5th Indian Infantry Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/5th_Indian_Infantry_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1939–1947
gptkbp:awarded	Victoria Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Indian_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:disbanded	1947
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Admin_Box gptkb:Battle_of_Imphal gptkb:Battle_of_Kohima gptkb:Burma_Campaign gptkb:East_African_Campaign gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Keren
gptkbp:formed	1939
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Secunderabad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	5th Indian Infantry Division
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Ball_of_Fire
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Ball_of_Fire
gptkbp:notableCommander	Major-General Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd Major-General Dudley Russell Major-General Bertie Fisher Major-General Harold Briggs Major-General Lewis Heath
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Douglas_Gracey gptkb:Frank_Messervy gptkb:John_Smyth gptkb:Bertie_Fisher gptkb:John_Masters gptkb:Arthur_Holworthy gptkb:Dudley_Russell gptkb:Geoffrey_Evans gptkb:John_Enoch_Powell gptkb:Wilfrid_Lewis_Lloyd gptkb:Harold_Briggs William Slim Reginald Savory Lewis Heath James Bruce Scott
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:10th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade gptkb:123rd_Indian_Infantry_Brigade gptkb:161st_Indian_Infantry_Brigade gptkb:25th_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery gptkb:28th_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery gptkb:29th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade gptkb:9th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade 4th Field Company, Indian Engineers 5th Field Company, Indian Engineers
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Fourteenth_Army gptkb:Indian_XV_Corps gptkb:Indian_IV_Corps
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:type	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Indian_Army_during_World_War_II gptkb:Indian_5th_Infantry_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7