Montgomery (Bernard Law, 1887-1976). British Field Marshal of World War II. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Montgomery of Alamein', Gstaad, Switzerland, 1 February 1959, in reply to L.A. Ingle concerning a family enquiry and chance encounter by Ingle with one Colonel Montgomery in 1910 while sailing home from East Africa, 'Colonel Montgomery was my uncle... he started life in the Gordon Highlanders. His daughter in the picture is Daisy Montgomery - now Lady Thomas, wife of Sir Shenton Thomas who was Governor of Singapore when the Japs marched in. He and Lady Thomas were prisoners of the Japanese for the rest of the war', concluding by saying that Lady Thomas would be interested to see the snapshot, giving her London address and noting that Colonel Montgomery had died some years ago, one page, 4to, written to the verso of the Typed Letter Signed from Mr Ingle, 27 January 1959, to which Montgomery's letter is a response, together with the aforementioned snapshot (10.5 x 8 cm), showing Colonel Montgomery with his daughter Daisy and a lion cub on board ship, plus the original envelope inscribed by Montgomery to Ingle, somewhat spotted and frayed and stamp removed
Montgomery (Bernard Law, 1887-1976). British Field Marshal of World War II. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Montgomery of Alamein', Gstaad, Switzerland, 1 February 1959, in reply to L.A. Ingle concerning a family enquiry and chance encounter by Ingle with one Colonel Montgomery in 1910 while sailing home from East Africa, 'Colonel Montgomery was my uncle... he started life in the Gordon Highlanders. His daughter in the picture is Daisy Montgomery - now Lady Thomas, wife of Sir Shenton Thomas who was Governor of Singapore when the Japs marched in. He and Lady Thomas were prisoners of the Japanese for the rest of the war', concluding by saying that Lady Thomas would be interested to see the snapshot, giving her London address and noting that Colonel Montgomery had died some years ago, one page, 4to, written to the verso of the Typed Letter Signed from Mr Ingle, 27 January 1959, to which Montgomery's letter is a response, together with the aforementioned snapshot (10.5 x 8 cm), showing Colonel Montgomery with his daughter Daisy and a lion cub on board ship, plus the original envelope inscribed by Montgomery to Ingle, somewhat spotted and frayed and stamp removed
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