{"product_id":"montgomery-bernard-law-als-1967-describing-the-burglary-at-his-home","title":"MONTGOMERY Bernard Law - ALS 1967 describing the burglary at his home","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBernard Law MONTGOMERY, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein\u003c\/strong\u003e (1887-1976)\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAutograph Letter Signed (“Montgomery of Alamein”) to “My dear Kirkie” [General Sir Sidney Kirkman], telling him of the burglary at his home in Hampshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e1½ pages small 4to on blue-grey writing paper, Isington Mill, Alton, 19 December 1967.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"\u003e                 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI was glad to hear from you. You certainly seem to be living in the midst of strikes; I always though[t] they were confined to England!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe ransacking of my home by burglars on the night I was attending a birthday dinner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, took the gilt off the birthday celebrations. Nothing has so far been recovered and I doubt if any of the stolen articles will be seen again by me. The police are optomistic [sic]; they have to be!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are having a cold winter here, and I have been snowed up twice so far.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe burglary at Montgomery’s home at Isington Mill took place, as he mentions here, during his 80\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e birthday celebrations at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Among the missing objects was his Marshal’s baton, a loss which pained him most of all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA small, circular filing hole at the top left corner affects one word on the second page, but the letter is otherwise in excellent condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richmond Autographs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56988045181314,"sku":"1950","price":425.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3392\/files\/Montgomery-als-1967-a.jpg?v=1792428318","url":"https:\/\/www.richmondautographs.co.uk\/products\/montgomery-bernard-law-als-1967-describing-the-burglary-at-his-home","provider":"Richmond Autographs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}