Seolmacheon

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Seolmacheon
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeolmacheon
McCune–ReischauerSǒlmach'ǒn

The Seolmacheon in South Korea is a tributary of the Imjin River, which it joins at . It was on Gloster Hill, between the two rivers, that the British Gloucestershire Regiment made their last stand against the Chinese in the Battle of the Imjin River, a major event in the Korean War, from 22–25 April 1951. At the Gloucester Valley Battle Monument (

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37°56′44″N 126°55′44″E / 37.94556°N 126.92889°E / 37.94556; 126.92889) the British Embassy in Seoul organises a service every April in commemoration.

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  • Seolmacheon from Gloster Bridge

  • Seolmacheon and Gloster Bridge

  • Gloster Bridge

  • Veterans on Gloster Bridge

  • Australian military attaché on Gloster Bridge

  • British military attaché and other officers on Gloster Bridge

  • Korean veterans with a New Zealand veteran by Seolmacheon

  • Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon

  • South Korean troops at Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon

  • British veterans march by Seolmacheon

  • Colours paraded by Seolmacheon

  • Colours at the Gloster monument by Seolmacheon

  • Veterans by Gloster monument by Seolmacheon

  • Flags flying by Gloster Memorial by Seolmacheon

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Coordinates: 37°56′N 126°56′E / 37.933°N 126.933°E / 37.933; 126.933


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