Monty 1
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery ( BLM ) (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) suffered from "an overbearing conceit and an uncontrollable urge for self-promotion." General Hastings Ismay, who was at the time Winston Churchill's chief staff officer and trusted military adviser, once stated of Montgomery: "I have come to the conclusion that his love of publicity is a disease, like alcoholism or taking drugs, and that it sends him equally mad”
There was always a photographer in the background, he was always willing to participate in any publicity opportunity, whether in Ireland in 1921, where he was brigade major in the 17th Infantry Brigade stationed in County Cork, Ireland, carrying out counter-insurgency operations during the final stages of the Irish War of Independence, or on taking command of the Eighth Army in Africa on 13 August 1942, he was always willing to pose for the camera.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton for photo of re enactor Monty, nationlinfantrymuseum.org and National Library of Ireland for background photos )
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Monty 1
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery ( BLM ) (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) suffered from "an overbearing conceit and an uncontrollable urge for self-promotion." General Hastings Ismay, who was at the time Winston Churchill's chief staff officer and trusted military adviser, once stated of Montgomery: "I have come to the conclusion that his love of publicity is a disease, like alcoholism or taking drugs, and that it sends him equally mad”
There was always a photographer in the background, he was always willing to participate in any publicity opportunity, whether in Ireland in 1921, where he was brigade major in the 17th Infantry Brigade stationed in County Cork, Ireland, carrying out counter-insurgency operations during the final stages of the Irish War of Independence, or on taking command of the Eighth Army in Africa on 13 August 1942, he was always willing to pose for the camera.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton for photo of re enactor Monty, nationlinfantrymuseum.org and National Library of Ireland for background photos )
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