Roy Urquhart

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British Army officer human major-general

Roy Urquhart was a British Army major-general best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, particularly in the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944.

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Roy Urquhart canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
major-general ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form: Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Companion of the Order of the Bath

Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Dutch Bronze Lion ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
Virtuti Militari ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
Shepperton ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
St Edmund's School, Canterbury ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
familyName Urquhart ⓘ
fieldOfWork airborne operations ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Major-General ⓘ
hasPartIn defence of Arnhem bridgehead ⓘ
planning of Operation Market Garden ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
nickname Roy ⓘ
notableEvent Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Arnhem

Operation Market Garden ⓘ
notableWork co-author of memoir "Arnhem" ⓘ
command of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem ⓘ
post-war service in British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf British 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 1st Airborne Division

1st Infantry Division ⓘ
51st (Highland) Division ⓘ
positionHeld General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division ⓘ
residence Scotland ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army officer service number (exact number not provided) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Operation Market Garden → commander → Roy Urquhart ⓘ
Urquhart → notableBearer → Roy Urquhart ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → commander → Roy Urquhart ⓘ
1st Infantry Division → notableCommander → Roy Urquhart ⓘ