27th Armoured Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/27th_Armoured_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940–1944
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy_1944
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Brigadier_George_Prior-Palmer
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded August 1944
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Cromwell_tank
gptkb:Churchill_tank
gptkb:Sherman_tank
gptkbp:formed October 1940
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:hasUnit armoured brigade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 27th Armoured Brigade
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:3rd_Infantry_Division
gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkbp:role armoured warfare
gptkbp:subunit gptkb:Staffordshire_Yeomanry
gptkb:141st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:1st_East_Riding_Yeomanry
gptkb:Westminster_Dragoons
13th/18th Royal Hussars
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Northwest_Europe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sword_Beach
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5