Battleaxe Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battleaxe_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Rhine
gptkb:Gazala
gptkb:Tobruk
gptkb:El_Alamein
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:formed 1938
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Catterick,_North_Yorkshire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battleaxe Division
gptkbp:insignia red jerboa
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Desert_Rats
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Major-General_George_Erskine
gptkb:Major-General_John_Harding
gptkb:Major-General_Michael_O'Moore_Creagh
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighth_Army
gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_78th_Infantry_Division
gptkb:78th_Infantry_Division_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7