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Name: MONTGOMERY, Brian Frederick (Col.) MBE

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Nee: bro of Harold and younger bro of Montgomery of Alamein

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1903 Chiswick, London

Death Date: 14 May 1989 Chelsea, London

First Date: 1928

Profession: Served with 3 KAR between 1928-32

Area: Nairobi

Married: In Westminster 1 Apr 1944 Barbara Peggy Hincks b. 8 Oct 1908 Sileby, Lincs., d. 17 Aug 1983 London (prev. m. to John Frederick Donald MacNeece)

Author: A Fieldmarshal in the Family, 1973

Book Reference: Rhino Link 3, Red 31, Tales of Dark

School: St Paul's, RMC Sandhurst

General Information:

Tales of Dark - Posted to Wajir by KAR in 1928. Had to take one year's supply of tinned food etc. Went to the firm of Jacobs in Nairobi, the only departmental store of any size. 36 tins of sausages, 21 pairs of socks, Eno's fruit salts etc.
Custom in Wajir he found rather strange aged 23. Acquiring the services of a Somali girl friend sometimes referred to as 'sleeping dictionaries'. His grandfather, Sir Robert Montgomery was Lt. Gov. of the Punjab just after the Indian Mutiny. His father was born in Cawnpore, entered the church and became Bishop of Tasmania. An uncle was a Commissioner in Kenya, his eldest brother ended up as Chief Native Commissioner in Kenya. He was the last of 9 children and joined KAR and later transferred to Indian Army.

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