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    First day of the Somme

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      Gommecourt Park 322, 327, 333–34, 339

      Gommecourt Wood 322, 344, 348, 351–53

      Good, Lieutenant Claude 57, 351

      Goodman, Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey 352

      Goodwin, Lieutenant Billy 44, 46, 117, 119, 240–41

      Gordon, Brigadier-General Herbert 241

      Gore, Brigadier-General Robert 231

      Goring-Jones, Brigadier-General Michael 198

      Gough, General Sir Hubert viii, xvi, 31–32, 36–37, 214–15, 284; on 1 July and assessed 316, 371–72, 378–80

      Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel James 184

      Grallsburg 143, 145

      Grandcourt 25–27, 144, 180, 190–92, 201, 203; see also Serre–Grandcourt Spur

      Grandstand, The 370

      Grange, Rifleman John 193

      Graü, Gefreiter Leo 48

      Green VC, Captain John 348

      Gregory, Private William 292–93

      Greisinger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Rudolf 94, 115

      Griffith, Brigadier-General Charles 200

      Grindley, Private Ernest 41, 300

      Grove-White, Captain Maurice 312, 319

      Grünert, Generalmajor Paul 267, 383–84

      Gudgeon, Lance-Corporal Frank 296

      Guillemont 113, 289, 293

      H

      Hahn, Generalleutnant Ferdinand von xvii, 78, 81, 86–87, 95, 137; on 1 July 218, 233, 244, 249, 266–67, 279, 313–15; assessed 375

      Haig, General Sir Douglas vii, ix–xi, xvi; background and character 1–4; planning 10–15, 17–19, 21–29, 31–39, 146, 178, 199, 214, 250, 316, 325–27, 329, 342; preparations 41–43, 49, 57, 60, 72–73; in bombardment 110, 118, 126, 129–31, 135–36; on 1 July and assessed 354–55, 357, 359, 360–65, 370, 372–73, 375–80, 382, 385–87, 389–90

      Haldane, Viscount Richard 3

      Hall, Private Lindsay 190

      Ham 26

      Hamel 144, 195

      Hampshire, HMS 22

      Hanbury-Sparrow, Captain Alan 233–35

      Hannescamps New Military Cemetery 347

      Hardecourt 289, 316–17, 363, 380, 384

      Harr, Unteroffizier Gotthilf 105

      Harris, Rifleman Percy 336

      Hartung, Kanonier Heinrich 105

      Hately, Lieutenant James 230

      Hauff, Vizefeldwebel Albert 240

      Hauschild, Feldwebel Robert 246, 276

      Hawker VC, Major Lanoe 211, 311

      Hawkings, Rifleman Frank 334

      Hawthorn Ridge mine, crater and redoubt: on 1 July 140, 141, 143, 148–50, 167–68, 170–71, 330; assessed 361–62, 365, 368–70

      Headlam, Brigadier-General Hugh 260

      Healey, Private Charles 293

      Heath, Lieutenant Philip 117, 123, 139, 301, 307, 311, 318

      Hébuterne 62–63, 322, 324

      Hébuterne–Bucquoy road 337

      Heidenkopf 116; on 1 July 143, 145, 148–49, 152–55, 160, 163–64, 167–71, 174, 176; assessed 361, 368, 371, 373, 383

      Heizmann, Leutnant-der-Reserve Paul 84

      Henderson, Lance-Corporal James 177, 193, 203

      Henderson, Private Stanley 70, 183, 185, 209

      Heptonstall, Lieutenant Robert 160

      Herbécourt 380

      Herries, Captain William 228–9

      Heyberger, Hauptmann Johann 104–105

      Hibschenberger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 94

      Hidden Wood 262, 273

      Hieber, Leutnant-der-Reserve Martin 90

      Higgins, Private Thomas 342, 346,

      High Wood 31, 36, 249

      Hill 110 42, 62, 80, 86, 93–94, 96–97; on 1 July 249, 251, 256, 261, 263, 265–66, 270–72, 277–78, 316; assessed 361, 383; see also Fricourt and Mametz

