1st Airlanding Brigade

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British Army formation airborne infantry brigade

The 1st Airlanding Brigade was a British airborne infantry formation of glider-borne troops that saw notable action during World War II, including in the Battle of Arnhem.

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Label	Occurrences
1st Airlanding Brigade canonical	6

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ airborne infantry brigade ⓘ
allegiance	Allies of World War II ⓘ
branchType	airborne forces ⓘ
conflict	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arnhem Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Operation Ladbroke ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn	1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst	Nazi Germany ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
formedIn	1941 ⓘ
garrison	United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Major-General George F. Hopkinson ⓘ surface form: Brigadier George F. Hopkinson Brigadier Philip Hicks ⓘ
notableEngagement	Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arnhem Operation Ladbroke ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ
notableFor	defence of Arnhem bridgehead ⓘ glider-borne infantry assaults ⓘ
notableOperation	Operation Ladbroke ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ
parentFormation	British airborne forces ⓘ surface form: Airborne Forces, United Kingdom
participatedIn	Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Battle of Arnhem invasion of Sicily ⓘ
partOf	1st Airborne Division ⓘ British Army ⓘ
role	airlanding infantry ⓘ glider-borne troops ⓘ
service	British airborne forces ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateUnit	1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery ⓘ 1st Airlanding Brigade Defence Platoon ⓘ 1st Airlanding Brigade Defence Platoon ⓘ surface form: 1st Airlanding Brigade Headquarters 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ 1st Battalion, Border Regiment ⓘ 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment ⓘ King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) ⓘ surface form: 7th (Galloway) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II
typeOfTransport	military glider ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British 1st Airborne Division → includedUnit → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ

1st Airborne Division → componentUnit → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge captured and later temporarily lost → involvedMilitaryUnit → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ

1st Airlanding Brigade Defence Platoon → partOf → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ

Brigadier Philip Hicks → commanded → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip Hicks

Ponte Grande bridge → keyObjectiveFor → 1st Airlanding Brigade ⓘ