British 28th Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_28th_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:associated_with	gptkb:General_Sir_Douglas_Haig gptkb:General_Sir_Henry_Seymour_Rawlinson gptkb:General_Sir_John_French
gptkbp:command_structure	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:disbanded	1919
gptkbp:equipment	gptkb:Lee-Enfield_rifle Vickers machine gun Bren gun
gptkbp:formed	gptkb:1914
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
gptkbp:historical_event	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys_1918 gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme_1916 gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme_1917 gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme_1918 gptkb:Battle_of_the_Scarpe gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aisne gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sambre gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Battle_of_Loos gptkb:Battle_of_the_Rhine gptkb:Liberation_of_Belgium gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic gptkb:Battle_of_the_Hindenburg_Line gptkb:Battle_of_the_Lys gptkb:Battle_of_Arras_1917 gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne gptkb:Battle_of_the_Selle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Canal_du_Nord
gptkbp:historical_significance	First British Division to land in France in 1914
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British 28th Division
gptkbp:is_active_in	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:motto	The Best of the Best
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Iron_Division
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:Battle_of_Arras gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:recruited_from	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:size	approximately 10,000 soldiers
gptkbp:unit_type	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4