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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/ m ə n t ˈ ɡ ʌ m ər i ... ˈ æ l ə m eɪ n / ; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed " Monty ", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War , the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War .
Bernard Montgomery, nicknamed "Monty", was born into an Ulster Scots 'Ascendancy' family from Inishowen, from a line of Scottish Montgomerys who settled in Ulster in the north of Ireland in 1628. During the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, Montgomery commanded the British Eighth Army from August 1942, through the Second Battle ...
The Montgomery family or de Montgomerie is a prominent family of Anglo-Norman origin, belonging to both French and British nobility. At the turn of the 12th century, the family was one of the leading families, with Robert de Bellême being the wealthiest and most powerful magnate in England and Normandy. [1] The House was succeeded by the House ...
In 1953, The Hon. David Montgomery, as he was then, married Mary Connell. They divorced in 1967 after having a son and a daughter: [6] Henry David Montgomery, 3rd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (2 April 1954): he married Caroline Jane Odey on 21 June 1980. They have three daughters: The Honourable Alexa Maud Montgomery (30 August 1984)
Montgomery, Bernard L. (1958). The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. London: Collins. OCLC 1059556308. Rostron, Peter (2010). The Military Life and Times of General Sir Miles Dempsey, GBE KCB DSO MC: Monty's Army Commander. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84468-488-5. OCLC 762342436. Smart, Nick (2005).
The northern pincer was formed of Canadian forces, part of British General Sir Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group. On 13 August 1944, concerned that American troops would clash with Canadian forces advancing from the north-west, Bradley overrode Patton's orders for a further push north towards Falaise, while ordering Major General Wade H ...
Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred "Freddie" de Guingand, KBE, CB, DSO (28 February 1900 – 29 June 1979) was a British Army officer who served as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's chief of staff from the Second Battle of El Alamein until the end of the Second World War. He played an important diplomatic role in sustaining relations ...
In the 19th century the Irish Morres family highlighted a claim to descent from the Montmorency family. Morres descendants persisted in asserting the connection, obtaining a Royal license to change their name, [2] despite objections expressed in the 1860s by undisputed descendants of the Montmorency family in France. [citation needed]