commemorate 70 years since the signing of the armistice which ended fighting in the korean war. north korea s leader, kim jong un, supervised the display of new drones and missiles and hosted russia s defense minister for talks on military and security co operation. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark their contribution back home, one former england cricketer as been painting portraits and hearing stories of veterans who survived. archive: forfour days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who s troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there s harry hawksworth, just i thought, he s just so proud to put the beret
this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark their contribution back home, one former england cricketer has been painting portraits and hearing the stories of veterans who survived. dan johnson reports. archive: for four days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who s troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there s harry hawksworth, just i thought, he s just so proud to put the beret on and show the medals off. he was like some of the things i ve heard painting these portraits, i m just shaking my head going, i don t know how you did that. private bryan hamlet was on national service with the gloucestershire regiment. i never knew where korea was, i
home, one former england cricketer has been painting portraits and hearing the stories of veterans who survived. dan johnson reports. archive: for four days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who s troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there s harry hawksworth, just i thought, he s just so proud to put the beret on and show the medals off. he was like some of the things i ve heard painting these portraits, i m just shaking my head going, i don t know how you did that. private bryan hamlet was on national service with the gloucestershire regiment. i never knew where korea was, i never heard of korea, like you know. the furthest i had been before was weston super mare!
archive: for four days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who s troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there s harry hawksworth, just i thought, he s just so proud to put the beret on and show the medals off. he was like some of the things i ve heard painting these portraits, i m just shaking my head going, i don t know how you did that. private bryan hamlet was on national service with the gloucestershire regiment. i never knew where korea was, i never heard of korea, like you know. the furthest i had been before was weston super mare! you were a young man? yeah, i had me 19th birthday on the boat going over. and it was cold, right? bloody cold! the firstjob we done was minus 40. that cold it hurt!
coming up on bbc news, england s attempt to salvage some pride in the ashes with some big hitting against australia in the oval in the final test. but they are pulled out on the opening day as australia hunt a series win. more than 1,000 british soldiers were killed and hundreds were held as prisoners during the korean war, which ended 70 years ago. it s often called the forgotten war. now to mark the anniversary of its end, the former england cricketerjack russell has been painting portraits of some of the surviving veterans. dan johnson reports. newsreader: for four days the gloucesters i withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who s troubled a little bit and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting.