Anzac Cove 347–54, 355, 433, 442–4, 581–2, 585
Anzacs (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)
1st Australian Brigade 440
2 Australian Brigade 437–8
and Dardanelles campaign 143, 347–54, 365, 432–41, 442–7, 452, 454, 583, 585
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 167–8, 517
l/7th Battalion 29
Armstrong, Anne 337–8
Army Service Corps 77–8
46 (North Midland) Divisional train 470–1
Motor Transport Service 237–8
Ashwell, Capt. 78–9
Aspinall, Col. 450
Asquith, Herbert Henry 312–17, 405–6, 433, 567
Attlee, Capt. Clement 344
Aubers Ridge 479, 491, 523
attack planned 51, 61, 71, 81–2
attempted attack 103–5, 108, 114, 124, 136
battle 295, 297–310, 311–12, 324, 379
Australian Light Horse, 13th Battalion 435–7
Avon 43–4
Bagot-Chester, Capt. W.G. at Loos 485–6, 523, 527–30
at Neuve Chapelle 93, 94, 127, 138–40
at Ypres 306–8
Bain, Sir Frederick 384
Balck, General 221n.
Balfour, Arthur 313, 316
Barber, Lt. G. 591–2
Barbieur, Artur 214–16
Bareilly Brigade see Meerut Division
Barry, Lt. G., MC 429–32
Bastable, Pte. F. 461–2, 573–4
Batchelor, Tmptr. P. 212
Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
6th Battalion 92
14th Battalion 114
17th Battalion 532
Beard, Sgt. J. 545–7, 554
Begbie, Pte. W. 337, 367, 369, 371, 374–5
Beith, Col. G. 435, 583–4
Belgium, Independence Day 414–17
Bellewaerde Ridge 280, 287–90, 379, 390–5, 419, 521
Bentham, Able Seaman J.S. 318–24
Berkeley, Capt. R., MC 132–4, 304–5
Berkshire Regiment 94
Best, Lt. (later 2nd Lt.) F. 77–8, 470–1
‘Big Bertha’ 187
Birdwood, General 581
Black Watch 483
1/4 Battalion 83–4, 89–90, 91–2, 93, 97–8, 127, 135
2nd Battalion 529
Boase, Capt. 98
Bois du Biez 99, 110–13, 114, 116–19, 130, 132
Bois Grenier 79, 82
Bowles, J. 594–5, 596
Boxer, Major H.E.R. 395n.
Boy Scouts 463–4
Boyle, Col. 202
Boy’s Own Paper 464–5
Brett, Capt. G.A., DSO, MC 547–8
Brides in the Bath murder case 231
British Army
First Army 59, 79–83, 112–13, 130–1, 379, 390, 490, 562, 599
Second Army 216–17, 245, 250–7, 279, 563
2 Guards Brigade 556, 599
3 (Guards) Brigade 412, 547, 549, 556–7, 599
IV Corps 82, 84, 103–5, 108, 118–19, 131–2
4 (Guards) Brigade 474–6
V Corps 257, 410–11
VI Corps 424 IX Corps 445–51
10 Brigade 240–1 245
22 Brigade 86, 297, 304, 308
25 Brigade 118
59 Brigade 451–3
85 Brigade 293
88 Brigade 359–60
236 Brigade 488–9, 501–2, 517–18
see also Divisions
Bromilow, Col. 75–6
Brookes, Sgt. B.J. 172
Bruce, Douglas 97
Budhiman, Havildar 528–9
Buffs see East Kent Regiment (the Buffs)
Bulair 346, 354, 449
Bulgaria 53–4, 262, 453, 567
Buller, Capt. 271
Burney, Lt. Col. P. 225–7
Burns, RSM 164–5
Burrows, Gnr. C.B. 295–7, 304, 308–9
Bushman, Lady 150–1
Bute, Pte. W. 560
Butler, Sgt. G. 381
Byng, Gen. 445
Callwell, General C.E. 567
Cambridgeshire Regiment 33–4
Cameronians see Scottish Rifles
Canadian Army, 1st Division 53, 55, 82, 192, 198–201
3rd Battalion 224–5
8th (Manitoba) Battalion 236n.
