 Sir Bernard Freyberg signed photograph |
WW3020 Stunning high quality 7.5î x 10î sepia portrait of Sir Bernard Freyberg. Bernard Cyril Freyberg (1889-1963) earned the Victoria Cross for courage on the Somme in November 1916 plus a further four DSOs for similar acts of bravery. Freyberg fought at Gallipoli, when he swam from ship to†ship lighting flares as part of a deception operation, earning him a DSO. He went on to earn the Victoria Cross at The Somme for refusing to leave the Hood Battalion in spite of suffering no fewer than four wounds in the space of 24 hours. The following year brought Freyberg a promotion on 21 April 1917 to Brigadier-General - making him at 27 the youngest in the British Army. During WWII, having played a prominent role during the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 he led the flanking force en route to Tunisia.† His next role was as commander of New Zealand forces in Italy, which culminated with his troops entering Trieste in triumph on 2 May 1945. With his remarkably distinguished - and award-laden - military career drawing to a close, during the course of which he had earned no fewer than four DSOs in addition the Victoria Cross and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General, Freyberg subsequently served as New Zealand Governor-General in 1946. THIS STUNNING PHOTOGRAPH OF FREYBERG BEARS HIS UNDEDICATED AUTOGRAPH AS ìBernard Freyberg, 1948î. We can offer this for £525
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