LC control no. | n 50004022 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976 |
Variant(s) | Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of, 1887-1976 Montgomery, Bernard Law, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976 Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount, 1887-1976 Monty, 1887-1976 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Associated place | Alamayn, Egypt |
Birth date | 1887-11-17 |
Death date | 1976-03-24 |
Place of birth | Kennington London, England |
Place of death | Isington, England |
Field of activity | Command of troops lcsh |
Affiliation | Great Britain. Army Great Britain. Army. Army, Eighth Great Britain. Army. British Army of the Rhine |
Profession or occupation | Soldiers Armed forces--Officers |
Found in | Grimley, E. The big six, 1944. Debrett's peer., bar... 72-73, p. 791 (Montgomery of Alamein, Viscount (Montgomery.) (Viscount U.K. 1946) Bernard Law Montgomery; b. 1887) Horne, A. Monty, c1994: CIP t.p. (Monty) galley (Bernard Law Montgomery) Wikipedia, viewed 14 March 2013 (Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO PC; 17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976. Born in Kennington, London. Died at his home Isington Mill, Isington near Alton, HampshireDuring the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army; in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy; later Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine, then Chief of the Imperial General Staff [head of the British Army]) |
Associated language | eng |