Belgian Brigade Piron

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Croix_de_Guerre gptkb:Order_of_Leopold
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Free_Belgian_Forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Piron
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:formedIn	1940
gptkbp:foughtAlongside	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Canadian_Army gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Belgian Brigade Piron
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Piron_Brigade
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Piron
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:Liberation_of_the_Netherlands gptkb:Liberation_of_Normandy gptkb:Liberation_of_Belgium
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Belgian_Army
gptkbp:size	about 2,200 men
gptkbp:symbol	lion rampant
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5