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Rally cry to bring a smile to Gloucester Korean War veteran celebrating 90th birthday in lockdown
Tommy Clough was a prisoner of war in Korea for two-and-a-half years and spent much of it in isolation. Now there s a call to make sure he gets a 90th birthday fit for a hero.
Updated (Image: PAUL NICHOLLS TRINITY MIRROR)
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Image copyright of Paul Nicholls Photography A military museum is appealing to the public to send birthday wishes to a Korean War veteran who is to spend his 90th birthday in isolation. Tommy Clough, who is registered blind and lives alone in Staverton near Gloucester, had been hoping to mark his 90th birthday along with the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imjin River in Korea in which he saw active service. A gunner with 170 Mortar Battery attached to the 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment, Tommy was part of a United Nations force despatched to Korea in 1950 when the Communist North Koreans invaded South Korea without warning, themselves bolstered by tens of thousands from the Chinese Communist Army.