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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → human → major-general →
allegiance	United Kingdom →
awardReceived	Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Companion of the Order of the Bath → Distinguished Service Order → Dutch Bronze Lion → Military Cross → Virtuti Militari →
birthPlace	England → Shepperton → Surrey →
conflict	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	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	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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Infantry Division → Operation Market Garden →	commander
Urquhart →	notableBearer
1st Infantry Division →	notableCommander