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