SIR BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY
Name:Bernard Law Montgomery
Born:17 November 1887
Died: 24 March 1976
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG,
GCB, DSO, PC ( 17 November 1887-24 March 1976),
often referred to as "Monty", was a British Army officer. He successfully
commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in
the Western Desert Campaign during World War II, and troops under his command
were partially responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa.
He was later a prominent commander in Italy and North-West Europe, where he was
in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord until after the
Battle of Normandy.
Montgomery was born in Kennington, London in 1887, the fourth child of nine, to
an Anglo-Irish Anglican priest, Rev. Henry Montgomery. The Montgomery family
came from Moville, County Donegal, near Derry, and maintained their home, New
Park, there. Montgomery considered himself Irish and a County Donegal man.[1] In
1889, the family moved with his father when he was made Bishop of Tasmania. His
father was kind, but ineffectual in the house, and often away on missionary work.
His mother, ill-tempered, allowed her husband 10 shillings a week from his
salary and beat her children. Montgomery said that he had an unhappy childhood,
often clashing with his mother and becoming the black sheep of the family to
such an extent that he declined to go to his mother's funeral. His father died
at Moville in 1932.
Name:Bernard Law Montgomery
Born:17 November 1887
Died: 24 March 1976
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG,
GCB, DSO, PC ( 17 November 1887-24 March 1976),
often referred to as "Monty", was a British Army officer. He successfully
commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in
the Western Desert Campaign during World War II, and troops under his command
were partially responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa.
He was later a prominent commander in Italy and North-West Europe, where he was
in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord until after the
Battle of Normandy.
Montgomery was born in Kennington, London in 1887, the fourth child of nine, to
an Anglo-Irish Anglican priest, Rev. Henry Montgomery. The Montgomery family
came from Moville, County Donegal, near Derry, and maintained their home, New
Park, there. Montgomery considered himself Irish and a County Donegal man.[1] In
1889, the family moved with his father when he was made Bishop of Tasmania. His
father was kind, but ineffectual in the house, and often away on missionary work.
His mother, ill-tempered, allowed her husband 10 shillings a week from his
salary and beat her children. Montgomery said that he had an unhappy childhood,
often clashing with his mother and becoming the black sheep of the family to
such an extent that he declined to go to his mother's funeral. His father died
at Moville in 1932.