1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_Battalion%2C_Gordon_Highlanders

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military unit
gptkbp:activeYears	1881-1968
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Gordon_Highlanders
gptkbp:battleHonors	gptkb:Italy gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Ypres gptkb:Dunkirk gptkb:Waterloo Somme
gptkbp:birthYear	1968
gptkbp:colors	Red and white
gptkbp:commander	Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1968
gptkbp:electronic_warfare	The Garb of Old Gaul
gptkbp:equipment	Standard infantry weapons
gptkbp:formed	1881
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Fort_George
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Aberdeen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:Cap_badge
gptkbp:motto	Bydand
gptkbp:nickname	The Gordons
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Sir_John_Gordon gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_Campbell gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_Gordon gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_G._W._H._Gordon gptkb:Field_Marshal_Sir_John_French gptkb:Colonel_John_Gordon gptkb:General_Sir_Ian_Hamilton gptkb:Major_General_Sir_Archibald_Wavell gptkb:Colonel_Sir_William_Gordon gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_Gordon gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_Gordon
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:previousName	gptkb:Gordon_Highlanders
gptkbp:role	Line infantry
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons)
gptkbp:traditions	gptkb:Highland_dress Pipe band Regimental tartan
gptkbp:unitAwards	Infantry
gptkbp:website	Official website
gptkbp:yearEstablished	1881