Indian Corps 66–8, 490–1, 524–6
and Neuve Chapelle 82, 84, 88–90, 95–6, 102, 105–8, 110, 130–1, 138–9, 249
and Ypres 245, 249
see also Lahore Division, Meerut Division
Indian Soldiers, Fund 67
Inns of Court OTC 154–5, 162–6, 397
Inverness Copse 173n, 266, 283
Irish Guards 556–7
1st Battalion 475
Italy, enters war 262, 324–6
Jackman, Gdsm. W. 547, 549
Jackson, Admiral Sir Henry 53
Jacob, Brig. General 111, 117, 121
Jaeger, Auguste 185n.
James, Lt. 70
Jardine, Sir John 587
Jelf, Brig. General 561
Jenkin, Cpl. 171
Joffre, General Joseph Jacques Césaire 34, 49–50, 173
and French successes 311
and Neuve Chapelle 51–2, 54–5, 59
and western front offensive 61, 239, 405, 557
and Ypres 217, 259, 265
Johnston, General 447
Johnston, Spr. J. 447–8, 449, 481–2
Jones, Douglas (Aubrey Dexter) 402–3
Kaiser see Wilhelm II, Kaiser
Keddie, L/cpl. J. 193–4, 201, 222–3, 224, 233–4, 586–8
Keighley, Sgt. H. 362–3
Kemp, Bdr. W. 84–6, 88–9, 101, 115–16, 136, 302–6
Kenyon, Capt. H., DSO 347–9, 350–2, 353–4
Kenyon, Capt. Sir F.G. 154–5, 165
Keyes, Admiral 580
King’s Liverpool Regiment 545
10th (Scottish) Battalion 30, 178–9, 241–2, 250, 380, 388–91, 394–5
King’s Own 289–90
King’s Own Scottish Borderers 498, 503–4, 555–6
King’s Regulations 41–2
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 282
1st Battalion 545–7, 554
7th Battalion 423
16th Battalion 463
Kipling, John 557
Kipling, Rudyard 557
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Lord 50, 143, 147–8, 270–1, 326, 405–6
and French offensive 454, 459–61
and Gallipoli campaign 54, 347, 445, 453–4, 566, 580–1
and Loos 492–3, 522, 562–3
and shortage of ammunition 142, 312–15, 318
‘Kitchener’s Army’ 169, 318, 579
in Flanders 399–404, 419–27
in France 459–61, 466–8, 472–7, 496
in Gallipoli 442, 451–2
recruitment and training 152–68
under-age recruits 402–3, 462–8
see also Territorial Force
‘Kitchener’s Chocolate’ 154
Kitchener’s Wood 201–5, 221, 224, 240
Von Kräwel, governor of Brussels 416
Krithia 346, 356, 361, 363–5, 379
La Bassée Canal 79
Lahore Division 90, 245, 249–55
Laidlaw, Capt. R.F.E. 368, 370–2, 373–4
Laidlaw, Piper, VC 503–4
Lamb, Sgt. Tommy 499, 512–13
Lancashire Fusiliers 148
Langley, Capt. F.O. 472
Langley, Lt. 76–7
Langley, Rfn. Ralph 463
Law, Andrew Bonar 313, 316
Layes Brook 111, 113, 116, 119, 130–2
Leckie, Col. 202
Lee, Joe 92
Leicestershire Regiment 94–5, 105–6, 526
Lens Road Redoubt 487, 501, 503
Lens village 479, 487, 513, 517, 523
Letyford, Cpl. A. 19–20, 35, 90
Lewis, Lt. Donald S. 70–1, 97–8, 140
Liddell, Col. 13
‘Lilliput Lancers’ 40
Lincolnshire Regiment 94
1st Battalion 388, 391–2, 395n.
