Disenchantment 277–8
Montauban Ridge 41, 628, 629
Montbrehain 447
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard 55, 122, 170, 505
Montreuil-sur-Mer 21, 39, 194, 226
Moon, L/Cpl William 566
Moran, Lord 89, 425, 470, 476, 565, 581
Morlancourt 630
Morland, Lt Gen. Sir Thomas 226
Morning Post 145, 259, 510, 605
Moroccan crisis 26
mortarmen 370–71
mortars
2–inch spigol 369
3–inch 369
3.7–inch medium 369
4–inch medium 369, 422
9.45–inch heavy 369
81–mm 369
Minenwerfers (‘minnies’) 369
Stokes 369–70, 422, 425
trench 369, 370
Moss, Pte Alfred 484
Moss, Pte Arthur 559
Mottram, Capt. Ralph H. 89, 238
Spanish Farm trilogy 530
Mount Spearmint 344
Mouquet Farm, Somme 494
Mudlark, The 607
Müller, Lt 430
Munitions Inventions Department 387
Munsey, 2nd Lt W. F. 58
Munster Alley 24
Murphy, RSM 356
Murray, Lt Gen. Sir Archibald 190
music halls 602
musketry 380
Brown Bess 365
Musketry Regulations 378
mustard gas 423–4, 430
Nash, 2nd Lt Thomas 592
National Army Museum, Chelsea, London 438
National Service League 107, 130
National Volunteers (Ireland) 153
Néry 438
Neuve Chapelle, battle of (1915) 34, 35 41, 216, 366, 404, 405, 524
Neuve Chapelle sector 68
Neuville, Alphonse Marie de: Le Bourget 22
Neuvilly 582
Neville, Captain Billie 254–5, 258–9, 545
New Army xxii, 48, 57, 75, 83, 87, 88, 89, 106, 112
commissions 140–45, 146, 148
conditions 158–60
division commands 196
‘First New Aimy’ (Ki) 138, 139
four more New Armies formed 139
inexperience of 37, 39
Irish recruits 152–6
‘Kitchener’s Armies’ 137
and local authorities 82, 137–8
moustache regulations 368
national pride 529
raising and training 140
recruitment 138–9, 156–7
Welsh Division 149–51
New Guinea 14
New Zealand 13
Newfoundland Memorial Park, Somme 269
Newfoundlanders 13
Neivnes Summer Annual 259
Newton, Capt. 369
Newton, Corporal 19
Nicholson, Col. Walter 135–6, 137, 181, 186–7, 221, 227–31, 234, 330, 334, 337. 354–5. 302, 442, 446–7, 521, 570, 602, 611
Nicholson, William 109
Nickalls, Brig. Gen. 212
Nieuport 60
Nissen, Lt Col Peter 336
Nissen huts 336–7, 349, 355, 478
Nivelle, Gen. Robert 49, 50, 52
Nivelle offensive (1917) 30, 52
No Man’s Land xv, 3, 11, 46, 85, 266, 269–71, 286, 289, 302, 311, 313, 314. 329. 370. 384, 413. 427. 458, 464. 543, 544. 546. 547. 551. 575
Noel, Revd Conrad 511
Norfolk Committee 125
North Sea 33, 246
North-West Europe 212
North-West Frontier 80, 622
Northampton Farm 16
Northcott, Father Hubert 507
Nortlenlinghem 351
Norton Griffiths, Lt Col. John, 457
Noyon 30
Noyon salient 33
nurses 481, 482, 598
observation balloons 372, 373, 374, 531
O’Connor, Gen. Sir Richard 207
Official History (British) 383, 386, 440
Offside Leader, The (poem) 609-10
Ogle, Capt. Harry 157, 253, 267, 270, 296, 301–2, 305–7, 319, 352–3, 360, 403, 458, 475, 482, 557–8, 567, 591–2, 600, 616
Oh What a Lovely War (film) xxii
Oise River 49, 66, 592
Okinawa 14
Old Army 31, 75, 77–9, 86–90, 102, 198–9, 200, 358, 366, 378, 379, 420
Oliver, Sgt 19
Omdurman, battle of (1898) xx
Operation Georgette 68
Ordnance Survey, Southampton 454
Ornes 24
Ors 72
Osborne, J. B. 76
Osburn, Col. Arthur 98, 197, 239, 264, 400–401, 474, 509, 587, 596–7, 598–9
Ostend 49, 56
Oswald, Maj. K. A. 199
Ovillers 46
Owen, Lt Wilfred Edward Salter xvii, 72, 346
Owens, Capt. Henry 162, 466–7
Oxford 531, 611
Oxford University 357, 619
padres 476, 503–27, 568
Paissy 264
Pakenham, Maj. Hon. Bingo 309–10
Palestine 448
Paris 53, 68, 597
British embassy 32
proximity of the front to 30
‘red belt’ around 30
Schlieffen’s proposals 28
Paris Plage 348
