Statue of the Viscount Montgomery, London
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Statue of the Viscount Montgomery | |
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Artist | Oscar Nemon |
Year | 1980 |
Subject | Bernard Montgomery |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
51°30′12″N 0°07′33″W / 51.50331°N 0.12578°W |
The statue of Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is located outside the Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Oscar Nemon[1] and stands alongside statues of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
Description
The bronze plinth's front reads: "Monty, Field Marshal, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO, 1887–1976." The back reads:[2]
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
References
- ^ Hope, Christopher (21 October 2009). "The only man who could get Winston Churchill to do as he was told". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Statue: Montgomery statue". London Remembers. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
External links
- Media related to Statue of Bernard Montgomery, Whitehall, London at Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Nemon supervising the installation of his statue of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, National Portrait Gallery
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