50th Infantry Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation_(US)
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross gptkb:Stan_Hollis
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major-General_Douglas_Graham
gptkb:Major-General_Sidney_Kirkman
gptkb:Major-General_William_Ramsden
gptkbp:component gptkb:102nd_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:151st_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:231st_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:69th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:72nd_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
50th Reconnaissance Regiment
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:demobilized 1946
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
1967
gptkbp:formed April 1908
gptkbp:garrison North East England
gptkbp:homeArea gptkb:Durham
gptkb:Yorkshire
Northumberland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 50th Infantry Division
gptkbp:insignia TT symbol
gptkbp:nickname Tyne and Tees
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Battle_of_Arras_(1917)
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bocage
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Battle_of_Mareth_Line
gptkbp:notableEvent converted to training division in 1944
fought in Italian Campaign
fought in North Africa Campaign
fought in Sicily Campaign
landed on Gold Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944
gptkbp:notableSoldier gptkb:Stan_Hollis
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:reformed 1947
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:successor 50th (Northumbrian) Division/District
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:11th_Army_(Wehrmacht)
gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7