Monty's Commando bodyguard, Normandy, June 1944
Field Marshal Montgomery surrounded by, at the time, his personal Commando bodyguard.
Front row(on ground): all unknown.
Second row (seated) left to right: u/k; u/k; u/k; Sgt Freddie Rhead, No6 Cdo; Capt H Ryan, No6 Cdo; Field Marshal B Montgomery; Capt Len Coulson, No4 Cdo; L/Sgt Terence Wakely, No6 Cdo; u/k; L/Cpl Joe E Humphreys, No6Cdo.
Third row (standing): u/k; u/k; Spr J 'Big Bill' Scott, No6 Cdo;the rest unknown.
Rear row: Cpl H F Elliot, No6 Cdo; L/Cpl H R Winrow, No6 Cdo; u/k; u/k; Pte Les Mapstone, No6 Cdo; u/k; u/k; u/k.
Photo from a collection at Inverary Castle and courtesy of the Duke of Argyll. My thanks to Jim Brown (Inverary Castle Esates Office) for his help, and to Pete Dunlop who photographed the collection for the CVA. Posted by Pete R
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Correction of detail
Andrew Mapstone informed us that his father's name had been spelled wrong - corrected to Mapstone, 05 Jan 2014
Posted by Nick Collins on Sun 05 Jan 2014 18:21:06 EST
Adele Crossley has had it confirmed by her Grandmother (who has the same picture) that the man sat directly in front of Montgomery is her Grandfather Wilfred Moore.
Posted by Geoff Murray on Fri 30 Sep 2011 21:17:24 EDT