Lt Col Ernest D. Danby's Order of the British Empire (OBE) citation for his actions in Korea, 1952. From the citation: LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DANBY WAS GENERAL STAFF OFFICER, GRADE ONE OF FIRST COMMONWEALTH DIVISION FROM THE TIME THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS BEGAN TO FORM IN EARLY JUNE 1951 UNTIL 14 M4Y 1952. AS GENERAL STAFF OFFICER GRADE ONE HE HAS ALSO ACTED AS CHIEF OF STAFF AND HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL THE ELEMENTS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH NATIONS HAVE BEEN WELDED INTO AN EFFICIENT AND HAPPY TEAM. IN THIS HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDINGLY SUCCESSFUL. HIS EFFICIENCY, DRIVE. EXPERIENCE AND TACT HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN PRODUCING AN ORGANIZED AND CAPABLE HEADQUARTERS THROUGHOUT. HIS UNFAILING SENSE OF· LOYALTY AND GOOD HUMOUR HAVE BEEN OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND HIS EXCELLENT WORK UNDER MANY VARIED AND Dl]fFICULT CONDITIONS HAS BEEN BEYOND PRAISE. B.E HAS HAD TO CARRY A RESPONSIBLITY FAR GREATER THAN THAT NORMALLY BORNE BY A GENERAL STAFF OFFICER GRADE ONE AND HAS BORNE IT WITH OUTSTANDING SUCCESS AND HIS WORK MERITS HIGH RECOGNITION. The 1st Commonwealth Division was the name given, after July 1951, to Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War. The division was a multinational unit that was part of British Commonwealth Forces Korea, and whilst British and Canadian Army units formed the bulk of the division, Australian infantry, New Zealand artillery and an Indian medical unit were also a part of the division. As with the US "KATUSA" programme, numerous South Korean troops were seconded to the Commonwealth division to make up numbers under a programme known as "KATCOM". The Division was made up of 58% British forces, 22% Canadian forces, 14% Australian forces, 5% New Zealander forces, and 1% Indian forces. The 1st Commonwealth Division was part of the US I Corps, which also included the US 1st Cavalry Division, the US 3rd and 25th Infantry Divisions, and the ROK 1st Division. The division occupied the strategically important sector of front on the Jamestown Line, stretching from the Kimpo Peninsula on the Yellow Sea coast to a point east of Kumhwa about 10.1 km, and just 48 km from Seoul. It was deactivated in 1954 as part of the demobilisation of forces in Korea in the aftermath of the war.