MONTGOMERY, Sir Bernard Law, Viscount (1887-1976). Field Marshal.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to the editor of the Portsmouth Evening News, 2 pages 4to (one bearing received notation), Isington Mill, Alton, Hampshire, 1969. Both letters postponing appointments, one for the newspaper's photographer and the other a reporter coming for an interview.

'... I have not been too well recently. ...'

Montgomery was growing progressively weaker. The previous year, he had collapsed in mid-ceremony when carrying the Sword of State during the state opening of parliament.
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