78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:awarded Victoria Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:132nd_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:214th_Field_Company,_Royal_Engineers
gptkb:56th_Reconnaissance_Regiment
gptkb:64th_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:75th_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:11th_Brigade
gptkb:36th_Brigade
gptkb:38th_(Irish)_Brigade
138th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
281st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
78th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
1955
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:formed May 1942
gptkbp:foughtAlongside 1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
8th Army (United Kingdom)
US Fifth Army
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:insignia Battle axe on a black background
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Battleaxe_Division
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sangro
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Major-General_Vyvyan_Evelegh
gptkb:Major-General_Charles_Keightley
gptkb:Major-General_Donald_Butterworth
gptkbp:notableEvent Advanced through Sicily and Italy
Participated in the capture of Tunis
First British division to land in North Africa during Operation Torch
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:reformed 1947
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:78th_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7