Parisians 52
Parker, Lt Ernest 172, 179–80, 331–2, 348, 353– 460, 473, 553, 589, 590–91, 616–17
Parker, Corporal Matty 332
Parkin, Private 493
Parliament Act (1911) 102
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee 139
Partridge, Eric 495
Passchendaele xviii, 54, 604
battle of (1917) seeYpres, third battle of
Passchendaele Ridge 60, 62
paternalism 577–8
Paterson, Lt Col 443
patriotism 528, 529–30, 603
Patterson, 2nd Ltjohn 566
Patterson, Pte Jackie 449
Peace, Charley 496
Pearce, Lt 258
Pearson, Private 119
Peel Trench 24
Pennycuik, Brig. Gen. James 162
‘Peoples’ Budget’ (1906) 102
Pereira, Brig. Gen. George 204, 212, 222
Peronne 21, 22, 51
Perry, Maj. ‘Long’ 229
Pershing, Gen. John J. 68
Petain, Marshal Philippe 52, 53, 54, 67
Peterloo Massacre (1819) 127
Peters, Col. 378
Petersburg, Virginia 246
Petit Bois mine 464, 465
Petrie, Maj. P. C. 134
Peule 21
Peyton, Maj. Gen. W.G. 220
PH (Phenate-Hexamine) Helmet 421
Philby, Pte, Ernest 46
Philby, Pte Henry 46
Philip II, King of Spain 21
Phillips, Maj. Gen. Ivor 217–18, 222
Phillpotts, Brig. Gen. L.M. 47
Picardy 16, 19, 228, 249, 286
Piggott, Capt. Clive 308
Pike, Lt Col. Eben 78
Pilcher, Maj. Gen. 230
Pilckem Ridge 275
Pilkington, Sir Thomas 143–4
‘Pimple’ depot, Le Havre 341–2
Pinney, Maj. Gen. Reginald 178, 329
Pitman, Colonel 161
Ploegsteert 533, 545
Ploegsteert Wood, (Ypres) 247, 494
Plum and Apple (1st Division’s newspaper) 439
Plumer, Gen. Sir Herbert 35, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 209, 215, 232, 236, 458, 460, 496, 510, 567
Plummer, L/Cpl 353
Plumstead, Private 602–3
Plunkett, Lt Col. Freddy 206
Poelcappelle, battle of (1917) 60
poetry 609–10, 631
Poincare, President 24
Pollard, Capt. Alfred 622
Fire Eater 622
Pollard, Pte 84
Polygon Wood 59, 403
Pont de Nieppe 591
P
ontavert 165
Poole, 2nd Lt Eric 566–7
Pope and Bradley (Bond Street outfitters) xxvi
Poperinghe 4, 525, 567, 591, 592, 599
Portuguese division 68
Portuguese embassy 113
Potijze/Potyze Chateau, (Ypres) 307, 512
Pozieres 43, 45, 71, 180
Pozieres Mill site 43
Prescott, John 212
Priestley, Lt J. B. xvii, xxv, 96–7, 159–60, 238, 541, 621–2
Prioleau, Lt Col R. U. H. 58
Prior, Robin xxii, 42, 441
prostitution 117, 118, 483–4, 596, 597
Prussians 543
Psichari, Ernest 27
Pullen, Ted 157
Pulteney, Lt Gen. Sir William 216–17, 496
Pumphrey, Capt. 332 Punch 126, 239, 258
Punjab Open polo tournament 114
Purfleet Demobilisation Camp 620
Puymarais, Col. de 21
Pytchley Hunt 161
Quebec 105
Queen Alexandra Field Force Fund 325–6
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Services 481
Queen Charlotte (flagship) 114
Quetta 31, 355
Quilter, Maj. Sir Cuthbert, 128
‘Race to the Sea’ 32–3
Railton, Revd. David 524
Railway Transport Officers (RTOs) 339–40
railways 339–40, 452, 479–80
Rain brothers 156–7, 549
Ransomes of Ipswich 369
rationing 98
Ravensworth, Earl of 128
Rawcliffe, Lt 84
Rawlinson, Gen. Sir Henry 171, 209, 496
and the 3rd Army 36
Allied counterattack (8 August 1918) 70
battle of the Somme 4, 39, 40, 41, 194, 227, 442
champions night attack 407
French considers sacking him 216
and Loos 267
and tanks 44
and third Ypres 56, 188–9
restructured 4th Army 69, 188, 431
sacking of Butler 221–2
Sassoon on 211
Raybould, Private 601
Read, Capt. Herbert 598
Red Cross 254, 341, 482
Redmond, John 152, 153, 155
Redmond, Maj. Willie, 155
Reeve, Pte H. 348
Reith, Ltjohn 131, 257–8, 266–7, 323–4, 331, 350–51, 520–21, 603, 611, 624
Reitz, Lt Col. Denys 76
religion 503–27
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front xix
