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Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.London 1887-1976.Hampshire. his father a bishop with prayer in mind but monty's thoughts were war inclined different they were as chalk and cheese with driving ambition and ways to succeed st pauls in london montys chosen school impish and playfull but no bodies fools andhurst academy he eventually went. the warwicks reg-. he began his ascent off to India to assist the raj his five years there he didnt enlarge 1914- he returned to these shores eagerly entering- europe's wars badly wounded in a machine gun tirade. a young medic came to his aidea snipers bullet- hit the medics head falling on monty and instantly dead the young medic monty claimed saved his life as the sniper aimed two years in hospital monty spent then returned- to this ghastly event surviving this war with great valour he then addressed the second world war on dunkirk beaches and on the retreat to blitzgrieg tactics he conceaded defeat learning much- from this traumatic event to african deserts he next was sent a man named rommel was in command ruling the roost in this desert land. methodically assembling all he could get, leaving nothing to chance with this little bet, with set piece tactics and classical war, he relieved gen.rommel of his african tour. now the world looked- with the greatest of awe ,not one more battle- would he lose in this war, like wellington before him- he had found, his own ideas were most profound. alas on D Day he was not selected although on all sides most respected the great american eisenhower, was elected to lead- this finest hour. after the war he settled down. not to far from a hampshire town, he bought a mill on the river wey, In binstead churchyard his body does lay.JB. A Coy 3 para.55/57.