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 Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 December 1968
NPG x163249
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82079
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, July 1939
NPG x163247
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
copy negative, copied December 1941
NPG x4647
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 8 October 1947
NPG x189090
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 8 October 1947
NPG x189091
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 8 October 1947
NPG x189092
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 8 October 1947
NPG x27463
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97029
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97030
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97031
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97032
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97033
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
whole-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97034
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97036
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97037
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 22 March 1948
NPG x97038
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, September 1954
NPG x136186
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
probably by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage snapshot print, September 1954
NPG x136189
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
probably by Virginia Surtees
vintage colour snapshot print, September 1955
NPG x136162
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