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Title:GENERAL BERNARD L MONTGOMERY'S VISIT TO 8TH ARMOURED BRIGADE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 308
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Eighth Army Commander inspects various units under the command of Brigadier Custance, west of Marble Arch, Libya and presents medals.
Description: Lieutenant-Colonel J A Eadie, Commanding Officer of the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) and Brigadier Custance Commanding the 8th Armoured Brigade greet General Montgomery, Eighth Army Commander. They explain the tactics of the battle exercise to him. Montgomery inspecting and enquiring of the experiences of the crew of Lieutenant-Colonel Eadie's tank. He talks to Lieutenant-Colonel R Hoare of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery. Montgomery standing with Lieutenant-Colonel Eadie on a General Grant tank watching the shoot. Montgomery, Eadie and Custance watch the anti-tank guns of the 65th Anti-Tank Regiment put up a barrage. Montgomery with Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare inspecting officers and men of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery. He talks to some of them about their experiences in recent campaigns. He walks towards the parade of men who are to be decorated. He decorates Lieutenant-Colonel E O Kellett of the Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry and also Lieutenant-Colonel G H G Smith-Dorrien of the 1st Battalion, the Buffs with the DSO. He decorates Captain J W Macmillan of the Royal Army Medical Corps with the Military Cross. He decorates Second Lieutenant P Ross of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment with the Military Cross and Sergeant H Hughes of the 1st Battalion, the Buffs with the Military Medal. He inspects and talks to the escort of the decoration parade, composed of men of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Barnes, P A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Montgomery, Bernard Law (person)
Custance, Edward Cecil Neville (person)
Eadie, James Alastair (person)
Hoare, Robert Rawdon (person)
Smith-Dorrien, Grenfell Horace Gerald (person)
Kellett, Edward Orlando (person)
British Army, Eighth Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) (regiment/service)
British Army, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (regiment/service)
British Army, 8th Armoured Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 65th Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
British Army, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Marble Arch, Libya (geography)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)