Major General Freddie De Guingand, 1900-1979, served with Montgomery from Alemain to the surrender of the Wermacht in the West. Serving as his chief of staff he was responsible for the running of Montgomery's armies wilst they made the most glorious march in British military history, from Eygpt to the Rhine.
Montgomery appointed De Guingand soon after his arrival in the desert to supercede Auchinleck.
De Guingand was to prove indespensible to Montgomery, not only in battle, but also in realtions with the Americans. De Guingand seems to have been blessed with considerable diplomatic skills, an area in which Monty was sorely lacking.
DeGuingand had studied the list and had sent his comments to the President on July 3 (AWF/N).
DeGuingand had suggested inviting his chief operations officer, Major General Ronald Frederick King Belchem; the director of covert operations, First Baron Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole; and the 21st Army Group intelligence officer, Edgar Trevor ("Bill") Williams.
The only "snag" deGuingand had foreseen was whether some of the men could afford the cost of transportation.
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