Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO

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Montgomery is shown in battle dress, wearing a beret with two decorations. He is standing ‘at ease’, legs apart, and hands clasped behind his back. He is on a low bronze base, with a concave front bearing the main inscription.
Title

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887–1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO

Date

1977–1979

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

SW1A_TJ_S032

Work type

Statue

Custodian

English Heritage

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

6th June 1980

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

at the back of the base: Morris / Singer / Founders / London

Inscription description

front plinth panel: MONTY / FIELD MARSHAL / VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY / OF ALAMEIN / KG . GCB. DSO 1887 - 1976; rear plinth panel: 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

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Located at

Whitehall, Westminster

SW1A 2ET

Set at the south-west corner of the lawn in front of the Ministry of Defence, facing onto Whitehall.