|
gptkbp:instance_of
|
gptkb:military_unit
|
|
gptkbp:active_years
|
1914-1918
|
|
gptkbp:affiliation
|
gptkb:Commonwealth_nations
gptkb:NATO
gptkb:military_operations
|
|
gptkbp:battle_honors
|
gptkb:Ypres
gptkb:Cambrai
gptkb:Amiens
gptkb:Arras
Somme
|
|
gptkbp:current_status
|
Historical unit
|
|
gptkbp:deployment
|
gptkb:Western_Front
|
|
gptkbp:disbandment_date
|
1945
|
|
gptkbp:engagements
|
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
|
|
gptkbp:formation_date
|
gptkb:1914
|
|
gptkbp:garrison
|
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
|
gptkbp:historical_significance
|
Major role in trench warfare
Participation in major offensives
Contribution to Allied victory
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
British 8th Division
|
|
gptkbp:legacy
|
Influence on modern British Army
|
|
gptkbp:memorials
|
Commemorative events
War memorials in the UK
|
|
gptkbp:motto
|
The Best of the Best
|
|
gptkbp:nickname
|
The Fighting Division
|
|
gptkbp:notable_battle
|
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
|
|
gptkbp:notable_commanders
|
gptkb:Major_General_Sir_John_C._Campbell
|
|
gptkbp:part_of
|
gptkb:British_Army
|
|
gptkbp:recruitment
|
volunteer soldiers
|
|
gptkbp:reformed
|
Post World War II
Post World War I
|
|
gptkbp:subordinate_units
|
gptkb:engineers
gptkb:military
Logistics Units
Artillery Regiments
Brigade Headquarters
|
|
gptkbp:type
|
gptkb:infantry
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
5
|