Following a welcome from the President of the Association, Brigadier Andrew Meek CBE, the service began with Regimental Standards being marched in under the command of Capt (Ret’d) John Hogg followed by a group of Korean War veterans who were accompanied by Mr Philip Kim representing the South Korean Embassy.
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The service was led by the Rev Canon Hilary Barber who gave a moving address in which he reflected on the passing of comrades.
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He also reflected on the service and sacrifice of those servicemen and women of the Korean War generation, a war now largely forgotten.
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Major David Harrap then read the names of all those members of the Association who had died over the past 18 months.
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The event concluded with the National Anthem and then the Elland Silver Youth Band expertly played the Regimental March of The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment,