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Auction: 17001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 436

A dedicated copy of El Alamein to the River Sangro from Field Marshal Montgomery to Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, G.C.B., K.B.E.

Books, Montgomery, Bernard L. Field Marshal, El Alamein to the River Sangro, First Edition of 1946, bound in publisher's blue rexine covered boards, titled in gilt to spine and front board with the badge of the Eighth Army in white and gilt to front board, the first page inscribed, binding a little loose, nonetheless a fine presentation edition, good very fine

The inner page bearing the following inscription as illustrated:

'To Admiral The Lord Fraser with grateful thanks for all he did for the Army during World War II. From a British soldier, with admiration and high regard. Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshal, 9 February 1948'

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, G.C.B., K.B.E. (1888-1981), led the force that destroyed the German battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape on 26 February 1943. In his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, he put to sea in his flagship H.M.S. Duke of York, convinced that the German battleship was planning to intercept Convoy JW 55B. In the ensuing action, in which Belfast played a key role, the Scharnhorst was hit by an initial wave of four torpedoes and then, after concentrated gunfire and further torpedo attacks, sank at 7.45 p.m. that night. Fraser was elevated to G.C.B. and awarded the Soviet Order of Suvorov, First Degree. He subsequently took command of the Eastern Fleet and was the British signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at Tokyo Bay in September 1945.

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