British 11th Armoured Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_11th_Armoured_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Battle_Honour:_North-West_Europe_1944–1945
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:equipment	gptkb:Cromwell_tank gptkb:Sherman_Firefly gptkb:Churchill_tank gptkb:Stuart_tank Half-tracks
gptkbp:formed	1941
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British 11th Armoured Division
gptkbp:insignia	Black bull on a white background
gptkbp:motto	Forward
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Black_Bull
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Major-General_Percy_Hobart gptkb:Major-General_George_Roberts gptkb:Major-General_Philip_Roberts
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Rhine gptkb:Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Liberation_of_Lübeck gptkb:Relief_of_Antwerp Advance into Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent	First Allied unit to enter Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:11th_Armoured_Divisional_Signals,_Royal_Corps_of_Signals gptkb:159th_Infantry_Brigade gptkb:23rd_Hussars gptkb:29th_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:2nd_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry gptkb:3rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment gptkb:75th_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery gptkb:8th_Rifle_Brigade
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat gptkb:Operation_Goodwood gptkb:Liberation_of_Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Operation_Epsom gptkb:Liberation_of_Antwerp
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:21st_Army_Group gptkb:British_Second_Army
gptkbp:type	Armoured division
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5