PARACHUTE REGIMENT, 368–9, 434, 442
ROYAL ARTILLERY: 93rd Searchlight Regiment, 356; Barracks (Woolwich), 517; battle honour (‘Ubique’), 442; chaplains, 232, 237; designation of ranks, 55–6; musical band, 476; recruitment, 270–1, 382; as regiment, 55; salutes guns, 444; ‘trickle posting’, 430; Royal Artillery Field Regiment, 452; Royal (earlier Auxiliary Military) Pioneer Corps, 345–6; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 391
ROYAL ENGINEERS: formed, 55; ranks, 55–6; recrutiment, 382; sappers’ rank, 55; ‘trickle posting’, 430; Royal Garrison Artillery, 162; Royal Logistic Corps, 346, 461, 533; Royal Military Police, 543–4; Royal Signals, 460–1; Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), 350, 353; Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC), 356–7
SERVICES & OTHER: Army Air Corps, 442; Army Physical Training Corps, 582; Auxiliary Territorial Service, 353–6, 356; Bengal Horse Artillery, 246; Catering Corps, 533; Labour Corps, 345; Machine Gun Corps, 76, 368; Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Army Corps, 350; Royal African Colonial Corps, 304; Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (RAChD), 259, 262, 264; Royal Army Education Corps, 570–1; Royal Army Medical Corps, 382, 461, 481; Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 382, 461; Royal Army Service Corps, 208, 382, 461; Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 481
Arnhem, battle of (1944), 368
Arnold, Benedict, 139
‘Arthur McBride’ (Irish folk song), 269
Articles of War, 20
artillery: officer appointments and promotions, 138; see also Army units: Royal Artillery
Ashby, Kenneth, 187
Ashurst, Lieut. George, 198, 284–5
Asquith, Arthur, 29
Asquith, Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 29, 42
Asquith, Herbert (son), 29
Asquith, Raymond, 29, 31
Assize of Arms (AD 1181), 91
Aston, Lieut. Colonel Hervey, 564
Atkins, Gunner Richard Riley, 308
Atkyns, Captain Richard, 93
Attlee, Clement (later 1st Earl), 30–1
Aubers Ridge, battle of (1915), 233
Aubrey, John, 321
Auchinleck, General Sir Claude, 343
Austen, Henry, 99
Austen, Jane, 99
Austin, Lieut. Thomas, 12
Australia: troops in Boer War, 342; troops in two World Wars, 109–10, 343
Axton, RSM Sydney (‘Old Joe’), 67
Bacmeister, Captain Lucas, 339
Bacon, Sir Francis, 91
Badajoz: troops’ behaviour in, 307
Baden-Powell, Lieut. General Robert, 1st Baron, 157
badges and insignia, 363–4, 413–14; see also cap badges
Bagshawe, Colonel Samuel, 49, 141–5, 154, 272, 376, 409–10
Bailey, Midshipman Bernard, 28
Bailey, Mr (surgeon), 95
Baillie, Lieut. (of 58th Regiment), 445
Bairnsfather, Bruce, 470
Baker, Drummer Charles, 449
Balaklava, battle of (1854), 371
Balfour, Major Nisbet, 169
Bancroft, Nathaniel, 246
Bancroft, N.W., 277
bands (musical), 476, 487–8, 490–3
bandsmen, 274, 487–90
Banks, Cornet William George Hawtrey, VC, 163
‘Bantam Battalions’, 271–2
Baring, Major Guy, 27, 31, 337–8
Barnett, Correlli: Britain and Her Army, xxx
Barnfather, Captain Percy, 314
barrack master, 561
barrack-rooms: behaviour in, 547–9; NCO’s authority in, 546
barracks: as accommodation, 501–2, 512; built, 512, 518–21; life and conditions, 515–16, 519–27, 541–2, 599; and married quarters, 599; supervision, 541–5, 561
Barre, Major Isaac, 152, 327
Barrington, Cornet (of 6th Dragoons), 180
Barrington, Jonah, 160
Barrington, William, Viscount, 35, 143, 145, 147–8, 159, 168, 236
Barrow, Major Jack, 486
Barrow, Captain Thomas, 171