2nd Battalion 304
Liverpool Scottish see King’s
Liverpool Regiment Livingston, Capt. 107, 108
Lloyd George, David 31, 34, 50, 313, 315, 405, 472, 510, 566–7
2nd London Heavy Battery 201–2
London Irish Regiment 481
London Rangers, 12th Battalion 290, 293
London Regiment
l/7th (City of London) Battalion 106–7, 468–70, 482, 504–5
14th (County of London) Battalion 509–10
19th (County of London) Battalion 480, 486
23rd Battalion 547–8
Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion 38–48, 55–8
2nd Battalion 55–7
3rd Battalion 55–7, 66, 69–70, 90–1, 93–4, 125–7, 239, 526, 527
4th Battalion 249–50, 252
London Rifle Brigade 6, 211
5th (City of London) Battalion 171, 243–4
Lone Pine 432, 440, 444
Lone Tree Ridge 542, 544
Loos 470–1, 479–95, 496–511, 512–31, 532–63, 571–2, 589
Loos Road Redoubt 487–8
looting 249–50, 380–3
HMS Louis 580
Loutit, Lt. 352–3
Lowe, Cpl. W.F. 419–20, 425–7
Lyell, 2nd Lt. D. 367
MacGill, Patrick 457
Machine Gun Company, 12th 381
machine-gun 9, 11, 13–15, 47, 159
Maclagen, Col. 348, 350–2, 353
Macleod, Betty 324–5
Macleod, 2nd Lt. J. 173–6, 182, 266–7, 283, 324–5, 568
Macleod, Lt. R. 20
Mahon, Major General 445
Maling, Capt., VC 525
Malthouse, Walter 298–9, 307–8
Manchester Regiment 148, 250, 252–3
marching 154–5, 244
Marrin, Pte. G. 519, 551
Marshall, A. 338
Mascall, Capt. Maurice 67
Mason, Tpr. P. 179–80, 183–5
Mathieson, Bertie 58, 106
Matthews, Col. 364
Mauquissart, British attack 86, 87, 109–10, 121–3, 127, 131–2, 526
Mauser Ridge 250, 252, 255
Maze, Paul 501, 506
McCracken, Major General 534–5
McDougall, Major 193, 196, 236
McFie, CQMS R.S. 30, 388–9, 394–5, 396–7, 574–6
McGurk, L/cpl. G. 333, 334
McHoul, Capt. 56
McKenna, Pte. W.J. 200, 203–5
McKinnell, Capt. B. 178–9, 242, 380, 388–910, 395
McKinnon, Capt. Lachlan 385
Meakin, 332–3, 338n.
Meerut Division 66, 69–70, 81, 107, 116–19, 249, 297
Bareilly Brigade 83–4, 89–90, 91–2, 93, 97–8, 135, 526 7
Dehra Dun Brigade 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 111–12, 117–20, 123–5, 127, 137
Garwhal Brigade 68–9, 82, 93–4, 102–3, 124, 127, 138–9, 302, 306–8, 485–6, 526, 527–9
Menin Gate 226–7, 263, 293n.
Menin Road 173, 178, 207, 220–1, 294, 379, 387, 390, 392, 398, 400
Messines Ridge 180
Middlesex Regiment
2nd Battalion 101–2, 104, 297
4th Battalion 413
13th Battalion 519, 551
Milne, General 405–6
Milner, Lt. E. 78
Minchin, 117
Mitchell, Pte. L. 309–10
Moated Grange 87, 103–5, 116
Monmouth Regiment, 3rd
Battalion 293
Monro, General Sir Charles 580, 585
Moore, Capt. 107, 108
Moore, Harold 44
Motor Transport Service 237–8
Mouse Trap Farm 199, 201–2, 221, 290, 293
Moylan, Cpl. F. 468–70, 482, 504–5
Mudros, and Dardanelles campaign 53–4, 344–6, 375
munitions see ammunition, shortage
Murdoch, Keith 566
music 28–9
Nameless Cottages 110, 122–3, 128
names, Anglicisation 27
Napier, Brig. General 359–60
Naylor, Tmptr. J. 95–6, 136–7
Nek, attack on 446–7
Neuralia 43
Neuve Chapelle attack planned 51–2, 57, 79–81
British capture 79–86, 87–98, 99–113, 217
costs 148–9
failure to advance beyond 130–42, 148, 187
German counter-attack 114–29, 530
troop build-up 77–9
Nichols, Robert 377
Nicholson, 92, 97, 98, 135
Nickalls, Brig. General 541–2
Van Nieuwenhove, Aimé 189–90, 263, 275–7, 406–8
Niven, Lt. 294
Noel, Capt. E.V. 57–8, 106
Nonnebosschen Wood 17, 283
Norfolk Regiment, 9th Battalion 156–7, 160–1, 588, 590–1, 593
Northamptonshire Regiment 121–3, 127, 129, 496, 532
Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 1st Battalion 242
Northumberland Fusiliers 290, 293
1st Battalion 395n.
