Scottish Korean War Memorial - Witchcraigs, West Lothian.
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Scotland's memorial to the British servicemen who fell in the Korean War, a wooded garden with a pagoda at its centre.
Waymark Code: WMZFB3
Location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/02/2018
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The Scottish Korean War Memorial is situated in the countryside of West Lothian at Witchcraigs Woodland on the west side of Beecraigs Country Park in the hills between the towns of Linlithgow and Bathgate.
The memorial was set up by the Lothians and the West of Scotland Branch of the British Korean Veterans Association, and was opened on June 27th 2000, the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the war.
The memorial was a wooded garden with a Korean style pagoda at the centrepiece. The original pagoda proved to be unstable and was demolished, then replaced by the current structure which was unveiled on July 27th 2013, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice.
Inside the pagoda is listed the names of 1113 British servicemen, merchant seamen, and war correspondents, who died during the conflict. The pagoda is set between two mounds in the shape of the Ying and Yang shown on the Korean flag. The mounds have been planted with 110 Korean firs, one for every ten servicemen killed. To the south is an arbortetum of 1,100 native Scottish trees, one for each of the fallen. The pathway to the memorial is named after Lt. Col. J C McQ. Johnston KOSB, who was a major creator of the memorial.
The memorial can be reached along a minor road that runs through the Bathgate Hills, south from Linlithgow along the western fringe of Beecraigs Country Park. It is on the east side of the road with a car parking lay-by at the gated entrance. On the pathway inside, is an information sign giving the history of the memorial, (also in braille).
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