Barry, James Miranda, 350
Bartlett, Thomas, 122
Batchelor, Peter, 249
Bateman, H.M.: The Second Lieutenant who joined His Regiment with His Wife (cartoon), 593
Bath, John Grenville, Earl of, 93, 130
battalions: and regiments, 374, 380, 383–4, 422–4; as units, 63
Battereau, Colonel John, 141
battle honours, 335–6, 376, 441
Baynes, Lieut. Col. John, 10
Baynes, Rory, 316
beards and facial hair, 469–72
beasting, 550–6
Beattie, RSM Douglas (later Captain), xxvi, 67, 73–4
Beaufort, Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of (earlier Marquess of Worcester), 105
Bedford, John Russell, 4th Duke of, 143, 236
Bedford, Corporal William, 386
Beevor, Antony, xv, xxii, 23, 223, 225, 229
Beharry, Lance Corporal Johnson, VC, xxiv, 347, 429
Belcher, Lieut. Gordon, 184
Belfast: riot (1907), 503
Bell, Ensign George, 240
Bellows, Sergeant Jim, 393
Benson, H. W., 189
Bent, Drummer John, VC, 275
Bentinck, Lord George, 159
Benzie, Lieut. Colonel, 203
Berger, Captain Charles, 340
Bernard, Lieut. Colonel Benjamin, 168
Bernard, John (Benjamin’s father), 168
Bernard, Second Lieut. John (Benjamin’s son), 168
Bernières, Jean Antoine de, 327
Bertie, Charles, 25
Berwick, James, Duke of, 16, 135, 325
Beveridge, Sir William (later Baron), 390
Bickersteth, Revd Julian, 255, 256
Bigland, Alfred, 271
Bill of Rights (1689), 500
billeting see housing and billeting
Bird, Lieut. Colonel (Royal Irish), 85
Birdwood, General William, 122
Birley, Captain Hugh, 104
Bish, George W., 6
Bissett, Colonel Andrew, 141
Blackadder, Captain John, 290
Blacker, Carlos Paton (‘Pip’), 192–3
Blacker, Robin, 193
Blackford, Colour Sergeant (of 32nd), 598
Blair, Tony, 47
Blakeney, Major, 168
Blakiston-Houston, Mike (‘Bloody’), 416
Blanco, Rifleman, 333
Blayney, Lieut. General Cadwallader Davis, 10th Baron, 516
Blazey, Lieut. John William Victor, 185
Blenheim, battle of (1704), 233, 237, 324
Blood, Lieut. Thomas, 178
Bloody Sunday (Northern Ireland 1970), 228
Blunt, Revd Mr (chaplain), 233
Board of Ordnance, 232, 237
Bock, Major General George von, 337
Bodell, James, 291
Boer War (1899–1902): and army reforms, 14, 22; colonial units serve in, 342; and volunteer units, 107, 312
bombardiers, 57
Bonaparte, Jerôme, 334
‘Bonnie Blue Flag, The’ (song), 498
Borriedale, Lieut. Lord, 151
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, 475
Boscawen, Colonel George, 475
Boswell, James, 498, 584
Botwood, Sergeant Ned: ‘Hot Stuff’ (song), 440, 508
Bouquet, Henry, 323
boy soldiers, 274–8
Boyd, Jean, 326
Boyne, battle of the (1690), 325
Bradbury, Captain Edward, VC, 195
Braddock, Major General Edward, 323
Bramall, Field Marshal Edwin, Baron 229
‘brass hats’, 51
Breda, Declaration of (1660), 6
Brereton, Lieut. Colonel Thomas, 503
brevet promotion and rank, 82–5
Bridgeman, Major General Robert, 192, 202, 210, 219, 394, 414
Bridges, Major Tom, 490
brigadier generals, 52–4
Brindle, Father Robert, 254
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bsp; Briscall, Revd Samuel, 239, 242
Bristol: riots (1831), 503
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), 222
British Expeditionary Force (First World War), 183, 312
‘British Grenadiers, The’ (song), 455, 481
Brittain, Captain Edward, 590–1
Brodrick, St John, 41
Brooke, Sir Henry, 123
Brooke, Major Thomas, 123, 546
Brookes, Dom Rudesind (‘Father Dolly’), 259
Brooks, Steve, xviii, xxviii
Broome, Colour Sergeant ‘Stick’, xxvi
Brotherton, James, 152
Browne, Lieut. Henry, 152
