LORD MONTGOMERY POSES FOR “THE PRESS” PHOTOGRAPHER. —Group pictures taken by a photographer of “The Press” at the request of Field-Marshal Montgomery. When the photographer was being forcibly removed by a constable to the outskirts of the crowd gathered on Wednesday at the junction of the Lewis Pass highway and the Hamner Springs road, Lord Montgomery broke off his chat to the crowd to intervene and have the photographer brought back. Lord Montgomery personally directed the position on the front of his car from where the photographer could work, and he invited the sisters and nurses from the military hospital to be photographed with him. Next he asked the children present to gather round and have their picture taken.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25245, 25 July 1947, Page 8
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119LORD MONTGOMERY POSES FOR “THE PRESS” PHOTOGRAPHER.—Group pictures taken by a photographer of “The Press” at the request of Field-Marshal Montgomery. When the photographer was being forcibly removed by a constable to the outskirts of the crowd gathered on Wednesday at the junction of the Lewis Pass highway and the Hamner Springs road, Lord Montgomery broke off his chat to the crowd to intervene and have the photographer brought back. Lord Montgomery personally directed the position on the front of his car from where the photographer could work, and he invited the sisters and nurses from the military hospital to be photographed with him. Next he asked the children present to gather round and have their picture taken. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25245, 25 July 1947, Page 8
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