      Hill, Brigadier-General Edward 258

      Hind, Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence 348

      Hindenburg Line 389

      Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von 389–90

      Hinkel, Unteroffizier Friedrich 120–22, 207–208

      Hitler, Adolf 83

      Hodgson, Lieutenant William Noel 265

      Hohenberg, Sophie Duchess of 5

      Hohenzollern Redoubt 354

      Hollond, Brigadier-General Spencer 326

      Holtz, Hauptmann Georg Freiherr von 80

      Home, Brigadier-General Sir Archibald 326

      Hope, Rifleman John 193

      Horne, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry xvi, 72, 135; on 1 July 182, 250–52, 257, 259, 267–70, 276, 278–80; assessed 365–66, 374, 378

      Hosell, Private Alfred 345

      Houle, Rifleman Basil 339

      Houthulst Forest 15

      Howard, Private Alfred 159

      Hubbard, Private Arthur 334

      Hudson, Major-General Havelock 234, 241

      Hull 391

      Hull, Major-General Sir Charles 327, 337–38, 341–42, 353

      Hunter, Private Tom 222

      Hunter-Weston, Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer xvi, 72, 114, 118–19, 135–36; on 1 July 141, 143–47, 154, 161, 165–67, 171, 174–76, 342, 352; assessed 365–66, 378

      I

      Ihlenfeld, Major Otto von 338

      Immelmann, Leutnant Max 48

      India 3–4, 15–16, 250, 284, 324

      Indian Northwest Frontier 141

      Ingham, Private George 184

      Ingles, Brigadier-General John 166

      Ingouville-Williams, Major-General Edward 231–32

      Innes, Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar 155

      Irles 36,

      Irwin, Private Robert 192–93

      J

      Jack, Major James 111, 118, 216, 233, 237

      Jackson, Brigadier-General Thomas 308, 312

      Jacobs, Rifleman Frank 336

      James, Captain David 232

      Janion, Captain Claude 307–308

      Jardine, Brigadier-General James 70, 182

      Jarman, Private Clarrie 44–46, 50, 301, 306–307

      Jena-Auerstedt, Battle of 1–2, 33

      Jenour, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur 123

      Joffre, General Joseph viii, xviii, 10–14, 24–26, 29, 34, 37–39, 380–81, 385, 387

      John Copse 157, 171

      Johnston, Brigade-Major Alexander 61, 70

      Johnston, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 259

      Jolley, Private John 275

      Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 350

      Josenhans, Oberstleutnant Adolf 168–69

      July Crisis 5

      K

      Kaiser, Leutnant Wilhelm 340

      Kaisser, Unteroffizier Eugen 104–105

      Karlsruhe 96, 253, 278, 302

      Kassel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Friedrich 101, 109, 115, 122, 186–87

      Keighley, Lieutenant William 271

      Keller, Reservist Wilhelm 104, 106

      Kelly, Captain David 58, 112

      Kelly, Lieutenant Robert 112, 138

      Kenchington, Captain Arthur 309

      Kent, Major Ralph 256

      Kernwerk 322, 327, 333, 335–36

      Kerr, Private John 155

      Kiggell, Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot xvi, 28, 31, 34–36, 380

      Kind, Landsturmann August 306

      King, Corporal Victor 255

      Kirby, Private Thomas 152–53

      Kircher, Unteroffizier Felix 112, 191–92

      Kirkland-Laman, Lieutenant Eric 44–45, 47, 54

      Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord 3, 7, 10–12, 16, 22–23, 29, 35, 41

      Klaus, Major Max 108, 133, 148, 192, 206

      Klinkerfüss, Gefreiter Otto 104

      Klotz, Vizefeldwebel Hermann 99

      Klug, Hauptmann-der-Reserve Ernst 286

      Knies, Oberstleutnant L. 277

      Knowles, Lieutenant Gavin 345

      Koch, Leutnant 334

      Koch, Fliegertruppoffizier Arthur 74–75

      Konstanz, Lake 253

      Kümmel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Adolf 329–30, 344, 347

