8th Armoured Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8th_Armoured_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Bocage
gptkb:Bremen
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Rhine
gptkb:Scheldt
gptkb:Seine
gptkb:Falaise
gptkb:Arnhem
gptkb:El_Alamein
North-West Europe 1944–45
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 8th Armoured Brigade
gptkbp:insignia green horse on yellow background
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Green_Horse
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_Charles_Norman
gptkb:Brigadier_George_Erskine
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Staffordshire_Yeomanry
gptkb:12th_Battalion,_King's_Royal_Rifle_Corps
gptkb:147th_(Essex_Yeomanry)_Regiment,_Royal_Horse_Artillery
gptkb:1st_Battalion,_Herefordshire_Regiment
gptkb:24th_Lancers
gptkb:Royal_Scots_Greys
gptkb:4th/7th_Royal_Dragoon_Guards
gptkb:Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry
gptkb:86th_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade_Company,_Royal_Army_Service_Corps
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade_Field_Ambulance,_Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade_Provost_Section,_Corps_of_Military_Police
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade_Signals,_Royal_Corps_of_Signals
gptkb:8th_Armoured_Brigade_Workshop,_Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers
13th/18th Royal Hussars
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkb:XXX_Corps
gptkbp:type armoured brigade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_XXX_Corps
gptkb:British_30th_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6