79th Armoured Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/79th_Armoured_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:activePeriod	1942–1945
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Scheldt gptkb:Normandy_landings gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	August 1945
gptkbp:emblem	bull's head
gptkbp:formed	October 1942
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	79th Armoured Division
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Nec_Aspera_Terrent
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies innovative armoured vehicles
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:George_Roberts gptkb:Stanley_Christopherson gptkb:Donald_Banks gptkb:Percy_Hobart
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:1st_East_Riding_Yeomanry gptkb:Westminster_Dragoons gptkb:11th_Royal_Tank_Regiment gptkb:141st_Regiment_RAC gptkb:1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers gptkb:1st_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry gptkb:1st_Lothians_and_Border_Horse gptkb:1st_Northamptonshire_Yeomanry gptkb:1st_Westminster_Dragoons gptkb:22nd_Dragoons gptkb:42nd_Assault_Regiment_RE gptkb:4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment gptkb:5th_Assault_Regiment_RE gptkb:6th_Assault_Regiment_RE gptkb:77th_Assault_Regiment_RE gptkb:79th_Armoured_Engineer_Regiment gptkb:East_Riding_Yeomanry gptkb:1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment 13th/18th Royal Hussars
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:21st_Army_Group
gptkbp:role	armoured warfare specialized engineering
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:vehicleType	gptkb:Churchill_AVRE gptkb:Crocodile_flamethrower_tank gptkb:DD_tank gptkb:Sherman_Crab_mine_flail_tank gptkb:Bridgelayer_tank gptkb:ARK_(Armoured_Ramp_Carrier) gptkb:Bobbin_carpet_layer gptkb:Fascine_carrier Armoured bulldozer
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Normandy gptkb:8th_Assault_Engineers gptkb:British_XXX_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6