Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
(1887-1976), Field MarshalSitter in 50 portraits
'Monty', as he was nicknamed, served during the First and Second World Wars. He was awarded the DSO after the first Battle of Ypres in 1914, in which he had been left for dead, and continued in active service on the Somme and at Passchendaele. In 1942 he took command of the Eighth Army, and at El Alamein in North Africa he secured victory over General Rommel. He commanded Allied ground forces during the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe, launched in June 1944.
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1945
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L165
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
charcoal; chalk, 1945
NPG 7008(1)
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
charcoal; chalk, 1945
NPG 7008(2)
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1946
NPG P249
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1946
NPG P490(50)
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1954
NPG P250
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
bromide print, 1940s
NPG x35258
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, copied December 1944
NPG x186983
Winston Churchill inspecting the Victory Parade, Berlin
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide print, 21 July 1945
NPG x194064
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frederick Maillard
bromide print, 1946
NPG x135979
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x71999
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x72000
Clement Attlee and Prime Ministers at the Commonwealth Conference
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 11 October 1948
NPG x72001
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97028
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97035
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
cibachrome print, 1952
NPG x68265
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
cibachrome print, 1952
NPG x68266
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
cibachrome print, 1952
NPG x68267
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, April 1967
NPG x21380
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 December 1968
NPG x163248
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