7th Armoured Division (UK)

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