Private S A W Allum
Major P A Angier
Private A L Bailey
Private C E Bailey
Lance Corporal K W Baldwin
Private R T Ballard
Lance Corporal D A Balls
Private D N Barber
Private F T Barclay
Corporal L J Bishop
Private V T Bowl
Private F S Brailsford
Corporal G B Burchill
Private M R E Burton
Private R J Burton
CQMS H E Buxcey
Lieutenant H C Cabral
Private J Cain
Private A Campbell
Private D Cason
Private R H Cham
Private G Chapman
Private N F Chitty
Private G Clarke
Private F M Clutterbuck
Private R B Cook
Private D A Cornish
Private J J Cragg
Private R E Crews
Private E Crowson
Lieutenant P K E Curtis
Private G Davies
Private W E Dix
Private W J Donaldson
Private R Dwyer
Sergeant K D Eames
Private G Ellson
Private P J Etherington
Corporal R F Firth
Private D G Fluck
2nd Lieutenant B S Gael
Private B G Gallup
Private R A Gilding
Private C G W Gray
Private R J Gray
Private H Green
Private G H Groom
Private K G Gudge
Private D R K Hamson
Private G R Harris
Private E E Harrison
Private W J Hawkes
Corporal A Herrall
Private J D Heward
Private V H Hill
Private F B Hilton
Private D L Hobden
Private P D Hone
Private R W Hughes
Private G N Hunter
Corporal R L V Hurst
Lance Corporal G Inns
Private B L Jackson
Private D G E Jones
Private H Jones
Corporal R E Jones
Private A G Judge
Private T J Kelly
Private D W King
Private S H Law
Lance Corporal G H Lawrence
Lance Corporal G L S Lee
Private E C Madgwick
2nd Lieutenant J M Maycock
Corporal P J Maycock
Private T Meads
Lance Corporal D D Mew
Private J Morley
Private D G Morris
Private E C Morriss
Private J Moyes
Sergeant D Northey
Private R T Othen
Private K J Partis
Private E W Partridge
Private L C Payne
Private A K Pearce
Private M C W J Penrose
Corporal W D Possee
Corporal A J Powell
Captain R A St M Reeve-Tucker
Lieutenant L H St C Reilly
Private J P Richards
Private W Roberts
Private B N Robins
Private F W Shelton
Private A J Sheppard
Corporal J E Short
Lieutenant D A Simcox
Private J B Skoines
Lance Corporal G Spuffard
Private W F Synnott
Lance Corporal D M Taylor
Lance Corporal I J Taylor
Private H F E Tucker
Private W G Tyler
Private H Uttley
Private R Vosper
2nd Lieutenant T E Waters
Corporal R W Wellington
Private K F Williams
Private D W Winter
Private J R Wylie

(Source: Office of the Defence Attache, British Embassy Seoul)
The action against the Chinese Communist Forces by the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment and C Troop, 170th Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery during the Battle of the Imjin River, 22nd-25th April 1951.

Many British Army units served in the Korean War, and fought many important actions. This is the story of one of those actions, that of the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment at Solma-Ri.

During the spring of 1951 three Divisions of the 63rd Chinese Communist Army chose an historic invasion route along which to mount an attack on Seoul. Astride their route of advance lay this valley, where the 29th Brigade had prepared its position overlooking the Imjin River.

The 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment was supported by C Troop 170th Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery now called the Imjin battery. The remainder of the Brigade, the Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Ulster Rifles and the Belgian Capital Battalion was deployed to the east of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Centurion tanks of the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, 25 pounder guns of 45th Field Regiment, and 55 Squadron Royal Engineers provided the Brigade with its close support. The Brigade frontage of about 12,000m contained gaping holes through which the enemy were subsequently to infiltrate in their thousands.

It was a warm day, with a touch of spring in the air when, on 22 April 1951, the Battle of the Imjin began. Throughout the first night the Battalion held its positions against seemingly overwhelming odds of ten to one. During the next two days, in the course of bitter fighting, it was forced to withdraw from the forward positions onto the hills overlooking Solma-Ri (The site of the Gloucestershire Regiment Memorial).

By the evening of the 24th April, the exhausted survivors, occupying a small position on the hill-top, were completely surrounded. Ammunition was low and all attempts to relieve them had failed. That night, they held the hill against further repeated attacks. Finally on the morning of the 25th April, they made their last stand before attempting to break out through the encircling Chinese. Lacking ammunition most were captured in the Chinese dominated countryside.

At the roll call after the battle the "Glorious Glosters", as they became known, could only muster 67 Officers and men. There were 59 dead and 526, of whom 180 were wounded, had fallen into enemy hands. Of these 34 died in captivity. Though minor in scale the battle's ferocity caught the imagination of the world. In this action the Glorious Glosters were awarded two Victoria Crosses. The valour of these two men epitomized the selfless sacrifice of all those who were killed, captured, or wounded during this brief, but bloody, encounter.

Their action delayed for three days the advance of the Chinese, providing time for the united nations Forces to re-group and block the Chinese advance on Seoul.

During the Korean War (1950~1953) British casualties were 1,078 killed and 2,674 wounded.