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Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
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Nickname(s) "Monty"
"The Spartan General"
Born (1887-11-17)17 November 1887
Kennington, Surrey, England
Died 24 March 1976(1976-03-24) (aged 88)
Alton, Hampshire, England
Buried at Holy Cross Churchyard, Binsted, Hampshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1908–58
Rank Field Marshal
Unit Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Commands held Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–58)
Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1946–48)
British Army of the Rhine (1945–46)
21st Army Group (1944–45)
Eighth Army (1942–43)
South-Eastern Command (1941–42)
XII Corps (1941)
V Corps (1940–41)
II Corps (1940)
3rd Infantry Division (1939–40)
8th Infantry Division (1938–39)
9th Infantry Brigade (1937–38)
1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1931–34)
17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1919)
Battles/wars

First World War
Anglo-Irish War
Arab revolt in Palestine
Second World War

Awards Knight of the Order of the Garter
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (9)
Other work Colonel Commandant, Royal Tank Regiment
Colonel Commandant, Parachute Regiment (−1956)
Representative Colonel Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps (1947–1957)
Colonel Commandant, Army Physical Training Corps (1946–1960)
Colonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment(1947–1963)
Deputy Lieutenant of Southampton (1958–)
Signature Bernard Montgomery Signature.svg

First World War
Anglo-Irish War
Arab revolt in Palestine
Second World War

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (/məntˈɡʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.

He saw action in the First World War as a junior officer of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper, during the First Battle of Ypres. He returned to the Western Front as a general staff officer and took part in the Battle of Arras in April/May 1917. He also took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in late 1917 before finishing the war as chief of staff of the 47th (2nd London) Division.


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