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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
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gptkbp:awarded
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numerous battle honours
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:composedOf
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gptkb:23rd_Brigade
gptkb:24th_Brigade
gptkb:25th_Brigade
gptkb:70th_Brigade
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1919
1943
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gptkbp:engagedIn
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gptkb:Mesopotamian_Campaign
gptkb:Western_Front
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gptkbp:formed
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1914
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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British 8th Division
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gptkbp:insignia
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Red cross of St George on white background
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gptkbp:motto
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None officially recorded
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Fighting_Eighth
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Aubers_Ridge
gptkb:Battle_of_Lys_(1918)
gptkb:Battle_of_Megiddo_(1918)
gptkb:Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle
gptkb:Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)
gptkb:Battle_of_Loos
gptkb:Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)
gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Basra_(1941)
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Major-General_Francis_Davies
Major-General Aylmer Haldane
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:British_Army
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
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gptkbp:reformed
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1939
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gptkbp:size
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gptkb:division
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bretonneux
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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