British Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery (Montgomery of Alamein) who commenced the drive at El Alamein that ultimately drove Rommel from North Africa. Also involved in the invasions of Sicily and France. Typed on his letterhead, ‘Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein’, to Jeffrey Herman in Ceylon. A notable letter, signed ‘yrs ever Montgomery of Alamein’ in Paris, Dec. 12, 1952 with original mailing envelope.