Highland Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military division
gptkbp:activeYears 1914-1918
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Cameron_Highlanders
gptkb:Gordon_Highlanders
gptkb:Seaforth_Highlanders
Black Watch
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Hindenburg_Line
gptkb:Suez_Canal
gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Ypres
gptkb:Dunkirk
gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkb:Cambrai
gptkb:Western_Desert_Campaign
gptkb:Italy_Campaign
gptkb:Berlin_Offensive
Battle of the Bulge
Occupation of Germany
Somme
Loos
Battle of Anzio
Battle of Normandy
Aisne
Arras
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Monte Cassino
Passchendaele
France_and_Flanders
Liberation_of_Europe
gptkbp:branch Army
gptkbp:colors Cameron_of_Erracht_tartan
gptkbp:commander Major_General_Sir_Aylmer_Haldane
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1914
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:historicalSignificance participated_in_World_War_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Highland Division
gptkbp:motto The Best of the Best
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Highlanders
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Somme
Battle of Cambrai
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Arras
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:size approximately 15,000 soldiers
gptkbp:type infantry division