- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBernard Law Montgomery
- Nicknames
- Monty
- The Spartan General
- Height1.70 m
- Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO PC DL (17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976 Alton) was a British military officer during World War II sometimes referred to as "Monty". He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He married Elizabeth Carver and had a son, named David.
He fought in the First World War, where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and was shot twice, one in the chest, staying 3 hours on the battlefield until he was taken out and treated. During the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Montgomery was the commanding officer of County Cork, Ireland, the largest county in the area. This conflict was notable for its ferocity and the reprisals carried out by UK forces. He was promoted to general in 1938. During the campaign in France in 1940, he commanded one of the British divisions, and evacuated at Dunkirk.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseElizabeth Hobart Carver(July 27, 1927 - October 19, 1937) (her death, 1 child)
- ParentsHenry Hutchinson MontgomeryMaud Farrar
- Wore a black beret with two badges.
- Exceptionally sarcastic manner of speaking.
- For his victory against the Axis forces led by the German General Erwin Rommel in North Africa at the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942, he was named First Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
- Was the honorary chairman of the English football team Portsmouth FC, a club he took to follow as his own while his HQ was posted near the city of Portsmouth during WW2.
- The son of an Anglican bishop, he did not smoke, drink, or swear.
- British Army Field Marshall.
- [refusing alcohol offered to him by Winston Churchill] Never touch the stuff. Don't drink, don't smoke--and I'm 100% fit!
- [to Dwight D. Eisenhower who had just lit a cigarette] I don't permit smoking in my office.
- The African is a complete savage and is quite incapable of developing the country himself.
- We should have no nonsense with the United Nations Organisation about Tanganyika; it should be absorbed into the British bosom.
- There is an increasing social and political consciousness developing in the African peoples; this is a very great potential danger and must be watched ... Already Communist agents are active in all parts of Africa and they are exploiting to the full the lack of any uniform native policy throughout the British territories. Every Colony, as well as the Union of South Africa, has different native laws. This situation is a menace.
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