U.K. Plans Europe's 1st Korean War Museum

From the Chosunilbo: U.K. Plans Europe's 1st Korean War Museum
Plans are afoot to build Europe's first museum dedicated to the Korean War. An entrepreneur and veterans from the U.K.'s Gloucestershire Regiment, which fought in the war, has established a committee to set up the tentatively named "Great Britain's Korean War Museum" and started fundraising efforts.

The city of Gloucester is apparently interested in the project and agreed to provide administrative support.

Paul James, the leader of Gloucester City Council and City Councillor for Longlevens, told the Chosun Ilbo on Friday last week the City Council and the committee are in talks to secure land for the museum in the old town center that is being redeveloped as a historical and cultural tourist zone.

Britain sent 63,000 troops to the Korean War, second only to the U.S. in the Allied Forces. The Gloucestershire Regiment was one of the main forces in the British Army.

The committee plans to complete the museum by 2013, the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, and is working towards the goal of raising 2.5 million pounds (W4.5 billion) from the National Lottery and other sources. There are a number of museums in memory of the war in the U.S., Canada, and Australia but once completed, this will be Europe's first.