He also took part in the Battle of Passchendaele in late 1917 before finishing the war as chief of staff of the 47th (2nd London) Division. On returning to the Western Front as a general staff officer, he took part in the Battle of Arras in April–May 1917. At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper, during the First Battle of Ypres. Montgomery first saw action in the First World War as a junior officer of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. ˈ æ l ə m eɪ n/ 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed " Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War. ![]() ![]() From the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 20 December 1969 įield Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL ( / m ə n t ˈ ɡ ʌ m ər i .
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