The deputy commander of the United Nations Command in Korea is attracting attention by appearing at the recent coronation of King Charles III of England.
According to the UNC on the 8th, Andrew Harrison, deputy commander of the UNC, attended the coronation ceremony of King Charles III held at Westminster Abbey in London, England on the 6th (local time) along with British soldiers.
Deputy Commander Harrison attended the coronation ceremony because he is an honorary commander of the Airborne Regiment as a lieutenant general in the British Army.
At the coronation ceremony, Deputy Commander Harrison participated in the coronation march with paratroopers who had served in the military with him, and also visited the Korean War (6/25 War) monument in London to commemorate the British soldiers who died during the war.
When the Korean War (June 25) broke out in 1950 due to North Korea’s invasion of the South, Britain, along with the United States, was the first to decide to dispatch troops. By the time the armistice was signed in July 1953, about 56,000 British troops had been dispatched to the Korean Peninsula. This is the second largest after the US military (approximately 1.789 million).
During the Korean War, 1078 British soldiers died, 2674 were wounded, 178 were missing, and 997 were captured.
(Provided by the United Nations Command in Korea)Harrison was appointed Deputy Commander, United Nations Command, in December 2021, succeeding Vice Admiral Stuart Meyer.
The Commander of the United Nations Forces Korea is concurrently held by Paul LaCamera, Commander of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command and Commander of the United States Forces Korea (U.S. Army General).
Missions related to the implementation of the current Armistice Agreement, such as operation of the military armistice, operation of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, dispatch and operation of security battalions in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom, operation of guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and general-level talks with North Korea. is performing
The coronation ceremony of King Charles III was the first British coronation ceremony held 70 years after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, representing the Korean government, attended the ceremony.
Source: Donga
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