British 21st Airborne Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_21st_Airborne_Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military unit
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Royal_Army_Medical_Corps gptkb:Army_Legal_Services gptkb:British_Parachute_Regiment gptkb:Army_Catering_Corps gptkb:Army_Dental_Corps gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Artillery gptkb:Royal_Army_Service_Corps gptkb:Royal_Engineers gptkb:Army_Air_Corps gptkb:Army_Education_Corps gptkb:British_Army_Air_Corps gptkb:Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps gptkb:Royal_Signals gptkb:Army_Veterinary_Corps gptkb:Army_Physical_Training_Corps gptkb:Army_Chaplains_Department gptkb:Army_Music_Corps
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Commonwealth_nations gptkb:British_Special_Forces gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:battleHonors	gptkb:Arnhem gptkb:Normandy gptkb:Western_Europe_1944–1945
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Major_General_Roy_Urquhart gptkb:Major_General_John_Hackett gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_Frost
gptkbp:commandStructure	gptkb:Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:disbanded	1948
gptkbp:equipment	gptkb:Bren_gun gptkb:Sten_gun Mortars Towed artillery Paratrooper uniforms
gptkbp:formed	1942
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Aldershot
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	First British airborne division
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British 21st Airborne Division
gptkbp:motto	The_Sky's_the_Limit
gptkbp:nickname	The Red Devils
gptkbp:notableOperations	Operation Market Garden Operation Varsity
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:British_1st_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:role	Airborne Assault
gptkbp:successor	16 Air Assault Brigade
gptkbp:type	gptkb:Airborne_Division