KING AND HIS TROOPS
ANOTHER INSPECTION DAY (British Official Wireless,) RUGBY, May 22. His Majesty today spent another day with his troops somevzhere in England. He met General Montgqmery and lunched with him and other generals. Later the King decorated General Montgomery’s driver, John Burford, with the Military Medal. A staff officer read the citation, signed by General Montgomery, recording Burford’s bravery in the neighbourhood of Mt. Etna in driving liaison officers on dangerous missions' under fire. The King shook hands with Burford, who said he had been with General Montgomery since El Alamein. The King inspected detachments of the Royal Navy and R.A.F. and also men of the commandos, who lined the route at one point. Walking between them, the King noticed Major Porteous, the Dieppe V.C., and had a talk with him. Beach parties with equipment were also inspected by the King, who at' one point walked for nearly two miles along a road lined on both sides ’with troops.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1944, Page 3
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