Pair: Trooper R. H. Moore, 7th Royal Tank Regiment

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (19036786 Tpr. R. H. Moore. R.A.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £180-220

Trooper R. H. Moore was a Driver in 7 Troop, and was an experienced reservist having served in the Second War. He was recalled to duty with ‘C’ Squadron 7th Royal Tank Regiment and was amongst the first batch of men of the unit to arrive in Korea. His Korean medals were sent to 31, Greenock Avenue, Tatley, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

On 29 July 1950 ‘C’ Squadron 7th Royal Tank Regiment, commanded by Major A. J. D. Pettingell, R.T.R., were guarding an air base in Norfolk when it was decided the Squadron would deploy to Korea as part of 29 Independent Infantry Brigade. On 8 August the first batch of Crocodiles arrived and four day’s later the first party of Reservists arrived followed by a steady stream of men and vehicles. On the 12 October 1950, together with the Centurions of the 8th Hussars, ‘C’ Squadron equipped with Churchill tanks sailed on the Empire Fowey and arrived in Pusan on 15 November. The Squadron supported the three infantry battalions of 29 Brigade, 1/Glosters, 1/Northumberland Fusiliers and 1/Royal Ulster Rifles for a year, initially in atrocious winter conditions. Because of their ability to climb steep slopes and their versatility to move over paddy fields the Churchill tanks proved extremely useful in providing close fire protection. The Squadron sailed back to Southampton on the Empire Orwell on 8 October 1951.