Major John Howard
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Major John Howard was a British Army officer renowned for leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major John Howard canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069467 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Major John Howard Context triple: [Pegasus Bridge, assaultLedBy, Major John Howard]
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Colonel Richard Cantwell
Colonel Richard Cantwell is the aging, war-scarred U.S. Army officer who serves as the reflective and melancholic protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "Across the River and Into the Trees."
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Major James Abbott
Major James Abbott was a 19th-century British army officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing and giving his name to the city of Abbottabad in present-day Pakistan.
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Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
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Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
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Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Major John Howard Target entity description: Major John Howard was a British Army officer renowned for leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings in World War II.
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A.
Colonel Richard Cantwell
Colonel Richard Cantwell is the aging, war-scarred U.S. Army officer who serves as the reflective and melancholic protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "Across the River and Into the Trees."
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B.
Major James Abbott
Major James Abbott was a 19th-century British army officer and colonial administrator best known for establishing and giving his name to the city of Abbottabad in present-day Pakistan.
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C.
Major John Frost
Major John Frost was a distinguished British Army officer and paratroop commander in the Second World War, best known for his leadership during airborne operations such as the Battle of Arnhem.
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D.
Colonel Smith
Colonel Smith was a British military officer who played a leading role in the First Anglo-Mysore War against the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century.
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E.
Colonel Alexander Bliss
Colonel Alexander Bliss was a 19th-century American editor and publisher best known for requesting and preserving one of the authoritative manuscript copies of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance |
British Crown
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Airborne Forces
ⓘ
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Service Order
ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form:
French Croix de Guerre
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
French Légion d'honneur
Military Cross ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Normandy
ⓘ
Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Capture of Pegasus Bridge
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| commanded | D Company, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Howard ⓘ |
| fullName | John Howard ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | military history subject ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Major ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | airborne operations in Normandy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Pegasus Bridge museum area
ⓘ
surface form:
Pegasus Bridge Museum
|
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryOperation |
D-Day
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surface form:
D-Day landings
Operation Tonga ⓘ Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Pegasus Bridge assault
|
| militaryTactic | glider-borne assault ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | 6 June 1944 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge
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participation in the D-Day landings ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld | company commander in airborne assault on Pegasus Bridge ⓘ |
| rank |
Lieutenant Colonel
ⓘ
Major ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | British Army officer service (number not specified) ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | secured key bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne on D-Day ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
books on Pegasus Bridge
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documentaries about D-Day airborne operations ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Western Front of World War II
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surface form:
Western Front in World War II
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Subject: Major John Howard Description of subject: Major John Howard was a British Army officer renowned for leading the glider-borne coup de main operation to capture Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day landings in World War II.
Referenced by (4)
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