Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th governor-general of New Zealand from 1946 to 1
Bernard Freyberg in 1952
Bernard Freyberg c. 1904. at Te Aro Baths, now the site of The Freyberg Pool
Freyberg with Sub Lieutenant Rupert Brooke at Lemnos, 1915.
General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, was a career soldier of the British Army, who was decorated for leading one of the last cavalry actions in the First World War. During the Second World War, he was
Sir Richard McCreery as a lieutenant-general, pictured here in October 1944 in Italy after taking command of the Eighth Army
From left to right, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese, American Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers and Lieutenant General R. L. McCreery at Eighth Army Tactical Headquarters.
McCreery as the Eighth Army commander at TAC Eighth Army HQ, Italy, 1 October 1944.
Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Nye, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff (VCIGS) with Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg (left) and Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery (right) at Forli airfield, Italy during a flying visit to the Eighth Army, March 1945.