Lieutenant Colonel John Howard

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:admissionFee Documentaries about D-Day
gptkbp:awards Military Cross
gptkbp:battle gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-06-02
gptkbp:celebrates Pegasus Bridge Memorial
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:D_Company,_2nd_Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-03-19
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
The Longest Day
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
gptkbp:famousFor Leading the first assault on D-Day
gptkbp:honors gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant Colonel John Howard
gptkbp:influence Military tactics in airborne operations
gptkbp:influenced Airborne forces development
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:World_War_II_veterans
D-Day planning
Airborne operations history
Military airborne tactics
Allied_military_strategy
British_military_doctrine
British_Army_traditions
Military_leaders_of_World_War_II
Pegasus_Bridge_operation
gptkbp:inspiration Military history studies
gptkbp:involvedIn Operation Market Garden
gptkbp:knownFor D-Day landings
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Hero_of_Pegasus_Bridge
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:John
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Capture_of_Pegasus_Bridge
gptkbp:operations Operation Deadstick
gptkbp:participatedIn D-Day airborne operations
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Commemorated in military history
gptkbp:postWarCareer Civil servant
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:British_government
gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:North_Africa_Campaign
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
Normandy Campaign
Western_Europe_Campaign
gptkbp:serviceYears 1939-1945
gptkbp:spouse Margaret_Howard
gptkbp:unitAwards gptkb:Ox_and_Bucks_Light_Infantry