      Kury, Grenadier Emil 254, 264

      Kuster, Gefreiter Peter 115, 119, 186

      L

      La Boisselle xvii, 20, 29, 42, 48, 53, 61–62, 78–79, 83–84, 91, 96–97; in b
    ombardment 117, 127, 134, 137, 139; on 1 July 144, 211–12, 214–19, 221–23, 226–27, 229–30, 232–34, 237, 244–45, 250, 254, 257, 284, 286, 289, 303, 321; assessed 361, 364–65, 367, 369–71, 373, 376, 378, 382–83, 386–87; see also Lochnagar mine and crater, Schwabenhöhe and Y-Sap mine and crater

      La Boisselle Spur 20, 212, 215, 220

      La Briqueterie 25–26, 298

      Laasch, Vizefeldwebel Theodor 219, 230–31, 237

      Lademann, Hauptmann Ulrich 335

      Lais, Unteroffizier Otto 84–86, 172

      Lamb, Lieutenant Walter 229

      Lambourne, Sergeant William 309

      Lambton, Major-General Sir William 165

      Lange, Soldat Wilhelm 121, 186

      Laporte, Second-Lieutenant Archibald 50, 117, 139

      Lazarus, Leutnant-der-Landwehr Max 120

      La Bassée 14

      Le Cateau, Battle of 6, 324

      Le Sars 36, 281–82, 389

      Leetham, Captain Reginald 216

      Leibrock, Oberst Jakob 287, 298

      Leipzig Redoubt xvii, 42, 78, 128; on 1 July 178, 180–83, 185–87, 199, 205–206, 209, 212, 234, 238, 243; assessed 361, 371, 373, 379, 383

      Les Invalides 1

      Leslie, Captain Robert 238

      Lewis, Lieutenant Cecil 112, 118–19, 211–12, 229

      Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel Harold 272

      Lewis, Private Fred 154 155

      Liddle Hart, Captain Basil 257, 275

      Lille 15

      Lind, Private Francis 174

      Liveing, Second-Lieutenant Edward 108, 111, 139, 331–32, 334

      Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors 304–305, 307, 309

      Lloyd, Corporal George 194

      Lloyd George, David 12, 38

      Loake, Private Harry 345

      Lobel, Private Frank 236–37

      Lochnagar mine and crater 62, 211, 215, 219–20, 223, 226–28, 231, 233, 369 see also La Boisselle, and Schwabenhöhe

      Lockhart, Rifleman Noel 45–47, 51, 60, 321, 333

      Lomax, Lance-Corporal Tommy 307

      London, Londoners 3, 10–11, 15, 34, 38, 242, 260, 302, 305, 308, 333–34, 339–41, 355, 362, 391

      Londonderry 196

      Longueval 80, 113, 249, 288, 297, 299, 311, 314–18, 374–75, 383 see also Pozières–Longueval ridge

