7th Armoured Division (UK)

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1958
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1938
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:Gazala
gptkb:Holland
gptkb:Tripoli
gptkb:Rhineland
gptkb:Tobruk
gptkb:El_Alamein
gptkb:Villiers-Bocage
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1958
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Northwest_Europe_Campaign
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkbp:formedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Germany_(postwar)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 7th Armoured Division (UK)
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Red_jerboa
gptkbp:motto gptkb:The_Desert_Rats
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Major-General_George_Erskine
gptkb:Major-General_John_Harding
gptkb:Major-General_Michael_O'Moore_Creagh
gptkb:Major-General_William_Gott
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Advance_to_the_Elbe
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:11th_Hussars
gptkb:7th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:Divisional_Artillery
gptkb:Divisional_Engineers
gptkb:Divisional_Signals
gptkb:131st_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:22nd_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:4th_County_of_London_Yeomanry
gptkb:5th_Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkb:7th_Hussars
gptkb:1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkb:4th_Armoured_Brigade
Support Group
8th Hussars
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Army
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type Armoured division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bocage
gptkb:Battle_of_Caen_(1944)
gptkb:Battle_of_Beda_Fomm
gptkb:Indian_3rd_Motor_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6