Statue

Montgomery statue

Erection date: 6/6/1980

Inscription

{On the front of the integragal bronze plinth:}
Monty, Field Marshal, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO, 1887 - 1976.

{On the back:}
1942 - 44, Commander, 8th Army North Africa & Italy
1944 - 45, C in C, 21st Army Group, North West Europe
1946 - 48, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1951 - 58, Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe

Erected by comrades in arms & friends 

Unveiled by the Queen Mother (photo here).

Site: Montgomery statue (1 memorial)

SW1, Whitehall, Raleigh Green

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Field Marshal Montgomery

Army Commander. Born Bernard Law Montgomery, son of Sir H. H. Montgomery, in ...

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

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