Major-General Sir Percy Hobart

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1885-06-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:India
gptkbp:burialPlace St. Mark's Churchyard, Normandy, Guildford, Surrey
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:11th_Armoured_Division
gptkb:79th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate 1957-02-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkb:Clifton_College
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Percy_Cleghorn_Stanley_Hobart
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major-General Sir Percy Hobart
gptkbp:influenced British armoured doctrine
development of D-Day armoured vehicles
gptkbp:knownFor development of specialized armoured vehicles
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Major-General
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname Hobo
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Hobart's_Funnies
armoured warfare
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:parent Janet Hobart
Robert T. Hobart
gptkbp:publishedIn The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson
Millicent Fawcett
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Ethel_Vaughan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:3rd_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7