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MONTGOMERY GIVEN THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR
MONTGOMERY
(Viscount of Alamein, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, Field Marshal)
Souvenir Menu and Program signed B. L. Montgomery, Field Marshal, on the front
for a luncheon on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Freedom of the Borough to Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery... by the Country Borough of Newport, the menu is printed on the inside, for a somewhat modest meal of Hors d'Oeuvres followed by Roast Chicken and vegetables, together with the souvenir Programme, each item 4 pages, King's Head Hotel, Newport, 25th September
Item Date: 1945
£275
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Background
On September 2nd 1945, World War II ended when U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay along with a flotilla of more than 250 Allied warships. This lunch was only three weeks later.
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