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The First World War began in August 1914 and Montgomery moved to France with his regiment that month.
He saw action at the Battle of Le Cateau that month and during the retreat from Mons.
At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul on 13 October 1914, during an Allied counter-offensive, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper.
Montgomery was hit once more though, in the knee.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallant leadership: the citation for this award, published in the London Gazette in December 1914 reads:
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