Browne, Field Marshal Maximilian Ulysses von, 126
Browne, Captain Philip, 167–8
Browne, Captain Thomas Henry, 450, 467
Browning, Major General Frederick (‘Boy’), 261
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 503
Brunswick, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of, 333–4
Brunswick, Frederick William, Duke of, 334–5
Brunswick Oels Corps (Schwarze Schar or Black Brunswickers), 333–5
brutality see beasting
Buckmaster, Captain Herbert, 184, 190–1
Budstock, Sergeant (of 58th Regiment), 445
bugle calls see Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Army
buglers, 482, 484, 529
Buller, General Sir Redvers, VC, 41–2, 176, 273–4
bullying, 548–52
Burdett, Sir Francis, 26
Burgoyne, General John, 36, 140
burials (of dead): in field, 260–1
Burrows, CSM Fred, 457
Bushell, Thomas, 98
Butler, Elizabeth, Lady (née Thompson), 166, 482
Butler, Major Pierce, 160
Butler, Private William Boynton, VC, 271
Butler, Lieut. General Sir William Francis, 164–6
Buxton, Private Offord (‘Freddie’), 204
buying out (of enlistment), 289
Byng, Major General Sir John, 81
Cadogan, William, 1st Earl, 35, 77
Cairns, W. E., 179–80
Caledon, James Alexander, 1st Earl of, 123
Calvert, Brigadier Michael, 176
Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick, Duke of (later King of Hanover), 12–13
Cambridge, George, 2nd Duke of, 10, 18, 22, 165, 250, 274, 442, 477
Cambridge University: OTC and wartime casualties, 186–7
Cameron, Colonel Alan, 310
Campbell, Major General Sir Colin, 244
Campbell, Colonel Robert Parker, 163
Campbell, Lieut. Walter, 559
Campbell-Preston, Patrick, 395–6
Canada: troops in First World War, 343
Canteen and Mess Co-Operative Society, 539
canteens, 534–7; see also NAAFI
cap badges, 376–7, 383–5, 423, 436, 460
Capper, General Tommy, 122
captains, 50
Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of, 154, 564, 566
Cardwell, Edward, Viscount, 155; reforms (1881), 373, 375–9, 380, 382, 398, 422
Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of, 129
Carlos, Don, 40
Carlton, Charles, 5
Carnot, Lazare, 76
Carr, Captain (Tangier 1677), xxii
Carr, Lieut. Colonel (of 35th Foot), 148
Carrington, Charles, 406
Carrington, Peter Carington, 7th Baron, 33
Carter, Sergeant Major George, 580
Carter, Lieut. Colonel Harry, 195
Carver, Field Marshal Michael, Baron, 45
Cary, Lieut. Thomas, 339
Case, Lieut. Colonel William, 367
Casson, Second Lieut. Randal Alexander, 206
Castaldini, Bandmaster Paolo, 476
Castlemaine, Barbara Villiers, Countess of, 131
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II, 7, 54, 446, 478
Catholic Relief Acts (1791), 287; (1829), 245
Catholicism: among soldiers, 243–5, 247–8; chaplains, 254, 257; and composition of Stuart army, 132–4; conversions to, 252–3; excluded from recruitment, 272
Caulfield, Lieut., 287
cavalry: aid civil powers, 502–3; amalgamations, 372–3; billeting, 502; daily routine, 527–8; designations, 364–6, 369; drummers, 473–4; in First World World War, 371–2; grouping, 371; regimental spirit, 414–17; see also Army units:
CAVALRY Cavan, Lieut. General Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of, 81
Cawley, Sir Frederick, 28
cemeteries (war graves), 384–6
Chaffer, Jack, 419
Chakdina (ship), 395
Chamberlain, Field-Marshal Sir Neville, 18
Champion de Crespigny family, 327
Champion de Crespigny, Air Vice Marshal H.V., 327
chaplain general, 237–8, 243, 249, 254
