“Crossing the Rhine” (BRDW 1/1/234)

Photo shows from left to right: Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff [later 1st Lord Alanbrooke], WSC, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [later Lord Montgomery of El Alamein] Commander 21st Army Group Lieutenant-General William Simpson walking across a Bailey bridge over the Rhine. They are all in uniform. WSC has a cigar in his mouth and is striding purposefully.

26 Mar 1945