2nd Lieutenant Leo Adams-Acton was in the British Army and had been a member of the UN Partisan Forces Korea (UNPFK). He was captured in December 1951. He eventually escaped, but was re-captured after 4 ½ weeks on the run and placed back in Chong Song.
2nd Lieutenant Adams-Acton was executed by the Chinese in July 1953, the very month that the Korean War ended.
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 407730
Force: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Attached to: American Special Forces
Event: Missing presumed killed, executed while trying to escape from a PoW Camp (taken prisoner 25 April 1951)
Date of Event: 16 July 1953
Grave Location: No known grave. Commemorated on UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea.
Age: 23
Comments:
Memorial at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland - "In proud memory of the gallantry of Lieutenant L.S. Adams-Acton MC, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, seconded Special Air Service 1951. Missing, presumed killed after his escape from POW Camp in North Korea 1953.
In memory of Lt. Leo Samuel Adams-Acton, MC attached to the American Special Forces. He was executed by Communist Troops while trying to escape as a Prisoner of War."
Newspaper: The Times 22 December 1951
Awards: Military Cross (M.C.)
Date of Birth: 19 October 1929
Sources:
http://wingedsoldiers.co.uk/veteran-s-corner.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/Korea.cgi
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1280577
2nd Lieutenant Adams-Acton was executed by the Chinese in July 1953, the very month that the Korean War ended.
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 407730
Force: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Attached to: American Special Forces
Event: Missing presumed killed, executed while trying to escape from a PoW Camp (taken prisoner 25 April 1951)
Date of Event: 16 July 1953
Grave Location: No known grave. Commemorated on UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea.
Age: 23
Comments:
Memorial at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland - "In proud memory of the gallantry of Lieutenant L.S. Adams-Acton MC, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, seconded Special Air Service 1951. Missing, presumed killed after his escape from POW Camp in North Korea 1953.
In memory of Lt. Leo Samuel Adams-Acton, MC attached to the American Special Forces. He was executed by Communist Troops while trying to escape as a Prisoner of War."
Newspaper: The Times 22 December 1951
Awards: Military Cross (M.C.)
Date of Birth: 19 October 1929
Sources:
http://wingedsoldiers.co.uk/veteran-s-corner.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/Korea.cgi
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1280577
2nd Lieutenant Leo Adams-Acton was in the British Army and had been a member of the UN Partisan Forces Korea (UNPFK). He was captured in December 1951. He eventually escaped, but was re-captured after 4 ½ weeks on the run and placed back in Chong Song.
2nd Lieutenant Adams-Acton was executed by the Chinese in July 1953, the very month that the Korean War ended.
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 407730
Force: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Attached to: American Special Forces
Event: Missing presumed killed, executed while trying to escape from a PoW Camp (taken prisoner 25 April 1951)
Date of Event: 16 July 1953
Grave Location: No known grave. Commemorated on UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea.
Age: 23
Comments:
Memorial at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland - "In proud memory of the gallantry of Lieutenant L.S. Adams-Acton MC, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, seconded Special Air Service 1951. Missing, presumed killed after his escape from POW Camp in North Korea 1953.
In memory of Lt. Leo Samuel Adams-Acton, MC attached to the American Special Forces. He was executed by Communist Troops while trying to escape as a Prisoner of War."
Newspaper: The Times 22 December 1951
Awards: Military Cross (M.C.)
Date of Birth: 19 October 1929
Sources:
http://wingedsoldiers.co.uk/veteran-s-corner.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/Korea.cgi
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1280577
2nd Lieutenant Adams-Acton was executed by the Chinese in July 1953, the very month that the Korean War ended.
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 407730
Force: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Attached to: American Special Forces
Event: Missing presumed killed, executed while trying to escape from a PoW Camp (taken prisoner 25 April 1951)
Date of Event: 16 July 1953
Grave Location: No known grave. Commemorated on UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea.
Age: 23
Comments:
Memorial at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland - "In proud memory of the gallantry of Lieutenant L.S. Adams-Acton MC, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, seconded Special Air Service 1951. Missing, presumed killed after his escape from POW Camp in North Korea 1953.
In memory of Lt. Leo Samuel Adams-Acton, MC attached to the American Special Forces. He was executed by Communist Troops while trying to escape as a Prisoner of War."
Newspaper: The Times 22 December 1951
Awards: Military Cross (M.C.)
Date of Birth: 19 October 1929
Sources:
http://wingedsoldiers.co.uk/veteran-s-corner.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/cgi-bin/Korea.cgi
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1280577
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