Military historian Paul McNicholls of British Columbia recently shared with the writer of this blog a letter from Winston Churchill he uncovered during his research in the papers of Donald Montgomery, the elder brother of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The letter is dated November 1946 and a reply to Montgomery’s request for the then-former prime minister’s autograph which would be auctioned to raise funds for a charitable cause.
Paul is currently writing a biography of Donald Montgomery, who emigrated to Canada in 1908, settled in Vancouver, and served with the Canadian Corps during the First World War. His most recent book is Journey Through the Wilderness: Garnet Wolseley’s Canadian Red River Expedition of 1870, published by Helion. Information on the book is available here.