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Colleville-Montgomery
Calvados
Basse-Normandie

Rue de la Mer / Rue de Riva-Bella

Bernard Montgomery

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Kennington 1887 - Alton 1976
Anglo-Irish British Army officer
(Wikipedia)

Vivien Mallock
1996

Colleville-Montgomery / Bernard Montgomery

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

MONTY
field marshal
viscount montgomery
of alamein

commander in chief
allied land forces
normandy 1944

this monument was erected by
the normandy veterans association
and
the people of colleville montgomery

ce monument a été élevé par
l'association britannique des
anciens combattants de normandie
et
les habitants de colleville montgomery

unveiled 6 june 1996
by
hrh prince michael of kent

Signed: VM 96

Sculptor

Vivien Mallock, British sculptor (Website).

Locatie (N 49°17'26" - W 0°16'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn030; Photograph: 25 May 2012
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