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      Index

      Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey, 110

      Abdur Rahman, King of Afghanistan, 110

      Alambagh, the, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 91, 92

      Albright, Major M. C. 158, 159, 160

      Albuera, 7, 15, 16, 17–36, 45

      Allahabad, 74, 75, 92

      Allen, Lt Robert, 205

      Allenby, General Sir Edmund, 9, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 156, 157, 160, 161

      Alten, Count von, 16, 17, 28, 31

      American Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 200

      Aong, 76

      Armstrong, John, 43, 62

      Armstrong, Lt Richard, 45, 48, 49

      Armies, British Dominion and Imperial

      AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND

      Divisions:

      ANZAC Mounted, 144, 149

      Australian Mounted, 146, 151

      Brigades:

      2nd Light Horse, 149

      3rd Light Horse, 151, 157

      4th Light Horse, 9, 151, 152, 155

      New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 140

      Regiments:

      2nd Queensland LH, 151

      3rd S. Australia & Tasmania LH, 151

      4th Victoria LH, 152, 153, 155

      5 th Queensland LH, 149, 153

      6th New South Wales LH, 149

      7th New South Wales LH, 149

      11th Queensland LH, 152, 153

      12th New South Wales LH, 152, 153

      Auckland Mounted Rifles, 149

      Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 149

      Wellington Mounted Rifles, 149

      BRITISH

      Corps:

      Desert Mounted, 9, 146, 147, 148, 155, 156, 160, 161 I, 183 VIII, 176, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189 XX, 146, 147, 149, 156 XXI, 146, 147, 156, 161 XXX, 176, 177, 180

      Divisions:

      2nd, 16, 19, 28

      4th, 16, 29

      11th Armoured, 175, 176, 179, 180, 183, 184

      15th (Scottish), 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 191, 197

      43rd (Wessex), 10, 175, 176, 179, 180, 184, 191, 197, 198, 199n

      49th (West Riding), 176, 180

      53rd (Welsh), 184, 197 60th, 149, 157, 158 74th, 149

      Yeomanry, 146, 147

      Brigades:

      4th Armoured, 176, 181

      5th Mounted, 9, 151, 153, 157

      6th Mounted, 160

      7th Mounted, 153

      8th Armoured, 176

      29th Armoured, 176, 179, 181

      31st Tank, 176, 181, 197

      34th Tank, 197

      46th (Highland), 191

      129th, 185, 191

      130th, 185, 188

      159th, 180

      214th, 188, 191,

      Abercrombie’s, 23, 26–28, 29, 32

      Colborne’s, 19, 20–23, 28, 29, 30, 32

      Houghton’s, 23–26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34

      Myers’, 29–31, 32, 34, 36n

      Regiments:

      1st Dorsetshire (2/39th), 26, 32, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120

      1st Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (32nd), 69, 72, 89

      1st Essex (44th), 105, 106

      1st Gordon Highlanders (75th), 8, 85, 112–115, 117–120

      1st Herefordshire, 180

      1st King’s (8th), 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 58, 85, 86

      1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers (25th), 114, 115

      1st King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (53rd), 86, 88, 89

      1st Middlesex (57th), 23, 24, 25–26, 32, 34, 35n

      1st North Staffordshire (64th), 74, 76

      1st Northamptonshire (l/48th), 23, 26, 32

      1st Royal Canadians (100th), 45, 47, 48, 50, 51

      1st Royal Fusiliers (l/7th), 29–31, 32

      1st Royal Scots (1st), 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 57, 60

      1st Royal Welch Fusiliers (l/23rd), 29–31, 32, 35n, 86

      1st Welch (41st), 52, 54, 56, 58

      1st Worcestershire (29th), 23–24, 25, 32, 184, 191

      2nd Argyll & Sutherland) Highlanders (93rd), 84, 86, 87–90, 94n, 180

     
    2nd Cameronians (90th), 79, 82, 89, 90

      2nd Derbyshire (Sherwood Foresters) (95th), 117, 118, 119

      2nd East Surrey (2/31st), 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32

      2nd Fife & Forfar Yeomanry, 179, 181

      2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 179

      2nd Gloucestershire (2/28th), 26, 32

      2nd Hampshire (67th), 105, 106, 107

      2nd Northamptonshire (2/48th), 20, 22, 32, 34

      2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 180

      2nd Royal Berkshire (2/66th), 20, 22, 32, 35n

      2nd Royal Fusiliers (2/7th), 29–31, 32, 34

      2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers (89th), 52, 54, 56, 58, 59

