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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

(1887-1976), Field Marshal

Sitter 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.

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Sir John Colville; Virginia Surtees; Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Lady Meg Colville

probably by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, circa 1955
NPG x136163

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'Weekend with Field Marshal Montgomery'

by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, 3-4 September 1955
NPG x136187

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'Weekend with Field Marshal Montgomery'

by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage colour snapshot print, 3-4 September 1955
NPG x136188

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, September 1955
NPG x136232

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Sir (Henry) Ashley Clarke
vintage snapshot print, January 1956
NPG x136185

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, January 1956
NPG x136190

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Virginia Surtees
vintage snapshot print, January 1956
NPG x136191

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein with two unknown men

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, circa 1956
NPG x136221

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide print
NPG x21379

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