As such he was the principal field commander for the failed airborne attempt to bridge the Rhine at Arnhem and the Allied Rhine crossing. He then continued in command of the 21st Army Group for the rest of the campaign in North West Europe. He was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy. He subsequently commanded the Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy before being given responsibility for planning the D-Day invasion in Normandy. This command included the Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign. He saw action in the First World War, where he was seriously wounded, and during the Second World War he commanded the Eighth Army from August 1942 in the Western Desert until the final Allied victory in Tunisia. Representative Colonel Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps (1947 -1957 )Ĭolonel Commandant, Army Physical Training Corps (1946 -1960 )Ĭolonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment(1947 -1963 )ĭeputy Lieutenant of Southampton (1958–) įield Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO PC ( / m ə n t ˈ ɡ ʌ m ər ɪ ə v ˈ æ l ə m eɪ n / 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed 'Monty' and the 'Spartan General', was a British Army officer. Other foreign awards (listed in main text)Ĭolonel Commandant, Parachute Regiment ( -1956 ) Montgomery wearing his beret with two cap badges.Ĭhief of the Imperial General Staff 1946–1948ĭeputy Supreme Commander Europe of NATO 1951–1958

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