Bernard Montgomery Research Paper

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Bernard L. Montgomery, otherwise known as Monty, was a Field Marshal in the British Army. During this time period, Europe and America were in World War II. This essay will discuss Montgomery’s early life, his service during WWI and WWII, his life after his service and his death, along with his identifiers.
On the 17th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1887, in Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Bernard Law Montgomery was born to Maud Farrar Montgomery and Reverend Henry Montgomery. Bernard and his siblings were neglected by their mother; their father, due to his secular status, was often away from home. Because of this, Bernard was an atrocious child. In 1897, he and Harold Montgomery, his brother, went to The King’s School, …show more content…
Unfortunately, Montgomery was shot, by an Axis sniper, through both the right lung and the knee on October 13, 1914. He miraculously survived and was rewarded with the Distinguished Service Order medallion. A year later, he was promoted to Brigade Major; he was in charge of 112th Brigade and 104th Brigade. In 1916, Montgomery was promoted to general staff officer and became a part of the 33rd Division. He was in the Battle of Arras while in this division, and, in 1917, he took part in the Battle of Passchendaele with the IX Corps. It was this time that Montgomery became known for his well-planned …show more content…
The same year the war ended, he managed to be accepted to the Staff College, which was located in Camberley, Surrey, England. He became brigade major of the 17th Infantry Brigade after graduating. The unit fought against the Irish Republican Army during the Anglo-Irish War. In May 1923, Montgomery became a part of the 49th Infantry Division; two years later, he rejoined, as a company commander, the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was promoted to major the same year, in July. In January 1926, he was the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General of the Staff College; he kept this rank for three years. In 1927, Bernard Montgomery married Elizabeth Hobart Carver. Carver was the sister of Major General Percy Hobart; she had two sons from her first marriage. Their names were John and Dick Carver. A year after Bernard and Elizabeth’s marriage, a child, David Montgomery, was born. Montgomery became a brevet lieutenant colonel in 1929. The same year, he yet again returned, as a Commander of Headquarters Company, to 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In 1931, he was made the Commanding Officer of the Battalion; the regiment was serving in British India and Palestine at this time. Montgomery himself was also promoted to substantive lieutenant colonel. He was ranked up to colonel four years later. In 1937, he was the Commanding Officer of the 19th Infantry Brigade. Tragically, Elizabeth
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