British 7th Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military division
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_British_Legion
gptkb:Veterans_UK
Army Benevolent Fund
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:General_Sir_Richard_O'Connor
gptkb:General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkb:General_Sir_John_Dill
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:celebrates Various_memorials_in_the_UK
gptkbp:commandStructure Army_Group
gptkbp:disbanded 1948
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Lee-Enfield_rifle
gptkb:Morris_C8_truck
gptkb:Bren_gun
gptkbp:formed 1914
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Birmingham
gptkbp:historicalRole Defensive_operations_in_France
Offensive_operations_in_North_Africa
Support_for_Allied_forces_in_Italy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First British division to land in France in 1914
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 7th Division
gptkbp:legacy Commemorated in military history
Influenced_modern_British_Army_structure
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:7th_Division_Association
gptkbp:motto In_the_Service_of_the_King
gptkbp:nickname The Tenth
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Somme
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of El Alamein
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Commonwealth_nations
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:reform 1939
gptkbp:size approximately 10,000 soldiers
gptkbp:symbol Red and white diamond
gptkbp:unitAwards Infantry_Division