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Freddie de Guingand

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British Army general (1900-1979)

United KingdomLived 1900 to 1979 · aged 79
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Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred "Freddie" de Guingand, was a British Army officer who served as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's chief of staff from the Second Battle of El Alamein until the end of the Second World War.

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De Guingand outside Montgomery's caravan in TripoliDe Guingand outside Montgomery's caravan in TripoliThe British commanders of Operation Husky planning their operations in Malta, left to right: de Guingand; Air Commodore Claude Pelly; Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst; General Sir Bernard Montgomery; and Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay.The British commanders of Operation Husky planning their operations in Malta, left to right: de Guingand; Air Commodore Claude Pelly; Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst; General Sir Bernard Montgomery; and Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay.General Sir Bernard Montgomery with his senior officers at Eighth Army Headquarters at Vasto, shortly before handing over command of the Eighth Army to prepare for the Normandy invasion in England. Left to right: de Guingand, Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst, Montgomery, Lieutenant-Generals Bernard Freyberg, Charles Walter Allfrey and Miles DempseyGeneral Sir Bernard Montgomery with his senior officers at Eighth Army Headquarters at Vasto, shortly before handing over command of the Eighth Army to prepare for the Normandy invasion in England. Left to right: de Guingand, Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst, Montgomery, Lieutenant-Generals Bernard Freyberg, Charles Walter Allfrey and Miles DempseyBriefing war correspondents on 28 July 1944Briefing war correspondents on 28 July 1944De Guingand is invested with his knighthood in the field by King George VI at Eindhoven on 15 October 1944.De Guingand is invested with his knighthood in the field by King George VI at Eindhoven on 15 October 1944.In a ceremony at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, US President Harry S. Truman (third from left) presents the US Distinguished Service Medal to (left to right) General H. D. G. Crerar, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Marshal Sir James Robb, and de Guingand (right).[124]In a ceremony at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, US President Harry S. Truman (third from left) presents the US Distinguished Service Medal to (left to right) General H. D. G. Crerar, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Air Marshal Sir James Robb, and de Guingand (right).[124]

Awards 5

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Distinguished Service Order
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

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Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred "Freddie" de Guingand, was a British Army officer who served as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's chief of staff from the Second Battle of El Alamein until the end of the Second World War. He played an important diplomatic role in sustaining relations between the notoriously difficult Montgomery and his peers and superiors.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1900 to 1979 · aged 79
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