      Lonsdale Cemetery 209

      Loop, The 286, 306, 309

      Loos, Battle of 7, 10, 17–19, 23, 33, 41

      Losch, Vizefeldwebel Karl 208–209

      Lossberg, Oberst Fritz von xvii, 384–86

      Loudoun-Shand VC, Temporary Major Stewart 260–61

      Louvencourt Military Cemetery 164

      Lowery, Corporal George 222

      Lozenge Alley 259, 276

      Lucas, Brigadier-General Cuthbert 149

      Ludendorff, General-der-Infanterie Erich von 389–90

      Ludlow, Captain Stratford 176

      Ludlow, Brigadier-General Walter 176

      Luke Copse 157, 171

      Lushington, Lieutenant Frank 108–109, 111–12, 119, 161

      Luttgers, Unteroffizier Gustav 303

      Luxembourg 6

      M

      McAllister, Private Donald 347

      McCauley, Private James 263

      McCullock, Private Derek 151

      McDiarmid, Captain James 131

      McDonnell, Private John 152

      McEvoy, Private Jimmy 211

      McFadzean VC, Rifleman Billy 210

      McInnes, Second-Lieutenant John 349

      McIntosh, Lieutenant William 229

      Mack, Oberst Robert 74, 92–93

      McKeever, Sergeant Sam 187

      Mackenzie, Second-Lieutenant Noel 336–37

      Macnaghten, Second-Lieutenant Sir Edward (6th Baronet) 210

      Mailly Maillet 165

      Malins, Lieutenant Geoffrey 16, 57–58, 141, 173

      Mametz xvi–xvii, 25–26, 29, 42, 48, 61–62, 71, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 96, 101, 105–106; in bombardment 122, 125, 127–28, 134, 137; on 1 July, 233, 246–47, 249–55, 262–68, 271–74, 277–79, 281, 287–88, 297–98, 302–303, 314–16, 319, 357; assessed 361, 363–64, 367, 369–71, 373–76, 378, 381–83, 387; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge and Fricourt–Mametz salient

      Mametz Spur 20–21

      Mametz Wood 91, 247, 266, 276, 297, 314, 378

      Mametz–Bazentin-le-Petit road 278, 318

      Mametz–Carnoy valley see Carnoy Valley

      Mametz–Montauban ridge 20–21, 80, 247, 261, 284, 288–89, 303–304, 308, 316, 374

      Mametz–Montauban–La Briqueterie ridge 25–26

      Mametz–Montauban road 284, 309 310

      Manley, Private Michael 219

      Mansel Copse 262–63, 265, 273

      Maricourt 23, 26, 62–63, 112, 284, 286, 289, 301

      Maricourt Ridge 289

      Maricourt Wood 288

      Maricourt–Longueval road 288

      Mark Copse 157, 171

      Marne, Battle of 6, 324

      Martin, Captain Duncan 71, 265

      Martin, Private Patrick 240

      Martinpuich 31

      Martinsart 63, 195

      Martinsart British Cemetery 195

      Mary Redan 150

      Mash Valley 83, 212, 214–15, 220, 229, 231, 233–35, 237

      Mason, Rifleman Reg 331

      Maultsaid, Sergeant Jim 207

      Maurepas 289

      Mauss, Reservist Gottlob 187–88

      Maute, Fahrer Otto 94, 102, 113, 121, 242–43

      Mawbey, Private Cyril 51, 59

      Maxse, Major-General Sir Ivor 289, 299, 309, 312–13

      May, Captain Charlie 40

      Maycock, Lance-Corporal Jack 346

      Maze, Sous-officier Paul 371

      Maze, The (Gommecourt) 322

      Meaulte 63, 270

      Mecklenburgers 78

      Megaw, Rifleman James 193

      Menzies, Corporal Norman 68, 283, 296

      Mesopotamia 16

      Messines, Battle of ix, 15

      Messines–Wytschaete ridge 15

      Middlebrook, Martin ix–x

      Mill Road Cemetery 189, 195

      Miller, Private Ralph 154

      Minshull-Ford, Brigadier-General John 268

      Miraumont 25, 113, 144

      Moakler, Private Frank 41, 47

      Monchy-au-Bois 29, 76, 324–25

      Monchy-le-Preux 33, 36

      Money, Captain Robin 261

      Mons, Battle of 6

      Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Major-General Edward 328, 350–55

      Montauban xvi, xvii, 25, 27–29, 31, 42, 72, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 106; in bombardment 115–16, 125, 127–28, 130, 134, 137–38; on 1 July 247, 267, 283 286–89, 292, 294–99, 309–310, 313–19, 330, 357; assessed 359, 361, 366–68, 370–71, 373–77, 379, 381–83, 386–87; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge

      Montauban Alley 284, 288–89, 296–99, 304, 309–312, 314

      Montauban–Bazentin-le-Grand road 297

      Montgomery, Field-Marshal Viscount Bernard 325

      Montgomery, Major-General Archibald 22, 25, 31

      Montigny 241

      Montreuil 37

      Moore, Captain Arthur 337

      Moore, Lieutenant Aubrey 44, 58, 68, 118, 124, 327, 342, 345, 352

      Moos, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 133–34

      More-Molyneux, Major Frank 262

      Moritz and Arend intercept stations 83, 101, 217, 254, 370

      Morland, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas xvii, 72, 112, 135; on 1 July 177–78, 180–83, 197–201, 204–206; assessed 365–66, 373–74, 378

