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The 1st Commonwealth Division was the military unit that commanded Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War. The division was a part of the multinational British Commonwealth Forces Korea, with infa
Soldiers of Duke of Wellington's Regiment the Battle of the Hook, 1953
2RAR withdraw to the DMZ Korea 1953
Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels, was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1965 to 1968. As a young
1st Commonwealth Division
…Group, and from May 1956 until its final withdrawal in August 1957 to a Commonwealth Contingent of battalion strength. Commanding officers Major-General James Cassels, 28 July 1951 – 7 September 1952 Major-General Michael West, 7 September 1952 – 1953 Major-General Horatius Murray, 1953–1954 Divisional Commander Royal…
General Sir James Cassels, pictured here in 1968.
Major General James Cassels, GOC 6th Airborne Division, congratulates men of the cross country running team of the 8th Parachute Battalion on the occasion of the division's cross country run in which they ran second. Picture taken in Palestine, March 1946.
General Mark W. Clark (left), Cassels and General J. Lawton Collins, both of the U.S. Army, in Korea, July 1952.
Cassels served as director of operations during the Malayan Emergency.