In what capacity did British Army intelligence officer Derek Knee serve in World War II to the Field Marshall nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General"?
Derek Knee: Derek Knee (22 October 1922 – 18 March 2014) was a British Army intelligence officer during World War II who was the interpreter and translator for Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, commander of the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, at the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in Germany on 3 May 1945. Bernard Montgomery: Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, ( ; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.
interpreter and translator