59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:activeYearsEnd |
1944
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gptkbp:activeYearsStart |
1940
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gptkbp:battleHonours |
gptkb:Normandy_1944
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gptkbp:branch |
gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:disbanded |
August 1944
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gptkbp:dissolved |
Manpower shortages in British Army
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gptkbp:engagedIn |
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
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gptkbp:formedBy |
Midland counties units
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gptkbp:garrison |
gptkb:Staffordshire
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
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gptkbp:insignia |
Red triangular formation sign with a yellow Stafford knot
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gptkbp:motto |
None officially
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gptkbp:nickname |
Staffordshire Division
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gptkbp:notableCommander |
Major-General D.A.H. Graham
Major-General Lewis Lyne |
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:21st_Army_Group
Second British Army |
gptkbp:size |
gptkb:division
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gptkbp:type |
Infantry
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkb:British_2nd_Army |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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