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Originally Posted by Ray
That is also a good reason.
The lower middle class pizazz sort of rankles and so I remembered this! And to be fair, it rankled since it appeared so incongruous to the achievement.
Likewise, if I remember right, Montgomery was a schoolteacher's child.
Whereas I should remember their exploits, it is a downright shame that I remember these thing which are not material and forget the exploits!
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Actually montgomerys dad was a priest.
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Originally Posted by lemontree
Sir,
Some suggest that he faced some discrimination because he was from the British Indian Army and not British Army. Besides his victory was in some far off jungle country, while El Alamine was closer home near the Mediterranean Sea and in the limelight.
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I beg to differ. In one book which I read, the author had written that Monty wanted to join the British Indian Army, but because he was 34th in his Course, he couldnt. This obviously means that the best went in the British Indian Army...so I dont see any point as to why he'd be discriminated against.