7th Battalion 219, 223–4, 265
12th Battalion 73, 478–9, 515–16, 518–20, 535–7, 544–5
13th Battalion 535
Novello, Ivor 231
Novello-Davies, Clara 231
Nugent, Brig. General 424–5, 427
Officer Training Corps 162–6
officers, commissioning and training 160–6, 385–6
Ogilvie, Col. Thomas 384–5, 398
O’Gowan, General Wanless 213–14
Owen, Major 225–7
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 169–70, 420
Packham, Sgt. F.M. 506–7
Page-Croft, Col. 476–7
Pankhurst, Gnr. (later Cpl.) D.A. 404, 592–3
Patricia of Connaught, HRH Princess 270
Peake, Capt. 94
Peebles, Col. 339
Pepper, Pte. Joseph William 560
Perceval, Major General 256
Petrie, Major Paul 300–1
photography, aerial 70, 90, 98
Pickford, Lt. 169–70
Pilckem Ridge 202, 398
Plenderleith, William 332, 335
‘Plugstreet’ (Ploegsteert) Wood 6, 33, 169, 171–2, 592
Plumer, General Herbert 186, 218, 257, 258–9, 265, 267–8, 279, 405–6
Poelcapelle 192–3, 195, 197, 225–6
Pole, Capt. D. G. (later Col.) 478–9, 493–5, 515, 518–20, 535–7, 544–5, 552–3, 560
Polygon Wood 176, 266–7, 269, 271–2
Ponsonby, Lt. Col. J. 429–30
Post Office Rifles 479
Pratt, Lt. J.D. 381–2, 384–5
Prettor-Pinney, Col. 402–3
Prichard, Col. 122–3
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 269–73, 280–3, 285–94, 390
prisoners of war 595–6
propaganda war 260–2
Prussian Guard 17
Pulman, Harry 44, 57–8, 106, 139
Putz, General 199, 214, 217–18, 248, 253–5
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
1st Battalion 591–2
2nd Battalion 173–6, 182, 266–7
6th Battalion 496–8, 503, 532, 538–40, 543, 553–4
7th Battalion 499, 512–13, 558–9, 571–2
Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 211–13
Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regt), 7th Battalion 461–2, 573–4
Queen’s Westminster Rifles
l/16th Battalion 172
2/16th Battalion 594–5, 596
Rawlinson, Sir Henry 103–5, 108–9, 130, 132, 445
recruiting 147–9, 160, 166–7, 314, 318, 322, 326–7, 579
Reeves, Capt. 106
Reid, Joe 521, 523
Repington, Col. Tim 312–13
Rettie, Lt. Col. W.J.K. 451–3
Rickwood, Edgell 569
Riddell, Lt. 340
Rifle Brigade
2nd Battalion 96, 99, 104, 111, 118–19, 130, 132–4, 304–5, 308
4th Battalion 287–8, 291
7th Battalion 421
8th Battalion 421–3, 424, 427n.
9th Battalion 400
12th Battalion 157, 466–8, 484, 498–9, 523–6, 554–5
13th Battalion 401–2, 403–4 rifles, shortage 153–4, 405
Ritchie, Col. 106–7
River Clyde 355–61
Roach, Pte. William 340–1
Robartes, Capt. the Hon. Thomas 429–32, 501
Roberts, Lt. 30
Robertson, Major A.F. 251–3
Robertson, Sir William 254, 256, 258, 264, 563, 567
Roehampton, Queen Mary’s Hospital 587–8
Ross, Pipe-Major 333, 337
Royal Artillery 362–3
7 (Indian) Mountain Artillery Brigade 347–9, 350–2, 353–4
Royal Dublin Fusiliers 76
2nd Battalion 293
Royal Engineers 70–1, 91, 97–8, 140, 460–1, 481–2, 485, 526, 553
5th Field Coy 17–18, 19–20, 35
15th Field Coy 33
44th (Welsh) Field Coy 581–2
175th Tunnelling Coy 382–3, 408–12, 423–4
186th Coy 501–3
Royal Field Artillery 451–3, 592
23rd Brigade 95–6
104 Battery 297, 304, 308
A Battery 488–9, 501–2, 517–18
Stokes Mortar Battery 404
Royal Flying Corps 70, 291
Royal Fusiliers
1st London Infantry Brigade 38–48, 55–8
2 London Infantry Brigade 55–7
3 London Infantry Brigade 55–7, 66, 69–70, 90–1, 93–4, 106–7, 125–7, 139, 526, 527
4 London Infantry Brigade 249–50, 252
10 Battalion 168
Royal Garrison Artillery
9 Heavy Brigade 225–7
13 Siege Battery 489–90, 530–1
59 Siege Battery 84–6, 88–9, 101, 115–16, 136, 302–6
Royal Horse Artillery, 2 Indian Cavalry Div. 20
Royal Hussars, 10th Battalion 13–14
Royal Irish Rifles 130
Royal Marines, and Gallipoli campaign 53