      2nd Seaforth Highlanders (78th), 74, 76, 77’, 82, 89

      2nd South Lancashire (82nd), 86

      2nd York & Lancaster (84th), 74, 76, 77, 82

      3rd County of London Yeomanry, 181

      3rd Dragoon Guards, 17 4th Dorsetshire, 185, 188, 189, 190–191

      4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 180

      4th Light Dragoons, 22

      4th Somerset Light Infantry (13th), 175, 185–186, 187, 191, 192, 195, 196, 197

      4th Wiltshire, 185, 187, 191, 194

      5th Dorsetshire, 185, 188, 189

      5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 175, 191–197, 198

      5th Wiltshire, 185

      7th Hampshire, 185, 189, 190, 191

      7th RTR, 177, 179, 180, 185

      7th Somerset Light Infantry, 188, 191

      8th Rifle Brigade, 180, 181

      9th Cameronians, 191

      9th Lancers, 85, 86

      9th RTR, 177, 188, 190

      19th Light Dragoons, 45, 47, 49, 51

      23rd Hussars, 179, 180, 181 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 179, 181

      44th RTR, 181, 189

      103rd, 52, 57, 58, 60

      104th, 52, 57, 58, 60

      141 Regiment RAC, 188, 189

      Berkshire Yeomanry, 160

      The Border (2/34th), 15, 26, 32, 35n

      The Buffs (l/3rd), 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 34

      Dorset Yeomanry, 160

      Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, 160

      Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 157, 158, 160

      Royal Northumberland) Fusiliers (5th), 79, 80, 82

      Royal Scots Greys, 181, 194, 195

      Warwickshire Yeomanry, 157, 158, 159, 160

      Worcestershire Hussars, 157, 158, 159, 160

      Artillery:

      A Battery HAC, 152

      B Battery HAC, 157

      Inverness Battery RHA, 151

      Nottinghamshire Battery RHA, 152

      Somerset Battery RHA, 149

      2/3 Battery RA, 79, 82

      1/5 Battery RA, 79, 80

      3/8 Battery RA, 74, 75, 81–82

      Camel Corps, 143, 146

      CANADIAN

      Regiments:

      1st Lincoln Militia, 47, 52

      2nd Lincoln Militia, 47, 48, 52

      2nd York Militia, 52

      4th Lincoln Militia

      5 th Lincoln Militia, 52

      Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, 52, 54, 56, 58

      Royal New Brunswick, 64n

      HEIC AND INDIAN

      Regiments:

      l/2nd Gurkha Rifles, 113, 114, 118, 119, 120

      1/3rd Gurkha Rifles, 114

      1st Punjab Cavalry, 86

      2nd Punjab Cavalry, 86

      2nd Punjab Infantry, 86

      3rd Light Cavalry, 66

      3rd Sikhs, 118, 119

      4/1 Battery Bengal Artillery, 69

      4th Punjab Infantry, 86, 88

      5th Punjab Cavalry, 86

      15th Sikhs, 113, 114, 115

      36th Sikhs, 111, 112

      Hodson’s Horse, 85, 86

      Khyber Rifles, 111

      Madras (European) Fusiliers, 74, 76, 81, 82

      Army, French

      Corps:

      1st Polish Lancers, 21, 35n

      10th Hussars, 21, 35n

      28th Lgre, 21

      102nd Line, 106

      Regiments: 2nd Hussars, 21, 35n

      V, 19

      Army, German

      Armies:

      Panzer Group West, 191, 194

      Seventh, 182

      Divisions:

      21st Panzer, 177

      277th Infantry, 184

      352nd Infantry, 166, 170

      Panzer Lehr, 177, 182, 184

      Regiments:

      914th Grenadier, 166, 170

      915th Grenadier, 166

      916th Grenadier, 166, 171, 172

      WAFFEN SS

      Corps:

      I SS Panzer, 180

      II SS Panzer, 182, 191, 198

      Divisions:

      1st SS Panzer LSAH, 182, 189

      2nd SS Panzer Das Reich, 182, 184

      9th SSth Panzer Hohenstaufen, 181, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199n

      10th SS Panzer Frundsberg, 181, 182, 184, 186, 189, 191, 192, 198, 199n

      12 th SS Panzer Hitlerjugend, 177, 183, 184, 189

      Regiments:

      I/SS Panzergrenadier 22, 188, 189

      II/SS Panzergrenadier 22, 188

      Panzergrenadier 21 SS PzAbt 102, 185, 186, 189, 193, 195, 198

      Army, North Vietnamese

      Divisions:

      1st, 201, 214, 215

      Regiments:

      24th, 201

      32nd, 201

      66th, 201, 206

      174th, 201, 207, 212, 214

      Army, Portuguese

      Brigades:

      Harvey’s, 29, 31

      Regiments:

      11th, 29

      23rd, 29

      Loyal Lusitanian Legion, 29

      Army, Turkish

      Armies:

      Seventh, 147. 157

      Eighth, 147, 157

      Divisions:

      27th, 155

      Army, United States

      Armies:

      First, 171, 184

      Corps:

      V, 126, 127, 129, 135, 138, 165, 170

      Divisions:

      1st Armored, 163

      1st Cavalry (Airmobile), 200

      1st Infantry. 42, 44, 45

      1st Infantry, 126, 131, 133, 170, 171;

