6th Airborne Division (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/6th_Airborne_Division_(UK)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1948
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1943
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Rhine
North-West Europe 1944–45
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 6th Airborne Division (UK)
gptkbp:locationOfFormation gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:motto Go to it
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Red_Devils
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Eric_Bols
gptkb:Richard_Gale
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:3rd_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:5th_Parachute_Brigade
gptkb:249th_(Oxfordshire_Yeomanry)_Airlanding_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Battery,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:53rd_(Worcestershire_Yeomanry)_Airlanding_Light_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:6th_Airborne_Armoured_Reconnaissance_Regiment
gptkb:6th_Airlanding_Brigade
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role airborne infantry
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type airborne division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Allied_Airborne_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6