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My Grandfather's World War 2 photo album
My grandfather, Ernest Harwood (1910-1991), was
Field Marshal Montgomery's personal clerk during much of the second world war (amongst other things, he typed
out the orders for the battle of El Alamein). His personal photo album gives a valuable look inside the workings of the Desert Rats,
and contains images of many significant players. Some pictures are War Office, given to my grandfather by Montgomery, and others are his own snaps.
Where possible, I have
reproduced his photographs as they exist in his album, with his original, handwritten titles.
Copyright notice
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| King George VI and Monty, outside Portsmouth, May 1944 |
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| Sir Francis de Guingand fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Major General Sir Francis de Guingand with a fine catch of salmon, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Major General Sir Francis de Guingand fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Cpl Alfred Lawrence (RRRC), batman to Maj Gen Sir Francis de Guingand, Sicily, 1943 |
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| (L to R) de Guingand, Tedder, Portal, Broadhurst, and Coningham, Brussels, 1945 |
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| King George VI with Montgomery, May 1944 |
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| King George VI with Montgomery, May 1944 |
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| General Marshall and Admiral King visit General Eisenhower, 1944 |
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| 21st Army Group HQ, Brussells, 1944-45 |
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| Brussells, 1944 |
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| General Montgomery with Maj Gen de Guingand and Brig Graham, Vasto, Italy, 1943 |
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| My grandfather at Burg-el-Arab, midway between Alexandria and El Alamein, August 1942 |
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| My grandfather, Ernest Harwood, near the pyramids, Cairo, 1941 |
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| Churchill with Montgomery, Sir Alan Brooke (far left) and FM Jan Smuts, June 1944 (War Office) |
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| General Montgomery with his generals, a week after the Normandy landings (War Office) |
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| General Dempsey with ACM Broadhurst shortly before the crossing of the Rhine (War Office) |
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| General Montgomery, no date or caption (War Office) |
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| Monty fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| General Montgomery fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Major General Sir Francis de Guingand fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Cpl Alfred Lawrence, de Guingand's batman, right. Cpl Reeves centre, batman to Maj Gen Graham |
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| The shield Montgomery carried on the back of his caravan |
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| King George VI with Montgomery, May 1944 |
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| General Marshall and Admiral King visit General Eisenhower, probably Normandy, 1944 |
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| General Marshall and General Eisenhower, probably Normandy, July 1944 |
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| 8th Army HQ, August 1942. My grandfather is second from the right, back row |
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| Major General Sir Francis de Guingand, Chief of Staff to General Montgomery |
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| Monty with de Guingand with Brigs Hornby and Graham, and my grandfather (right), Vasto, Italy, 1943 |
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| Monty with de Guingand, Brig Hornby and my grandfather (back), Vasto, Italy, 1943 |
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| Monty and de Guingand with Brigadiers Hornby and Graham, Vasto, Italy, 1943 |
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| My grandfather near the Chief of Staff's tent, on the white sands of Burg-el-Arab, August 1942 |
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| First anniversary of Alamein. My grandfather is bottom left, with a fractured shoulder |
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| General Montgomery with Major General Sir Francis de Guingand (War Office) |
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| Monty with de Guingand (War Office) |
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| Monty on leave, Scotland, 1944 |
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| General Montgomery fishing, Scotland, 1944 |
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| Montgomery talks to the 15(8) Division (War Office) |
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| Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham, Air Chief Marshal Tedder and Lord Portal |
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| As above, Coningham, Broadhurst, Tedder and Portal |
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| King George with Montgomery, 21st Army Group HQ, near Portsmouth, May 1944 |
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| King George VI with Montgomery, May 1944 |
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| King George VI with Montgomery, May 1944 |
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| General Marshall, Admiral King and General Eisenhower (back), 1944 |
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| Sgt Spencer Elliott, Burg-el-Arab, August 1942 |
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| My grandfather, Ernest Harwood, at the base of the pyramid, near Cairo, March 1941 |
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| Churchill with Montgomery over lunch |
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| Ernest Harwood in Vasto, Italy, 1943 (de Guingand's caravan is at the top of the hill) |
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| Scene in tent, Italy, October 23, 1943. Fisrt anniversary of Battle of Alamein |
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| Scene in tent, first anniversary of Battle of Alamein |
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| General Montgomery, no date or caption (War Office) |
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| Montgomery with his generals. No date or caption (War Office) |
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| Sir Robert H. Haining (Intendant General, Middle East), 1941 |
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