6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943–1948
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:formed	1943
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:Pegasus_badge
gptkbp:motto	None officially
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Red_Devils
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Major-General_Eric_Bols gptkb:Major-General_Richard_Nelson_Gale
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:3rd_Parachute_Brigade gptkb:5th_Parachute_Brigade gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Bath_Unit gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Dressing_Station gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Laundry gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Park gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Transfusion_Unit gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Field_Workshop 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_Engineers 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_Ordnance_Field_Park 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_Signals gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Workshop gptkb:6th_Airborne_Divisional_Workshop_REME gptkb:6th_Airlanding_Brigade
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role	airborne operations
gptkbp:type	airborne division
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5