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==Honours and awards== [[File:Coat of Arms of Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL.png|thumb|Arms of Montgomery: ''Azure two lions passant guardant between three fleur-de-lis two in chief and one in base and two trefoils in fess all or.'']] * [[Viscountcy]] as ''[[Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Montgomery of Alamein]]'' (UK, January 1946)<ref name=viscount/> * [[Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter]] (UK, 1946)<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=37807|page=5945|supp=y|date=3 December 1946}}</ref> * [[Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath]] (UK, 1945)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37119|page=2935|supp=y|date=8 June 1945}}</ref> KCB – 11 November 1942,<ref name="KCB+Gen">{{London Gazette|issue=35782|page=4917|supp=y|date=10 November 1942}}</ref> CB – 11 July 1940<ref name=cb>{{London Gazette|issue=34893|page=4244|supp=y|date=9 July 1940}}</ref> * [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]] (UK, 1914)<ref name="DSO"/> * [[Mentioned in Despatches]] (UK, 17 February 1915, 4 January 1917, 11 December 1917, 20 May 1918, 20 December 1918, 5 July 1919, 15 July 1939, 24 June 1943,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36065|page=2853|supp=y|date=22 June 1943}}</ref> 13 January 1944<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36327|page=258|supp=y|date=11 January 1944}}</ref>) * [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre 1914-1918]] (France, 1919)<ref>{{London Gazette | issue = 31109 | date = 3 January 1919 | page = 314 | supp = y }}</ref> * [[Legion of Honour|Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur]] (France, May 1945) * [[Médaille militaire]] (France, 9 September 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Military Medal {{!}} La grande chancellerie|url=https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/fr/node/398|access-date=22 October 2021|website=www.legiondhonneur.fr}}</ref> * [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] (US, 1947)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37853|page=323|supp=y|date=14 January 1947}}</ref> * Chief Commander of the [[Legion of Merit]] (US, 10 August 1943)<ref name="LM">{{London Gazette|issue=36125|date=6 August 1943|page=3579|supp=y}}</ref> * Member of the [[Order of Victory]] ([[Soviet Union|USSR]], 21 June 1945)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37138|page=3244|supp=y|date=19 June 1945}}</ref> * Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] (Denmark, 2 August 1945)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37204|page=3962|supp=y|date=31 July 1945}}</ref> * Grand Commander of the [[Order of George I]] (Greece, 20 June 1944)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36569|page=2913|supp=y|date=16 June 1944}}</ref> * Silver Cross (V Class) of the [[Virtuti Militari]] (Poland, 31 October 1944)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36769|page=4963|supp=y|date=27 October 1944}}</ref> * Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of the White Lion]] (Czechoslovakia, 1947)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37853|page=327|supp=y|date=14 January 1947}}</ref> * Grand Cordon of the Seal of Solomon (Ethiopia, 1949)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38571|page=1529|supp=y|date=25 March 1949}}</ref> * Grand Officer with Palm of the [[Order of Leopold II]] (Belgium, 1947)<ref name=lg37853>{{London Gazette|issue=37853|page=324|supp=y|date=14 January 1947}}</ref> * [[War Cross (Belgium)|Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm]] (Belgium)<ref name=lg37853/> * Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] (Netherlands, 16 January 1947)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37853|date=14 January 1947|page=327|supp=y}}</ref> * Grand Cross of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]] (Norway) (1951)<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=39282|page=3753|date=10 July 1951}}</ref> {| style="margin:auto;" | colspan="4" align="right" |[[File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg|115x115px]] | colspan="4" |[[File:Distinguished Service Order Ribbon.svg|115x115px]] | colspan="4" |[[File:Ribbon - 1914 Star & Rosette.png|104x104px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:British War Medal BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Ribbon - Victory Medal MID.png|124x124px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:General Service Medal 1918 BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:39-45 Star BAR.svg|116x116px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:Ribbon - Africa Star & 8.png|104x104px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Italy Star 1945.png|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:War Medal 39-45 w MID BAR.svg|116x116px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:UK King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:St Olavs Orden storkors stripe.svg|111x111px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:TCH CS Vojensky Rad Bileho Lva 1st (1945) BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:CroixdeGuerreFR-BronzePalm.png|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:US Legion of Merit Chief Commander ribbon.png|117x117px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|113x113px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite GC ribbon (Maroc).svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Ordre du Nichan Iftikhar GC ribbon (Tunisia).svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:OrderVictoryRibbon.svg|116x116px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:POL Virtuti Militari Srebrny BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Order of Suvorov 106x30.png|106x106px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:GRE Order of George I - Grand Cross BAR.png|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|117x117px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:Legion of Honour - Grand Cross (France).png|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Medaille militaire ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 ribbon - with Bronze Palm.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|117x117px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:BEL - Order of Leopold - Grand Cordon bar.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:BEL Croix de Guerre WW1 ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:CZE Rad Bileho Lva 5 tridy BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 Bar.png|117x117px]] |- | colspan="3" |[[File:Ordre de la couronne de Chene GC ribbon.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:LUX Médaille Militaire BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:Croce di guerra al merito BAR.svg|116x116px]] | colspan="3" |[[File:ETH Order of Solomon BAR.png|117x117px]] |}
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