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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:active_years
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1941-1945
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:artillery
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Signals
gptkb:Royal_Logistic_Corps
gptkb:military
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:NATO
gptkb:UN
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gptkbp:battle_honors
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gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Western_Europe
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gptkbp:command_structure
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:current_use
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Approximately 1,500 personnel
Various support units
1 Reserve Battalion
3 Regular Battalions
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1945
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gptkbp:equipment
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gptkb:Challenger_2_tank
Warrior IFV
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gptkbp:formed
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1941
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:headquarters
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Bovington Camp
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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British 23rd Armoured Brigade
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Salisbury_Plain
gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Bosnia
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gptkbp:motto
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Strike Hard, Strike First
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Iron_Division
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gptkbp:notable_commanders
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gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_Hackett
gptkb:Brigadier_John_W._M._H._Houghton
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gptkbp:notable_operations
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gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:position
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gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:reformed
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gptkb:1999
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gptkbp:role
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Armoured Warfare
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gptkbp:training
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gptkb:Exercise_Atlantic_Resolve
gptkb:Exercise_Iron_Sword
gptkb:Exercise_Saif_Sareea
gptkb:Joint_Warrior
Exercise Black Eagle
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:Brigade
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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