Montgomery Place
Montgomery Place is named in honour of Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC. Montgomery Place is located in the south-west corner of Saskatoon and bounded by 11 Street W, Dundonald Avenue, CN Yards and Chappell Drive. Most of this neighbourhood was built after the Second World War as a part of the Veterans’ Land Act settlement plan to house returning Second World War veterans and their families. Ten years later, it became a neighbourhood of Saskatoon. Most streets and parks in the area are named for prominent military members, famous battles, military units, and in one case a famous aircraft.
Inscription
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Montgomery Place. Est. in 1946 by our war Veterans
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Field Marshall B.L. Montgomery (1887 – 1976). Montgomery was one of the most inspirational British military leaders of the Second World War. After significant victories over German General Erwin Rommell in North Africa (1942 – 1944), he was promoted to Field Marshall in command of British and Canadian troops. Montgomery presided over the Battle of Arnhem and Normandy and accepted the formal surrender of the German military at Lüneberg Heath on May 4th, 1945. His flair for command and the absolute belief in his infallibility made him a legendary, if not always popular, leader.
Place Montgomery
La place Montgomery a été nommée en l’honneur du feld-maréchal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1er vicomte Montgomery d’Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC. Cette place se trouve dans le secteur sud-ouest de Saskatoon et elle est bordée par la 11e rue Ouest, l’avenue Dundonald, la gare de triage du CN et la rue Chappell. La majeure partie de ce quartier a été construite après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans le cadre du plan d’établissement de la Loi sur les terres destinées aux anciens combattants dont l’objectif était d’accueillir les anciens combattants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et leurs familles. Dix ans plus tard, ce secteur devenait un quartier de Saskatoon. La plupart des rues et des parcs de ce quartier ont été nommés en l’honneur de militaires importants, de batailles célèbres, d’unités militaires et, dans un cas, d’un aéronef célèbre.
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