      2nd Cavalry. 128, 132

      2nd Infantry, 44, 45

      2nd Infantry, 126, 128, 131

      3rd Infantry, 44

      4th Infantry, 201, 213

      29th Infantry, 170, 171

      34th Infantry, 163

      82nd Airborne, 170

      173rd Airborne, 10, 200–215

      Left, 43, 44, 45, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62

      Right, 62

      Cavalry, 126. 128, 131, 132, 133, 135

      Brigades:

      1st Cavalry, 129, 134

      Regiments:

      1st Cavalry, 128, 134

      1st Infantry, 57–58

      1st Ranger Bn, 164

      1st Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders), 9, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132, 134

      2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 132

      2nd Ranger Bn, 163, 164, 165. 167, 172

      3rd Cavalry, 134

      3rd Ranger Bn, 164

      4th Ranger Bn, 164

      5th Pennsylvania Militia, 44, 48

      5th Ranger Bn, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172

      6th Cavalry, 134

      6th Infantry, 136

      9th Cavalry, 134

      9th Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55, 56

      10th Cavalry, 128, 134

      11th Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55, 56

      12th Infantry, 213, 214

      16th Infantry, 135, 136

      21st Infantry, 44, 49, 50, 58, 59

      22nd Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55

      23rd Infantry, 44, 50, 58, 59

      24th Infantry, 136

      25th Infantry, 44, 49, 55, 56, 58, 60

      71st New York Volunteer Infantry, 133, 135

      75th Infantry (Rangers), 173

      116th Infantry, 165, 173

      503rd Parachute Infantry, 200–201, 215n

      II/503 Parachute Infantry, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214

      III/319th Artillery, 204

      IV/503 Parachute
    Infantry, 203, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214

      Badajoz, 14, 15, 16, 31, 33

      Baird, Captain Thomas H., 203, 204, 205

      Baldridge, Captain George, 203, 206

      Banterer, HMS, 97, 100

      Baron, 180, 185

      Baylen, capitulation of, 11, 12

      Beaver Dams, 40

      Ben Het, 201

      Beersheba, 9, 144, 146–148, 151–156, 160

      Beresford, Lt Gen Sir William, 7, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33

      Bithur, 78

      Bittrich, SS Lt Gen Wilhelm, 182, 191, 192

      Blake, Gen Joachim, 15, 17, 19, 20, 33

      Bolton, Trooper S., 155

      Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, 11

      Bonaparte, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 11, 16, 43, 63

      Bourchier, Lt Col the Hon Murray, 152, 153

      Boyd, Brig Gen John, 41

      Bradley, Lt Gen Omar, 171, 172, 184

      Brady, Col Hugh, 59

      Braithwaite, Captain J. L., 190

      Brock, Gen Sir Isaac, 38, 39, 47

      Brown, Maj Gen Jacob, 8, 39, 42–45, 47, 48, 50–53, 55, 57, 59–63, 64n

      Brydon, Dr William, 69, 72, 93n

      Buck, Major Thomas, 45

      Buffalo, 38, 40, 42, 44, 61

      Bulfin, Maj Gen E. S., 147

      Burslem, Lt Nathaniel, 106

      Burton, Lt Michael D., 203, 204

      Caen, 174, 176, 180, 183

      Cameron, Lt Col Donald, 152

      Campbell, General Sir Colin, 84–92

      Campbell, Col Thomas, 49

      Carpiquet airfield, 180, 183

      Carver, Brig (later Field

      Marshal Lord) Michael, 181

      Cawnpore, 69, 74–79, 83, 84, 91, 92

      Cervera, Admiral Pascual, 126, 131, 137, 138

      Chandler, Brig Gen John, 39

      Chaplin, Ensign John, 106, 108n

      Charles IV, King of Spain, 11

      Char bridge, 80, 81

      Château de Fontaine, 184, 188, 189, 191

      Chauncey, Commodore Isaac, 43, 44, 51, 52

      Chauvel, Lieutenant General Harry, 9, 142–149, 151, 156, 157, 160

      Chaytor, Maj Gen Sir Edward, 150

      Chetwode, Lt Gen Sir Philip, 144, 146, 147

      Cheux, 177, 179, 180, 183

      Chinhut, 69, 71, 79

      Chippewa, 8, 45, 47–55, 60, 61, 63

      Chrysler’s Farm, 41, 42

      Chuttur Munzil, the, 82

      Cimitière, Capt G., 35n

      Cisterna, 164, 173

      Ciudad Rodrigo, 14, 33

      Cole, Maj Gen Sir Lowry, 16, 29, 30

      Colleville, 180

      Colleville-sur-Mer, 171

      Connolly, Captain William, 206, 211, 213

      Cormorant, HMS, 97, 101

      Cota, Brig Gen Norman D., 171, 172

      Cousin-Montauban, Lt Gen, 103, 104, 105

      Craib, Colour Sergeant, 121

      Croix des Filandriers, 174, 176

      Daiquir, 126, 128, 129

     


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