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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This number included officers and soldiers, those who were called up for National Service and serviced in Korea as well as members of the Regular and Territorial Army.
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Reverend Hilary Barber, Vicar of Halifax, explained this will be the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that the Duke’s Association has come together.
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Since the Dukes last met - they have lost another significant member in Captain Sir Tom Moore - who took to the nation’s heart by raising some £32m for the NHS during the first lockdown.”