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1st Battalion 368, 370–2, 373–4
Royal Naval Division 354, 595–6
Benbow Battalion 318–24
Royal Navy, and Gallipoli campaign 53–4, 317–18, 345, 353, 355–70, 433
Royal Scots 429, 564–5
7th Battalion 331–41, 355, 361, 363–9, 371, 374–5, 392
9th Battalion 188–9, 206–9, 235–6, 266
Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion 506–7
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st Battalion 293
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9th Battalion 508–9
Rule, Sgt. A. 383–4, 387, 392–3, 398–400, 413–14, 417–18, 491–3, 521–3
Rumania 54, 262
Russell, Pte. C.H. 509–10
Russia 6, 59–60, 453, 589
St Julien, battle of 199–203, 226–7, 240–1, 251–3, 255, 260
Sanctuary Wood 209, 254, 521, 523
sandbags, making 31
Von Sanders, Liman 354
Sandilands, Col. 499, 513–14, 559
Sari Bair Ridge 442, 446–7
Saunders, Sgt. A.F. 543, 553–4
von Schlieffen, Count 59
Scinde Rifles, 59th Battalion 251–3
Scots Guards 553, 556
1st Battalion 599
2nd Battalion 599
Scott, Pte. N. 349, 437–8
Scott-Moncrieff, Charles 229
Scottish Rifles
2nd Battalion 102–3, 126, 135
8th Battalion 369
Seaforth Highlanders, 1/4 Battalion 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 106–7, 111–12, 117, 119–20, 123–5, 137–8, 306–7
Sedd-el-Bahr village 346, 356, 361, 364
Serbia 6, 453–4, 567, 589
Service, Robert 1
Shaw, Pte. W.H. 508–9
shell-shock 417, 419, 476, 597
Sherwood Foresters 305
8th Battalio
n 12, 78, 98, 121, 124, 128–9
Shropshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion 271, 273–5, 282
Siege Batteries
69th 284
81st 84–6
see also Royal Garrison Artillery Simpson, Pte. A. 156
‘Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers’ 29, 600
Smale, Nellie 63
Smith, Ella 332–3, 335
Smith family 26–7
Smith, George 231
Smith, R.E. 577–8
Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace forced resignation 256–7, 258–9, 264–5, 279
and Neuve Chapelle 199
and Ypres 218, 219–20, 241, 245, 246–8, 250, 253–7
snipers German 81–2, 94–5, 169, 479
Turkish 350, 352, 437
Snow, General 199
songs 28–9, 155
South Staffordshire Regiment 594
6th Battalion 75–8, 471, 472
South Wales Borderers 364
Southin, Bob 318–20
Southport steamer 21–6
Special Reservists 66
Spencer, Pte. W. 548, 550
spies 20–1, 26
Stacke, Lt. 99
Stephens, Col. 99, 103, 118–19, 121, 130, 132–4, 308
Stevens, 106
Stewart, Pte. C. 558–9, 571–2
Stopford, General Sir Frederick 445–6, 448–50, 452–3, 566
stretcher-bearers 117, 135, 233, 241, 308–9, 371
Stuart, Lt. Col. B.F.B. 395n.
Suffolk Regiment 543
1st Battalion 283–6, 288–92, 293
2nd Battalion 164–5
Sutcliffe, Johnnie 91, 125
Sutton, Sgnr. J.E. 192–3, 196–7, 235, 236
Suvla Bay 432, 440, 442–52, 564–6, 580, 582, 585, 589
Swan, the Rev. William 338–40
swords, superfluous 16–17, 46
Sydenham, Lord 598–9
Tannenberg (battle) 60
Taylor, Lt. 526–7
Taylor, Major 68–9
Tennant, Gnr. N. 299–302
Tennant, Lt. C. 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 111–12, 117, 119–20, 123–5, 137–40, 307
Territorial Force Dardanelles campaign 54, 363–9, 371, 374–5
in Flanders 66–7, 77, 579, 589
in France 36–7, 75
and Indian Corps 66–7
kindness of public to 155–8
in Malta 38–43
and Neuve Chapelle 78–9, 89–90, 141
shortage of equipment 152–4
training 38–9, 46–7
see also ‘Kitchener’s Army’
Thomson, Pte. A. 334, 336, 339–40
Thuillier, Lt. Col. H.F. (later Major General) 555–6
Times, The 141–2, 312–13
Tinsley, James 332–3, 338n.
Tower Bridge 487, 501, 512, 535, 550
Trading with the Enemy Act 28
training 38–9, 46–7, 154–5, 158–60, 161–6, 271, 594
Treffry, Lt. Col. R.G. 395n.
Tsintau steamer 23–4
Turner, Brig. General 199–200