Monty character jug in a blue jacket colorway modeled by Harry Fenton and produced by Royal Doulton of Burslem, England, in 1960. Bernard Law Montgomery, First Viscount of Alamein (1887-1976), familiarly known as Monty, was a British military hero of the Second World War. His victories in North Africa and Europe made him the idol of Great Britain. At the outbreak of World War II Monty served as a major general. Commanding the third division in France, he was rescued with his men from the beach at Dunkerque in May, 1940. In 1942 he took command of the Eighth army in Italy and North Africa where his energy and affectation of the simple beret and battle dress of the Tank Corps boosted the bruised morale of the men and restored their will to win. The Battle of El Alamein in October, 1942, led to the retreat of the German commander, Rommel, and the Axis forces out of Africa. Promoted to Field Marshal, Montgomery was appointed commander of the British Forces for the Normandy invasion ground forces where his strategy was characterized by wariness and tenacity. After the war, he served as deputy Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1951 until his retirement from the military in 1958. The names of theaters of war in which Monty served form the handle of this jug.
"Mwanamume huyo wa Uingereza, ambaye kwa sasa ni ""Monty"" (mwenye rangi ya bluu), alibuniwa na Harry Fenton na Royal Doulton ya Burslem, Uingereza, mwaka 1960." Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976), aliitwa pia Monty, alikuwa mwanajeshi wa Uingereza katika Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia. Ushindi wake katika Afrika Kaskazini na Ulaya ulimfanya awe sanamu ya Uingereza. Wakati wa kuzuka kwa Vita vya Pili vya Ulimwengu Monty alitumikia akiwa mkuu wa jeshi. Aliongoza kikosi cha tatu nchini Ufaransa, na aliokolewa pamoja na watu wake kutoka pwani ya Dunkirk Mei 1940. Katika mwaka wa 1942, alichukua uongozi wa Jeshi la Nane nchini Italia na Afrika Kaskazini, ambapo nguvu zake na kuvutia kwa bareti rahisi na mavazi ya vita ya Tank Corps iliongeza morale ya wanaume na kurudisha mapenzi yao ya kushinda. Vita vya El Alamein vilipotokea Oktoba 1942, ilisababisha kuondolewa kwa jeshi la Ujerumani na jeshi la Axis kutoka Afrika. Baada ya kupandishwa cheo kuwa Field Marshal, Montgomery aliteuliwa kuwa kamanda wa vikosi vya Uingereza kwa ajili ya uvamizi wa Normandy, ambapo mkakati wake ulijulikana kwa tahadhari na uvumilivu. Baada ya vita, alitumikia kama Naibu Mkuu wa NATO kutoka 1951 hadi kustaafu kwake kutoka jeshi mnamo 1958. Majina ya maeneo ya vita ambako Monty alitumikia yanafanyiza kiganja cha mtungi huu.