6th Airborne Division (British Army)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/6th_Airborne_Division_(British_Army)

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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 gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Ambulance gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Bakery gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Butchery gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Cash_Office gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Hygiene_Section gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Post_Office 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 gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Pioneer_Company 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