10th Battalion 200, 202–5
15th Battalion (48th Royal Highlanders) 192–4, 197, 222–4, 234, 586–7
16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) 200, 202–5
Field Artillery, 9th Battery 193, 196–7, 235, 236
see also Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Cape Helles 346, 355–9, 364, 433, 444, 564, 582, 586
Capper, General 105, 109, 116
Carden, Admiral 51
Carrol, Pte. W. 434–5, 438–9
Carter, Brig. General 121–2
Carter, Lt. Col. B.C.M. 545
Cassels, Lt. 408–12, 413
casualties, numbers 311, 379, 395, 564, 597–8
Cavalry
1st Division 214
2 Indian Division 20
3 Brigade 549
5 Brigade 132, 149
at Neuve Chapelle 79, 98
reliance on 14–15, 34
Cavan, Lord 599
Chalk Pit 549, 556–7
Chalmers, Capt. 284
Chaplin, Trpr. G.C. 242
Cheshire Regiment 284
15th Battalion 148
16th Battalion 148
Chrichton, Cyril 44
Christison, Lt. A.F.P., MC 496–8, 503, 532, 538–40, 543, 553–4
Christmas 1914, truce 3–5, 16, 588
Christmas 1915 586, 588–97, 599–600
Chunuk Bair 440, 442–4, 446–7, 452
Church Lads Brigade 463
Churchill, Winston Spencer 50–1, 53, 317–18, 344n.
Cité St Auguste 512–14
Clarke, Trpr. W. 549–50, 572–3, 576
Clopet, Capt. 21–6
Clopet, Mrs 21–4, 26
Coggins, CSM W.J. 169–70
Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion 428–32, 599
2nd Battalion 475, 493
Colquhoun, Capt. Campbell 539–40
Combe, Sgt. J. 333, 335
‘comforts’ 26, 30–1, 66, 149–50, 232, 574, 590
Connaught Rangers 139, 249–50, 252–3
conscription 326, 579
Conybeare, Lt E.B. 122, 127–8
Cooper, Lt. Teddy 56
Cowan, Major S.H. 382–3, 408–12, 423–4
Cowley, A.E. 338–9
Cox, Harold, Chief Engineer 24–5
Cribley, Pte. G. 558
Crask, Pte. H.J. 283–5, 288–92, 293, 595
Cross, Sgt. J., MM 401–2
Crossingham, Private 3
Cushing, 2nd Lt. W. 156–7, 160–1, 588, 590–1, 593
Cuthbert, Brig. General 469
Cuthbert, Major 119–20
Daily Mail on Neuve Chapelle 148–9
and parcels 595
Daily Mirror 327
Daniel, Cpl. G.R. 166–7
Dardanelles campaign 53–4, 142–3, 217, 312, 342–7, 355–75, 432–41, 442–51
and Battle of Loos 564–5
and Churchill 50–1, 53, 317–18
Committee 327, 566–7, 581
disease 361–2, 444, 565
evacuation 580–1, 584, 585–6
failure 316–17, 324, 353–4, 379, 441, 452–5, 589
landings 245, 347–54, 355–61
new commander 580 new troops for 331, 340, 404–5
political debate over 565–7
reinforcements sent 453–4
unofficial armistice 583
Davis, Pte. H.K. 171, 243–4
De Lisle, General 365, 375
De Milleville, Mme Marie 198
Defence of the Realm Act 27
Dehra Dun Brigade see Meerut Div
ision
Delaere, Fr Camille 240, 243, 277–8
Derby Comrades Brigade 147–8
Derby, Lord 147, 579
Dewavrin, Germaine 62–4
Dewavrin, Henri 61–2, 64
Dewavrin, Pierre 61–4
Dick, Gordon 335
Von Ditforth, Major General 114
Divisions
1st 312, 541, 555–6
1st Brigade 509–10, 591–2
2 Brigade 178–9, 506–7
2nd
6 Brigade 474–7, 501–2, 545–7, 554
7 Brigade 387–8, 391–2, 394
3rd
8 Brigade 381, 383–7, 390–3, 398–400, 413–14, 417–18, 424, 491–3, 521–3
9 Brigade 242, 387–8, 391, 394–5, 550
4th 267
12th Machine Gun Coy 381
6th 427
7th 82, 103, 105, 108–9, 131–2, 297, 312, 541
21 Brigade 109
8th 81–2, 103, 108–10, 117–19,
121, 132, 297–8, 309
23 Brigade 82, 95–6, 136–7
24 Brigade 121, 127–8
9th Scottish 400n., 483, 506, 519, 541
10th 445, 567
12th (Easter) 400n.
