The Royal Tank Regiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Canadian_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Armoured_Corps
gptkbp:awardedFreedomOfTheCity gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:City_of_London
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:Blackpool
gptkb:Bovington
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Cambrai_1917
gptkb:El_Alamein
gptkb:Iraq_2003
gptkb:Normandy_1944
gptkb:Somme_1916
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature black beret
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Challenger_2_tank
gptkbp:established 1916
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Tidworth_Camp
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Royal Tank Regiment
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
gptkbp:motto Fear Naught
gptkbp:nickname The Tankies
gptkbp:notableCommander Field Marshal Sir John Dill
General Sir Hugh Elles
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Tank_Corps
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Armoured_Corps
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:King_Charles_III
gptkbp:regiment Royal Tank Regiment Association
gptkbp:regimentalChapel St Peter upon Cornhill, London
gptkbp:regimentalColour black
brown
green
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia Tank with laurel wreath and crown
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:My_Boy_Willie
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:The_Tank_Museum,_Bovington
gptkbp:role Armoured warfare
gptkbp:website https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-armoured-corps/royal-tank-regiment/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Telic_(Iraq)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8