"Monty" Musters His Senior Officers -- Front Row, left to right: Air Marshal the Hon Sir Ralph Cochrane, K.B.E., C.B., A.F.O.; Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, GCB, Rodert Burnett, KCB, KBE, DSO; Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery; Air Marshal Sir James Robb; Commander-in-chief, Fighter Command; Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Miles, KCB.; and Air Marshal Sir Leonard H. Slatter, KCB, CB, Dsc, DFC. The only Civilian Attending the Conference, E.M. Gollin, ESQ., is seen in second row, fourth from right. May 7, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).