6th Airborne Division (British Army)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1948
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1943
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1948
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Palestine_Emergency
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Operation_Doomsday
gptkb:Operation_Tonga
gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkbp:formedBy British Army units
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 6th Airborne Division (British Army)
gptkbp:motto None but the brave
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Red_Devils
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Eric_Bols
gptkb:John_Hackett
gptkb:Richard_Gale
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:3rd_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:5th_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:249th_(Oxfordshire_Yeomanry)_Airborne_Light_Battery,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:53rd_(Worcestershire_Yeomanry)_Airlanding_Light_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Armoured_Reconnaissance_Regiment
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Catering_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Chaplain's_Department
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Dental_Centre
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Education_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Engineers
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Entertainment_Section
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gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Hygiene_Section
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gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Security_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Fire_Fighting_Platoon
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Intelligence_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Laundry_Unit
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Mobile_Bath_Unit
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Ordnance_Field_Park
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Pay_Office
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gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Postal_Unit
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Provost_Company
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_RAMC
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_RASC
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_RMP
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Salvage_Unit
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Signals
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Transport_Company
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Veterinary_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Water_Supply_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Welfare_Section
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Workshop
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Workshop_REME
gptkb:6th_Airlanding_Brigade
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role airborne infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5