Key Information
Reference code
O'CONNOR 11/4
Title
Papers, 1945-1976, relating to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, chiefly press cuttings
Date(s)
- 1967 - 1976 (Creation)
- 1958 (Creation)
- 1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
113pp
Scope and content
Papers relating to FM Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, including articles in Life magazine (10 Nov 1958); Sunday Times (10 Sep 1967); Radio Times (12 Oct 1967); and Sunday Times (2 May 1976); O'Connor's comments on his military career; reviews of Montgomery as Military Commander (Batsford, London, 1971) by Ronald Lewin and Montgomery of Alamein (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1976) by Alun Chalfont; and obituaries and appreciations including The Times, Evening Standard, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, following his death on 23 Mar 1976. 113pp