Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner D. Boulton, ‘C’ Troop, 170 Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22171172 Gnr. D. Boulton. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; together with the United States of America, Presidential Unit Citation, riband bar, first with some edge bruising, very fine (3) £400-£500

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

D. Boulton served in “C” Troop, 170 Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery in Korea. During the fighting on the Imjin River in April 1951, “C” Troop provided the close support with 4.2 inch mortars for the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. During the latter stages of the battle they fought as infantry alongside the Glosters on Hill 235 (Gloster Hill). Of the one officer and 45 other ranks, one was killed and the remainder, including Gunner Boulton, were taken prisoner, with two members of the battery subsequently dying in captivity. Together with the Gloucestershire Regiment, the Troop were awarded the United States of America’s Presidential Unit Citation.

Gunner Boulton was posted as ‘missing’ on 2 May 1951 and posted as a prisoner-of-war on 13 October 1951. Sold with some copied research.