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51st (Highland) Infantry Division
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/51st_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod
1908–1967
gptkbp:associatedWith
Scottish regiments
gptkbp:awarded
Victoria Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:battle
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_Arras_(1917)
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded
1967
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:Scotland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
51st (Highland) Infantry Division
gptkbp:insignia
Red 'HD' on blue background
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:Scotland_for_Ever
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Highland_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Douglas_Wimberley
gptkb:Major-General_Thomas_Rennie
gptkb:Victor_Fortune
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Operation_Totalize
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkb:Operation_Veritable
gptkb:Operation_Epsom
gptkb:Operation_Jupiter
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Hundred_Days_Offensive
gptkb:Operation_Pheasant
gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918)
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:North-West_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Astonia
gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)
Advance into Germany
Liberation of Le Havre
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Surrender_at_Saint-Valery-en-Caux_(1940)
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Piper_Bill_Millin
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Territorial_Army
gptkb:Territorial_Force
gptkbp:predecessor
Seaforth Highlanders Brigade
gptkbp:reconstitutedFrom
gptkb:9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:reformed
1940
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:51st_Highland_Volunteers
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Sir_Gordon_MacMillan
gptkb:9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Major-General_Thomas_Rennie
gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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