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Entry: 81378 ROYAL ARTILLERY - ANTI-TANK TROOP	ANTI TANK TROOP
JIM JACOBS wrote on December 20, 2011 CITY AND STATE: FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE UNIT: 170TH MORTAR BATTERY SERVICE OR RELATIONSHIP: UNITED NATIONS Comments: The United Kingdom entered the Korean War on 6 September 1950 with an initial small force from Hong Kong. Accompanying the Middlesex Regiment and the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders was 'A' Independent Anti/Tank Troop Royal Artillery, commanded by Lt J Trelawney Williams. In Hong Kong the Troop had been part of 27 Light Battery equipped with 12 17-pounder a/tk guns and 12 4.2 inch mortars as secondary armament. The Troop took 4 towed 17 pounders to Korea. On arrival at Pusan they moved directly into the Naktong River line. Following the breakout from the Naktong, together with all units of 27 British Infantry Brigade, they advanced constantly until Pakchon was reached, about 40 miles south of the Yalu. Without ever testing the 17 pounders against any T34 tanks, when China entered the war they were driven south again as far as Pyongtaek. As there then seemed to be no requirement for a/tk guns,and as the much more heavily armed 29 British Independent Infantry Brigade had arrived, the Troop returned to Hong Kong, departing Korea on 6 March 1951. The Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation was awarded to the Troop for the stand on the Naktong River Keywords:

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