The 27th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. In Korea, the brigade was known as 27th British
Men of the 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots manning the lip of a mine crater at Meteren, 23 June 1918.
An "orders group" of battalion commanders of the 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in Korea on 22 Oct 1950, following the Battle of Yongju. In the foreground, seated left and leaning forward, is Brigadier Basil Aubrey Coad. Behind them are officers of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the US Army, who had just been extricated by the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Battle of Kapyong
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The Battle of Kapyong, also known as the Battle of Jiaping, was a pivotal engagement fought during the Korean War between United Nations Command forces—primarily Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand—
27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
…16 Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery in January 1951, and then a Canadian infantry battalion in February. The brigade's final action was the Battle of Kapyong in April 1951, a famous last-stand victory. Both the Argylls and Middlesex Regiment were relieved and the brigade was disbanded, to be replaced by the…
Kapyong, South Korea
3 RAR occupying Chinese trenches on 'Salmon', 16 April 1951
A British Centurion tank disabled during the Battle of the Imjin River, late April 1951
Western and Central fronts, Chinese Spring Offensive, late April 1951