A Forgotten British War

The Accounts of Korean War Veterans

Michael Patrick Cullinane, Iain Johnston-White

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Palgrave Macmillan
16 February 2023

British & Irish history; Korean War; Military veterans

This book presents oral histories from the last surviving UK veterans of the Korean War. With the help of the UK National Army Museum and the British Korean Society, this book collects nearly twenty testimonials of UK veterans of the Korean War. Many only teenagers when mobilized, these veterans attempt to put words to the violence and trauma they experienced. They recall the landscape and people of Korea, the political backdrop, and touching moments in unlikely situations. Like other oral histories of war, their stories recount friendship, hardship, the loss of innocence, and the perseverance of humanity in the face of cruelty. The testimonies were taken by academics and students from the University of Roehampton, and supported by the National Army Museum and the British Korean Society. Through their memories we learn a great deal about the conflict in macro and micro scales.

Edited by: Michael Patrick Cullinane, Iain Johnston-White
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2023
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9783031100505
ISBN 10: 3031100506
Pages: 245
Publication Date: 16 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction.- 2. Lance Corporal Mike Mogridge, First Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment.- 3. Private Alan Maggs, First Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.- 4. Staff Sargent Alan Guy, Royal Army Medical Corps.- 5. Private Arnold Schwartzman, First Battalion, The Royal Sussex.- 6. Private Chris Garside, First Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.- 7. Brigadier Brian Parritt, Twentieth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.- 8. Corporal Derek Alden, Corps of Royal Engineers.- 9. Private Edgar Green, Twenty-seventh British Commonwealth Brigade, Middlesex Regiment.- 10. Rifleman Anthony James White, Royal Ulster Rifles.- 11. Lieutenant John Lane, Fourteenth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.- 12. Corporal Jim Tait, Royal Military Police.- 13. Radio Operator Roy Painter, First and Third Battalions, Royal Australia Regiment.- 14. Private Jim Bridges, King’s Own Scottish Borderers.- 15. Fusilier Cecil Moule, First Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.- 16. Gunner William Shutt, Twentieth Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.- 17. Second-Lieutenant Sir William Purves, King’s Own Scottish Borderers.- 18. Private Walter Coote, Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment.- 19. Sergeant Raymond Rogers, South Staffordshire Regiment.- 20. Glossary of Oral Histories.

Michael Patrick Cullinane is Professor of U.S. History at the University of Roehampton, London, UK. Iain Johnston-White is Senior Lecturer in British History at the University of Roehampton, London, UK.