chaplains: attributes, 250–1; and burial of the dead, 260–1; class backgrounds, 257; conduct and effectiveness, 255–8, 262–4; in Crimean War, 249; duties and endeavours, 233–5, 239–42, 249–50; in First World War, 254–9; Gleig’s reforms, 248; High Church bias, 250; history, 231–3; and men’s marriage breakdown, 261–2; named as ‘Padre’, 253; non-Anglican, 238–40, 243; ordered to join regiments, 237; payment and equipment, 236; in Peninsular War, 238–42; ranks and conditions, 249; reforms, 238; relations with other officers, 242–3; in Second World War, 259–61; sickness and deaths, 242, 249
Chapman, Guy, 256
Charles I, King, 5
Charles II, King: admires Louis XIV, 54; Catholicism, 132–3; fights at Edgehill, 11; and legislature’s connection with army, 24; marriage, 446; military powers, 20; raises army, 6–8, 125–31; united three kingdoms, 121
Charles, Prince of Wales, 15
Charlton, Jack, 363
Charteris, Martin, Baron, 19
Chartists, 37–8, 41, 103
Chasseurs Britanniques, 330–4, 339
Chauncy, William Henry, 95
Chetwode, Field Marshal Philip, 1st Baron, 219, 373
Chevert, Lieut. General François de, 158
Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley, 377, 379–80, 382, 399
Childs, John, 20, 126
Chilianwala, battle of (1849), 411
Chinese Labour Corps, 345
Chinhat, battle of (1857), 367
Chisholm, Captain Lieut. Valentine, 150–1
Church Army, 538
church parades, 251–2, 262
Churchill, Arabella (later Godfrey), 8, 16, 131, 135
Churchill, General Charles (Marlborough’s brother), 137
Churchill, Sir Winston (d. 1688), 8
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer: and Buckmaster’s bid for commission, 191; and establishment of Parachute Regiment, 368; as honorary colonel of Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 105; and Jack Seely’s resignation, 43; at Omdurman, 372; premierships, 31–2; sees active service, 30, 45; The River War, 44–5; Story of the Malakand Field Force, 44
Cimetière, Captain, 411
Civil Service: and control of army, 23–4
Civil War (English): army preachers, 231; foreign soldiers in, 321; and resistance to standing army, 5; Trained Bands in, 92–4
Clarendon Commission (1864), 155
Clark, Mary Ann, 12
Clark-Kennedy, Second Lieut. (of Scots Guards), 554–5
Clarke, Piper George, 485
Clarke, General Travers, 76
class (social): of chaplains, 257; and officers, 159–68, 176–8, 201–4, 224–5
Clayton, Revd Philip (‘Tubby’), 257, 538
Clemens, Richard, 298
clergymen: as serving soldiers, 256
Clerk, Lord Justice, 498
Clifden, Nellie, 13
Clinton, General Sir Henry, the elder, 36, 39, 139, 450
Clinton, Robert (‘Black Bob’), 39
Clode, Charles, 137
Close, Mr (New Model Army chaplain), 231
clubbing and powdering (hair), 467–8
Cobbett, William, 26–7, 48, 58–9, 64; Rural Rides, 27
Cockburne, Lieut. Colonel James, 148, 152
Cockburne, Ensign William, 152
Cocks, Captain Charles Somers, 469
Coffee, Sergeant Major (of 24th Regiment), 411
Cohen, Jack, 30
Colchester: barracks, 517; detention centre, 518
Cole, General Sir Galbraith Lowry, 39, 123, 334
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 306–7
Collins, Norman, 196
Collins, Lieut. Colonel Tim, 67–8
colonels, 51, 364, 426–7
colour parties, 444–5
colour sergeants, 59, 60
colours (standards), 441–7
Command Boards, 426–7
commander-in-chief: office abolished, 22
commissions: in First World War, 190–201; from ranks, 171–8; late entry, 73; purchase ends (1871), 154–5, 180; purchase and sale, 5, 41, 81, 128, 137–53; under Charles II, 128; Wellington on, 41; see also officers