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The senior Allied military staff involved in Operation Overlord

General Dwight Eisenhower

 

Brigadier Edwin Flavell Brigadier Flavell with Field Marshal Montgomery during the Battle of the Bulge Brigadier Flavell with Field Marshal Montgomery and senior officers of the 6th Airborne Division in the Ardennes

Brigadier Edwin Flavell

 

Major-General Richard Gale Major-General Richard Gale Major-General Richard Gale Richard Gale Major-General Richard Gale with Queen Elizabeth

Gale with Field Marshal Montgomery and Brigadier Kindersley Richard Gale with Brigadier Poett Richard Gale during a Royal visit in May 1944 Major-General Gale addressing his troops before D-Day Major-General Gale addressing his troops before D-Day

Gale standing amongst some of his paratroopers, shortly before take-off on the 5th June Group Captain Surplice presenting a can of treacle to Richard Gale prior to take-off Richard Gale, talking to Len Mosley, the War Correspondent Richard Gale with Field Marshal Montgomery Major-General Gale in triumphant pose over a Nazi flag

General Gale with his staff at SHAPE, 1960

Major-General Richard Gale

 

Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey receiving his DSO

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Harvey

 

Brigadier James Hill James Hill in May 1944 James Hill with Princess Elizabeth in May 1944 James Hill during a Royal visit in May 1944 James Hill with Field Marshal Montgomery during the Battle of the Bulge

James Hill with Field Marshal Montgomery and senior officers of the 6th Airborne Division in the Ardennes Field Marshal Montgomery awarding the Distinguished Service Order to Brigadier Hill Officers of the 6th Airborne Division with Field Marshal Montgomery in May 1945 A ceremony at War Cemetery, 1946 Brigadier Hill inspecting the remains of an airborne soldier discovered in 1946

Brigadier Hill in 1946 describing the attack on the Merville Battery James Hill in June 2001 James Hill attending a ceremony in Normandy, 2004 A bronze bust of James Hill at Le Mesnil A bronze bust of James Hill at Le Mesnil

James Hill James Hill in December 1942

Brigadier James Hill

 

Commander Phillipe Kieffer

Commandant Phillipe Kieffer

 

Brigadier Hugh Kindersley Brigadier Hugh Kindersley

Brigadier Hugh Kindersley

 

Lord Lovat on his wedding day, 1938 Lord Lovat, winter 1939 Brigadier The Lord Lovat Brigadier The Lord Lovat Lord Lovat, October 1944

Brigadier The Lord Lovat

 

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Lowman Brigadier Frank Lowman in the post-war period

Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Lowman

 

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard Peter Luard with Field Marshal Montgomery during an inspection of the 13th Battalion Peter Luard with Field Marshal Montgomery and senior officers of the 6th Airborne Division in the Ardennes Officers of the 6th Airborne Division with Field Marshal Montgomery in May 1945

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard