952
1st Bn. Royal Australian Regiment  (28th Brigade)	Australia	March, 1952	March, 1953
1st Bn. The Royal Canadian Regiment  (25th Brigade)	Canada	April, 1952	March, 1953
1st Bn. Royal 22e Régiment (25th Brigade)	Canada	April, 1952	April, 1953
1st Bn. The Black Watch  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	June, 1952	July, 1953
1st Bn. The Royal Fusiliers (28th Brigade)	United Kingdom	August,1952	August,1953
1st Bn. The Durham Light Infantry  (28th Brigade)	United Kingdom	September, 1952	September,1953
1st Bn. The King's Regiment  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	September,1952	October,1953
3rd Bn. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (25th Brigade)	Canada	October, 1952	October, 1953
1st Bn. The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	October, 1952	November, 1953
3rd Bn. The Royal Canadian Regiment  (25th Brigade)	Canada	March, 1953
2nd Bn. Royal Australian Regiment (28th Brigade)	Australia	March, 1953
3rd Bn. Royal 22e Régiment  (25th Brigade)	Canada	April, 1953
1st Bn. The Royal Scots  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	July, 1953
1st Bn. The Essex Regiment  (28th Brigade)	United Kingdom	August, 1953
1st Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment  (28th Brigade)	United Kingdom	September,1953
1st Bn. The King's Own Royal Regiment (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	October,1953
2nd Bn. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada  (25th  Brigade)	Canada	October, 1953
1st Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment  (29th Brigade)	United Kingdom	November,1953
ENGINEERS
55th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers	United Kingdom	November,1950	Joined 28th Field Engineer Regiment, July, 1951
57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron,  Royal Canadian Engineers	Canada	May, 1951	Joined 28th Field Engineer Regiment, July, 1951 (Field Park element joined 64th Fd. Park Sqn. at same time)
28th Field Engineer Regiment	Integrated	July, 1951
64th Field Park Squadron	Integrated	July, 1951
SIGNALS
1st Commonwealth Division, Signals  Regiment	Integrated	July, 1951
MEDICAL
60th (Para) Indian Field Ambulance	India	November, 1950	Joined Indian Custodian Force in August, 1953
26th Field Ambulance	United Kingdom	December, 1950
No. 25 Field Ambulance	Canada	May, 1951	April, 1952
No. 25 Canadian Field Dressing Station	Canada	July,  1951
No. 37 Field Ambulance	Canada	April, 1952	May, 1953
No. 38 Field Ambulance. (Redesignated No. 4 Field Ambulance, December, 1953)	Canada	May, 1953