14th 400, 522
41 Brigade 421–5
43 Brigade 419–20, 425–7
15th (Scottish) 483, 499, 503–4, 507, 511, 517–18, 535, 671
44 Brigade 512–14, 558, 571–2
45 Brigade 496–7, 514, 532, 535, 538–40, 543, 553, 577–8
18th,
55 Brigade 461–2, 573–4
19th
57 Brigade 473, 558
58 Brigade 508–9
20th (Light), 60 Brigade 466–8, 484, 498–9, 523–6, 554–5
21st 478, 493, 498, 514–15, 518–20, 541, 549–50, 562
62 Brigade 535–7, 540–1, 544–5, 552
64 Brigade 516
24th 478, 493, 514–15, 518–19, 541, 542–4, 550–1, 562 73 Brigade 519, 541, 551, 561
27th 53, 199, 206–9, 220, 235–6, 266, 269–71, 282, 568
80 Brigade 292–3
81 Brigade 174–6
53, 220, 241, 283
83 Brigade 285–6, 288
84 Brigade 288–90, 291–2, 293–4
29th 53–5, 143, 217, 355–6, 362–9, 586
86 Brigade 368, 370–2, 373–4
87 Brigade 368 156 Brigade 365
37th 401–2, 403–4
42nd 444
46th (North Midland) 54, 75–9 137 Brigade 472
47th (London) 152, 487, 507, 510–11, 557
5 London Brigade 480–1, 486
140 Brigade 468–70, 482, 504–5, 588–9
50th (Northumbrian) 223–4, 265
149 Brigade 219
52nd, 156th (Infantry) Brigade 363–4, 365–7, 369, 374–5
53rd (Welsh) 447–8, 449, 581–2
56th 592
Guards 548–50
2 Brigade 493, 514
see also British Army
Dodd, C., Chief Officer 23
Von Donop, Sir Stanley 315
Dorgan, L/cpl. J. 219, 223–4, 265
Double Crassier 468, 487–8, 504, 510, 557
Dragoon Guards, 2 Battalion 549–50, 572–3, 576
Drake-Brockman, Lt. Col. D.H. 68–9
Drummond, Sgt. 440
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 208
Dunbar, Bdr. Alex 488–9, 501–2, 503, 517–18, 534
Dundas, Major 94
Durham Light Infantry
10th Battalion 419–20, 425–7
14th Battalion 542
15th Battalion 542
East Kent Regiment (the Buffs) 205, 209
East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion 290, 305
East Surrey Regiment, 12th Battalion 40, 166–7
East Yorks Regiment
2nd Battalion 290
8th Battalion 535
Edwards, Dr John 336, 339
Edwards, Henry 151
Edwards, Pte. H.N. 157–8, 159
Egerton, Major General 339
Elliot-Hill, Major 21
Elliott, Alex 355
Empress of Britain 339–40
Errington, Lt. Col. E.H.L. 163, 397
Etaples base camp 45–8, 56
Ewart, General 445
Farquhar, Col. 269–71, 283
Fellowes, Sgt. H. 73, 479, 495, 515, 535–7, 552–3
Ferguson, Sgt. Major 207
Festubert 35, 312, 326, 327, 379, 475–6
24th Field Ambulance 309–10
Fife, Lt. Col., DSO 593
Figg, Acting Sgt. 527
Finnimore, L/cpl. J.W. 224–5
fire attack 421, 422–4, 427n.
Fish, Driver Rodger 237–8
Fisher, Adm. Lord John 50, 53, 317–18
Fisher, CQMS G. 151–2, 474–6
Foch, General Ferdinand 216–18, 247, 253, 256, 258–9, 264–5
Fosse 8 541, 545, 551, 571
France
Tenth Army 51–3, 55, 185, 468
45th Regiment 192
Elverdinghe Detachment 217n.
Nieuport Detachment 217n., 218
fraternisation with the enemy 3–5, 599–600
French, Sir John 7, 173, 405
advocates coastal attack 50–1, 52
and Aubers Ridge 312
and lack of ammunition 49, 64, 66, 71, 141–2, 238–9, 312–15, 379
and lack of equipment 33, 49, 64, 66, 84–6
and Loos 514–15, 557, 561–4
and Neuve Chapelle 51–3, 57, 59–61, 71, 79, 84, 86, 89, 132, 136, 141–2, 148–9
replacement 567–8, 590
and shortage of troops 54–5, 61
and Ypres 179, 216–18, 238–9, 245, 246–8, 250, 253–6, 258–9, 262, 264–5, 324
Freyberg, Lt. 354
Frezenberg Ridge 283, 288
Friends Ambulance Unit 177, 233, 276
Gallipoli campaign 53–4, 142–3, 217, 312, 342–7, 355–75, 432–41, 442–51
and Battle of Loos 564–5
and Churchill 50–1, 53, 317–18
disease 361–2, 444, 565
evacuation 580–1, 584, 585–6
failure 316–17, 324, 353–4, 379, 441, 452–5, 589
landings 245, 347–54, 355–61
new commander 580
new troops for 331, 340, 404–5
political debate over 565–7
reinforcements sent 453–4
unofficial armistice 583
Gallipoli (film) 446
Garde Husarien Regiment (Hussars of the Guard) 13–14
Garhwal Rifles 527–8
l/39th Battalion 102–3
2nd Battalion 68–9, 93–4, 526
gas
appeal for gas-masks 232
British use 474, 484–6, 498–507, 526–7, 530–1
first attack 183–7, 192–5, 196–200, 204, 206, 208, 214–15
further attacks 252, 267–8, 280
and Loos 557, 560
protective measures 232–3, 268, 472–4, 485, 486, 500, 503, 507
second attack 221, 222–5, 244
treatment 233–4
Gault, Hamilton 269–71, 283, 285–6, 288
Geddes, Col. (East Kent Regiment) 209–10
Geddes, Col. (Royal Munster Fusiliers) 370–1
Geier mail-ship 22–5
George V 147, 401–2
German Army
14th Infantry Division 114
23rd Reserve Corps 221n.
