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Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred de Guingand KBE, CB, DSO (28 Feb. - 29 June ), better known as Freddie de Guingand, was a British Army officer who served with Montgomery from El Alamein to the surrender of the Wehrmacht in the West. He was a brilliant staff officer, evidenced by the fact that Montgomery, who demanded nothing less than perfection, retained him as chief of staff for. De Guingand died on June 29th His obituary in The Times (November 19th ) sheds light on the VCIGS story. Although he was Montgomery's choice, he was vetoed by Alanbrooke, whose preferred candidate was Sir Richard McCreery - in turn unacceptable to Monty. The compromise choice was Sir Frank Simpson. General de Guingand [Annotator's Note: British Major General Sir Francis Wilfred "Freddie" de Guingand] was the ranking British officer in Germany at the time and led the delegation to sign the unconditional surrender [Annotator's Note: German Instrument of Surrender; legal document ending Nazi Germany and World War 2 in Europe, 8 May ] at.

De Guingand retired from the army In February and emigrated to Southern Rhodesia to pursue a career in business, achieving considerable success. He wrote four books about his experiences: Operation Victory (), African Assignment (), Generals at War (), and From Brass Hat to Bowler Hat (). Published: Operation Victory, ; African assignment, ; Generals at war, ; From brass hat to bowler hat, Literature: Gen. Sir Charles Richardson, Send for Freddie: the story of Montgomery's Chief of Staff Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand, KBE, CB, DSO () de H adeln, Harry Youngest son (with six brothers) of. African Assignment. Author: Sir Francis Wilfred De Guingand; Publisher: London: Hodder Stoughton; Release Date: ; ISBN: UCAL:$B; GET THIS BOOK African Assignment.