GPTKB
Browse
Query
Compare
Download
Publications
Contributors
Search
British 6th Armoured Division
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_6th_Armoured_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod
1940–1945
gptkbp:battleHonours
gptkb:North_Africa_1942–43
Italy 1943–45
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:component
gptkb:10th_Battalion_Rifle_Brigade
gptkb:12th_Royal_Horse_Artillery
gptkb:16th/5th_Lancers
gptkb:1st_Guards_Brigade
gptkb:26th_Armoured_Brigade
gptkb:2nd_Lothians_and_Border_Horse
gptkb:6th_Support_Group
gptkb:72nd_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery
gptkb:8th_Field_Squadron,_Royal_Engineers
17th/21st Lancers
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded
1945
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:formed
1940
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British 6th Armoured Division
gptkbp:insignia
Black bull on a white background
gptkbp:motto
None officially recorded
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:The_Black_Bull
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Battle_of_Medjez-el-Bab
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Gothic_Line
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Major-General_Horatius_Murray
gptkb:Major-General_Charles_Keightley
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:British_First_Army
gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkbp:type
Armoured division
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:8th_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6