234 Reserve Infantry Regiment 185
see also Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade
Gilbert, Cpl. G. 435–7
Givenchy 35, 390, 393–4
Gloucester Regiment
6th Battalion 157–8, 159
8th Battalion 558.
Gold, Capt. 499–500
Gordon Highlanders 483, 517
1st Battalion 522
4th Battalion 381–2, 383–7, 392–3, 398–400,
413–14, 417–18, 474, 491–3, 521–3
Gordon, Lt. 94
Gough, General 501
Gowland, Pte F. 473–4
Greece 54, 262, 567
Green Howard Regiment, 7th Battalion 592–3
Grenadier Guards 30, 116
2nd Battalion 475–7
4th Battalion 547, 548–50
Grey, Sir Edward 567
Gully Ravine 363–75, 433
Gunn, L/cpl. Sandy 393
guns
ranging 70–1, 130, 273
shortage 33, 64–6, 84–6, 297, 365, 405
Gurkha Rifles
2/3 Battalion 93, 94, 127, 138–9, 306–8, 485–6, 527–9
4th Battalion 127
9th Battalion 111–12, 117, 124–5
in Flanders 68–70, 93, 94, 96–7, 110–13, 119–20, 302
in Gallipoli campaign 372
at Loos 526–9
Gurung, Gane 96
Haig, General Sir Douglas and Aubers Ridge 297, 303, 311–12
as Commander-in-Chief 567–8, 590
and Loos 490–1, 499–500, 514–15, 561–4
and Neuve Chapelle 59, 79–81, 83, 103, 105, 112–13, 121, 124, 130–4, 136
and second battle of Ypres 264–5
Haking, General 493, 541
Hall, L/cpl. E. 102, 126, 135, 202
Hall, Fred 203, 236.
Hall, Sgt. H. 202–3, 204–5
Hallam, Basil 322
Hamilton, Col. Douglas 539–40
Hamilton, Sir Ian 14, 142–3, 316, 345, 347, 365, 372–3, 379, 445–6
and causes of Gallipoli failure 449–53
and Dardanelles Committee 566–7
Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 360
Hankey, Col. Sir Maurice and Gallipoli 316, 433–5, 440, 450–1, 453
new ideas 31–3, 36
visits France 405–6
Hanoverian Regiment, 77th Battalion 289–90
Hanson, Bob 479
Hawes, Capt. G. DSO, MC 106, 107–8
Hay, Pte W. 188–9, 206–9, 235–6, 266
Heavy Artillery, 9 Brigade 225–7
Hely Hutchinson, Lt. Col. R.G. 395n.
Henderson Scoles, Capt. A.M. 599–600
Hennekint, Paula 214–16
Hertfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion 151–2, 474–7
Highland Light Infantry 35, 124–5, 127, 138, 250, 483
6th Battalion 454–5
Hill 60 176, 180–1, 182–3, 186, 199, 221, 280, 387
Hill 70 488, 512–17, 531, 534–49, 555–9, 562, 591
Hilltop Ridge 251–2, 255
Hilton, Lucy 139–40
Hitchcock, B. Burnett 588–9
Hohenzollern Redoubt 506–7, 519, 545, 550, 571
Honourable Artillery Company 395n.
Hooge 254, 264, 280–2, 390, 408–12, 413–14, 417–27, 491, 521, 523, 530, 564
Hopkinson, Capt. 398
Home, Major General 475, 477
Howells, Col. 39–42
Hoyles, Rfn. J. 403–4
Hubbard, Sgt. Sid 466, 499
Hughes, Sir Sam 269
Hull, General 241, 250
Hulluch village 506, 541, 544–5, 547
Hustler, Cpl. 14