I was Monty's Chef

<p dir="ltr">Born 1901. He worked as a chef in Soho. In the last two years of the war, he was a chef to Montgomery serving in both France and Germany.</p><p dir="ltr">He joined the Catering Corps and was enlisted from 1943 to 1945. After the war, went back to Soho and retired at the age of 74.</p><p dir="ltr">He was selected for the catering corps by the aide de camp, John Henderson an author who wrote "Following Monty". Travelled by train a lot in Europe, milk was often supplied by French farmers in gratitude. Took cigarettes to the relief of a concentration camp. A good linguist, he could speak French German Latin and Greek.</p><p dir="ltr">After the war, he worked at the Moulin D'Or and Monty used to come to the restaurant to eat. One of the pictures shows this occasion.</p>