- Born
- November 17, 1887
- Died
- March 24, 1976 (aged 88)
- Known as
- military officer, writer, politician, Generalfeldmarschall
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the Second World War.
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