the 1st Airborne Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_1st_Airborne_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:API
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Arnhem
gptkbp:color red and blue
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Airborne_Forces
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Brigadier_James_Martin
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:equipment various airborne vehicles
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1940
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Colchester,_England
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the 1st Airborne Division
gptkbp:insignia parachute wings
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Per_Ardua_ad_Astra
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Red_Devils
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Major_General_Roy_Urquhart
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:previously_known_as gptkb:1st_Parachute_Brigade
gptkbp:role air assault operations
gptkbp:size approximately 2,000 personnel
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:training gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
gptkbp:type airborne forces
gptkbp:website www.army.mod.uk/airborne