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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.
Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery with his only son David. Montgomery was the only child of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, a senior military commander in the Second World War, and his wife Elizabeth Carver, née Hobart. [2] [3] He had two older half brothers from his mother's previous marriage, John and Dick ...
The viscountcy was created in 1946 for the military commander Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, [1] commemorating his crucial victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–3 November 1942) (named after a minor railway halt marking the allied defence line), which sealed the fate of Rommel's famed Afrika Korps.
The bronze plinth's front reads: "Monty, Field Marshal, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO, 1887–1976." The back reads: [2] 1942–44, Commander, 8th Army North Africa & Italy 1944–45, C in C, 21st Army Group, North West Europe 1946–48, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1951–58, Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe
It was at Timeloberg on 4 May 1945 that a German delegation headed by General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg signed the unconditional surrender of German forces in the north German region, in the presence of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
Tipped as a favourite to win by observers on the day was Trooper Ethan Jeffery, 25, from Ashford, Kent, who rode MWH Montgomery – named after the famous field marshal. Montgomery was the first ...
Meyrick Edward Clifton James (April 1898 – 5 May 1963) was an actor and soldier, with a resemblance to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery which was used by British intelligence as part of a deception campaign during the Second World War.
Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery personally awarded him the British Military Medal about a week later. [ 4 ] July 2023, Memorial Brick, National Museum of the United States Army , Fort Belvoir, VA November 2024, Philip's Grave, East Brunswick, NJ