PARTISAN FORCES KOREA

United Nations Partisan Forces Korea

Remembering Lt. L Adams Acton – Major W E Anderson – Sgt. C H Lane – Sgt. D M Sharp – Sgt. J N Wells and Fusilier G Mills. Plaque refurbished 6th November 2025.
  • Memorial Text.
  • United Nations Partisan Forces Korea
  • On the 25th June 1950, some 75,000 soldiers of the North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th Parallel (Border Line) and invaded the Republic of South Korea to the South.
  • Western Allies were soon involved in a war fighting the spread of Communism in Asia and as part of this war men from the United Nations Partisan Forces operated behind enemy lines at great risk.
  • These miscellaneous groups worked deep inside North Korea to gather intelligence, conduct raids and sabotage, rescue Prisoners of War and Allied Air Crew that had been shot down.
  • They were specifically tasked to recruit and lead guerilla armies and create confusion in the enemy’s rear. This they did with a great deal of success, even when the Chinese Peoples Volunteer Army joined the conflict on the side of the North Korean Communists.
  • The war eventually ended on 27th July 1953 with tremendous losses on all sides and to the civilian population. This memorial honours all who served and especially: –
  • Lieutenant L. S. Adams- Acton MC MiD – Operational Team Leader – Executed after escaping POW Camp 2 – Royal Northumberland Fusiliers/attached to Special Air Service.
  • Sergeant C. H Lane – Special Air Service – Intelligence Sergeant.
  • Sergeant D. M. Sharp BEM – Honour Medal (Republic of Korea) – Army commendation medal for valour (USA) – Royal Northumberland Fusiliers – Tactical Intelligence Liaison Officer.
  • Sergeant J. N. Wells – Bronze Star (USA) – Intelligence Corps – Intelligence Sergeant.
  • Fusilier G Mills – Royal Northumberland Fusiliers – Radio Operator – Killed in Action.
  • Garden 1 – Special Operations – Cherry Tree, Prunus Autumnalis. Est 2016.
  • Further Information
  • https://arsof-history.org/articles/v8n2_facets_of_army_page_1.html
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8240th_Army_Unit
  • http://www.korean-war.com/specops.html
  • https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1071117.pdf
  • https://www.army.mil/article/268487/army_special_operations_in_the_forgotten_war_commemorating_the_70th_anniversary_of_the_korean_armistice

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