1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Rhine
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:AVRE_(Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers)
Armoured vehicles
gptkbp:formedBy units of Royal Engineers
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:North_West_Europe_Campaign
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:role assault engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7