British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1908–1946
gptkbp:awardedHonour Freedom of the City of York
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Scheldt
gptkb:Arnhem
North-West Europe 1944–45
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
1967
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkb:Norwegian_Campaign
gptkb:North-West_Europe_Campaign
gptkbp:formedBy West Riding Territorial Force
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:insignia Polar bear on white background
gptkbp:motto None officially
gptkbp:nickname Polar Bears
gptkbp:notableCommander Major-General Evelyn Barker
Major-General Sir Nigel Poett
gptkbp:notableUnit 70th Infantry Brigade
146th Infantry Brigade
147th Infantry Brigade
56th Infantry Brigade
49th Reconnaissance Regiment
89th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army_of_the_Rhine
gptkbp:reformed 1947
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Major-General_George_Watkin_Eben_James_Erskine
gptkb:74th_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
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