British 8th Armoured Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_8th_Armoured_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:badge Red fox head on yellow and green background
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British 8th Armoured Brigade
gptkbp:motto None officially recorded
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Red_Foxes
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_Charles_Norman
gptkb:Brigadier_George_Erskine
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Staffordshire_Yeomanry
gptkb:12th_Battalion,_King's_Royal_Rifle_Corps
gptkb:147th_(Essex_Yeomanry)_Regiment,_Royal_Horse_Artillery
gptkb:1st_Battalion,_Herefordshire_Regiment
gptkb:24th_Lancers
gptkb:Royal_Scots_Greys
gptkb:4th/7th_Royal_Dragoon_Guards
gptkb:Sherwood_Rangers_Yeomanry
13th/18th Royal Hussars
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:British_79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:type Armoured Brigade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:8th_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6