49th (West Riding) Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/49th_%28West_Riding%29_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps gptkb:fortification gptkb:military_unit gptkb:Royal_Army_Pay_Corps gptkb:Police_Department gptkb:Combined_Cadet_Force gptkb:Royal_Engineers gptkb:Royal_Army_Music_Corps gptkb:Royal_Corps_of_Transport gptkb:Royal_Army_Physical_Training_Corps gptkb:Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps gptkb:Royal_Signals gptkb:Royal_Corps_of_Signals gptkb:West_Riding_of_Yorkshire gptkb:Army_Cadet_Force gptkb:Royal_Army_Cadet_Corps gptkb:Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers gptkb:Royal_Army_Educational_Corps gptkb:Royal_Army_Chaplains'_Department Volunteer Reserve
gptkbp:awards	Battle Honours
gptkbp:command_structure	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_W._W._H._Hinde
gptkbp:deployment	gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkbp:disbanded	1948
gptkbp:formed	gptkb:1914
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:historical_significance	First British Division to land in Normandy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	49th (West Riding) Division
gptkbp:insignia	Polar Bear emblem
gptkbp:involved_units	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:is_active_in	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:motto	In the face of the enemy
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Polar_Bears
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:participated_in	gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkbp:recruitment	gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:served_in	gptkb:Italy gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:49th_(West_Riding)_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_49th_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5