| Caption | Montgomery visiting Canadian troops in the Kleve-Goch sector, Germany, 26 Feb 1945; left to right: Vokes, Crerar, Montgomery, Horrocks, Simonds, Spry, Mathews ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
| Photographer | John Morris | ||||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | ||||||||||||||
| Identification Code | 4700-29 B 14892 | ||||||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 26 Feb 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
| Added Date | 22 Feb 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Licensing | Crown Copyright / Public Domain. According to the Crown Copyright laws of the United Kingdom, copyright protection has expired for photographs created prior to 1 Jun 1957. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Alan says:
7 Mar 2008 03:07:40 AM
He! He! You would have thought some enterprising Sergeant Major would have had the good sense to remove the sign before the picture was taken. I wonder how many Rank and File would have thought- A Mess- was a caption.
7 Mar 2008 03:07:40 AM
He! He! You would have thought some enterprising Sergeant Major would have had the good sense to remove the sign before the picture was taken. I wonder how many Rank and File would have thought- A Mess- was a caption.
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Maj Gen Christopher Vokes (4th Canadian Armoured Division). Gen Harry Crerar (1st Canadian Army). Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery (21st Army Group). Lt Gen Brian Horrocks (XXX British Corps). Lt Gen Guy Simonds (II Canadian Corps). Maj Gen Daniel Spry (3rd Canadian Infantry Division). Maj Gen Albert Matthews (2nd Canadian Infantry Division).