11th Armoured Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:activePeriod 1941–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded January 1946
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Cromwell_tank
gptkb:Sherman_Firefly
gptkb:Churchill_tank
gptkb:Stuart_tank
gptkbp:formationYear 9 March 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 11th Armoured Division
gptkbp:insignia Black bull on a yellow background
gptkbp:motto Forward
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Black_Bull
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Liberation_of_Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp
gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Operation_Epsom
gptkb:Liberation_of_Antwerp
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart
gptkb:Major-General_George_Roberts
gptkb:Major-General_Philip_Roberts
gptkbp:notableEvent Liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:11th_Armoured_Divisional_Signals,_Royal_Corps_of_Signals
gptkb:13th_Royal_Horse_Artillery
gptkb:151st_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:159th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:1st_Herefordshire_Regiment
gptkb:23rd_Hussars
gptkb:29th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry
gptkb:2nd_Battalion,_Monmouthshire_Regiment
gptkb:2nd_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry
gptkb:2nd_Northhamptonshire_Yeomanry
gptkb:3rd_Monmouthshire_Regiment
gptkb:3rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkb:4th_King's_Shropshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:75th_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:8th_Rifle_Brigade
gptkb:Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:21st_Army_Group
gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type Armoured division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart
gptkb:Operation_Epsom
gptkb:British_XXX_Corps
gptkb:Syrian_Army
gptkb:British_30th_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6