      Mortimer, Private John 261

      Moss, Corporal Charles 159

      Mouquet Farm and Redoubt 180, 212, 234

      Mouquet Switch Trench 180, 200

      Mowatt, Sergeant Jerry 224

      Munich 277

      Munich Trench 143, 157, 165, 169

      Munz, Unteroffizier Albrecht 103

      Munz, Unteroffizier Wilhelm 89, 94–95, 98, 101

      Murphy, Corporal Peter 349

      Murray, Corporal Don 239, 245

      Murray,
    General Sir Archibald 11

      N

      Nab Valley 212, 215, 235, 238, 240, 243, 368

      Nab Valley–Thiepval road 240

      Nameless Farm 322, 335

      Nanson, Major Musard 124, 260, 276

      Napoleon (I) Bonaparte 1–2, 33, 39, 146

      Naylor, Captain Arthur 349

      Netherlands 4

      Neuve Chapelle, Battle of 7, 17–18, 33, 41

      Neuville-St Vaast Kriegsgräberstatte 334

      Nevill, Captain Wilfred ‘Billie’ 68, 232, 308

      New Army 7, 10

      New Zealand 391

      Newfoundland, Newfoundlanders vii 164, 174, 359

      Newfoundland Memorial Park 42–43, 141, 150, 160, 164, 174, 367

      Newman, Private Sydney 337

      Nicholas II, Tsar 4–5

      Niedenthal, Oberstabsarzt 95–96

      Niemeyer, Gefreiter August 334

      Nieuport 15

      Nordwerk 180, 183, 187, 212, 234, 238, 240

      Norfolk Cemetery 261

      Norman, Lieutenant-Colonel William 273, 378

      North Sea 6, 22

      Norton, Private Norman 301, 306, 311, 317

      Nourrisson, General Antoine 317

      Nugent, Private George 228

      Nugent, Major-General Sir Oliver 188, 196–200

      O

      Omdurman 16 see also Sudan

      Opielka, Musketier August 105–106

      Orchard trench 273

      Orkney Islands 22

      Osborn, Sergeant George 43, 56, 151

      Öschle, Musketier Gustav 106

      Ostende 15

      Oughton, Private Tommy 159

      Ounsworth, Bombardier Leonard 50

      Ovillers vii, xvii, 20, 29, 42, 75, 78–79, 88, 94–95, 99, 105–106; in bombardment 119, 127, 129, 134, 138; on 1 July 144, 167, 186, 203, 211–12, 214–16, 218, 229–30, 233–37, 241, 243–45, 284, 289, 303; assessed 361, 363, 365, 367, 370–71, 373, 376, 378

      Ovillers Military Cemetery 212, 228, 236

      Ovillers Spur 20, 212, 215, 234–35, 240

      P

      Packe, Major Edward 152

      Page, Second-Lieutenant William 155

      Palmer, Private George 355

      Palmer-Cook, Sapper Francis 280

      Pals battalions (various) 7, 10, 71, 157–58, 183, 185, 262, 271, 274, 290, 294–95, 300

      Pannewitz, General-der-Infanterie Günther von 381–83

      Paris 1, 6, 14, 22, 37, 63, 361

      Parker, Gunner Victor 45

      Patrol Wood 335

      Paxton, Captain George 165

      Peake Wood 221–22, 371

      Peeck, Grenadier Walter 115

      Pforzheim 276

      Pigeon Woods 322

      Pellé, Major-General Maurice 11

      Pendant Copse 157

      Perceval, Major-General Sir Edward 196–99

      Péronne 25–26, 32, 363, 382, 384

      Péronne Road Cemetery 301

      Perry, Private Fred 237

     


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