Remembrance Day 628, 629–30
Rennie, Maj. Gen. Tom 212
Repington, Lt Col Charles 35, 200
Reunion t 446
revolvers, Webley 366
Rheims 36, 190
Rhineland territory 617–18
Ribbans, Gunner 70, 434
Ribecourt 443
Richards, Pte Frank 19–20, 106, 108, 115–19, 178, 288–9, 295–6, 320, 330, 337–8, 464, 494–5, 507–8, 551–2, 580, 583, 593, 595, 596, 613, 614
Richardson, Lt 288–9
Rickman, Lt Col A. W. 84, 366
rifles 377–81
Ariska 380
breech-loading Snider 126
cavalry 436
dummy 379
Lee-Enfield 130, 216
Long Lee-Enfield 377, 380
muzzle-loading Enfield 126
Ross 216, 380
Short Lee-Enfield (SMLEs) 9, 106, 130, 365, 377, 380, 381
Riley, Capt. H. D. 82, 85
Rimington, Maj. Gen. M. F. 121
Ripon 84
Rivers, Dr William Hales 485
Robbins (OsbertSitwell’s servant) 124
Roberston, CSM 147
Roberts, Capt. F. J. 606
Roberts, Field Marshal Lord 106, 229
Robertson, Pte K. A. 605–6
Robertson, Major General Philip 230, 6i 1
Robertson, Field Marshal Sir William 38, 43, 19, 67, 121–2, 171, 190, 193, 212–13
Robinson, Corporal Buggy 284, 288, 289, 317
Robson, Pte 366
Roclincourt 349
Rodin, Pierre-Auguste: La Defense 24
Roe, Lt F. P. 140–41, 172, 246, 248, 249–50, 252, 255–6, 270, 286, 296, 302–5, 313, 314, 317–18, 320, 325, 351–354, 422, 453–4, 462–3, 480, 484, 559, 585, 624
Rogerson, Capt. Sidney 165, 254, 262, 277, 278–9, 281–3, 285, 287–92, 307, 327, 330, 357, 474–5, 493, 498, 527, 535–6, 538, 570, 576 588–9, 590, 597
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics 504, 506, 508, 509, 512–15, 519
Romani, battle of (1916) 194
Romania 48
Rome, Lt Col Leslie 446
Rorie, Col. David 478
Ross, Capt. 362
Ross, Capt. ‘Potty’ 560
Roubaix 206
Rouen 62, 191, 238, 325, 336, 337, 338, 343, 380, 484, 494, 596, 600
Rouen cathedral 20
Roulers 49, 54, 56, 60
Roupell, Brig. George 366
Roussillon Barracks, Chichester 105
Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London 466, 507
Royal Commission on the South African War (1903) 106
Royal Guernsey Militia 153
Royal Irish Constabulary 622
Royal Marines 116–17
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 122, 137, 202–3, 245
Royal Military College, Sandhurst 120, 122, 123, 137, 202–3, 207, 216, 288, 455. 496
Royal Naval Division 513, 566
Royal Navy
continued naval blockade 65, 69
loses arguments in Committee of Imperial Defence 26
war plan 26
warship-building programme 26
Rubinstein, Capt. R. F. (‘Fibulous’) 606
Rugby school 141, 630
Ruggles-Brise, Maj. Gen. H. G. 192
rum ration 329–32
Rumbold, L/Cpl 262
Ruilly 444
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria 22, 55
Russell, G. W. E. 627
Russia
Brusilov Offensive 44
departure from the war 65
growing war-weariness in 50
military accord with France (1892) 25–6, 27
military dead in WWII 14
mobilisation after assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 28
and passive defence strategy 36
Russian army 25–6, 55
Russian labourers 23
Russo-Japanese War (1904–5) 27, 246, 266, 395
Ryecroft, Maj. Gen. 222
Sailly la Bourse 494
Sailly-au-Bois 477
Sailly-sur-la-Lys 196
Sains 21
St Barnabas Church, Ranmore, Surrey 626
St Denis, SS (hospital ship) 479
St John’s church, Valetta, Malta 20
St-Julien 275
St Machar’s Cathedral, Old Aberdeen 507
St-Nazaire 479
Salamanca, battle of (1812) 105
Salisbury Plain 80
Salonika xix, 220
Salvation Army 341, 509
Sambre Canal 72
Sambrook, Sapper Arthur 323
sandbags 303–5, 461
Sandy Times 607
Sankey, Capt. 582
Santerre 72
Santerre Plateau 67
Sarajevo 28
Sassoon, Lt Siegfried xvii, xxiv, 211, 290–91 314, 359–60, 485, 508, 538, 584, 585, 588
The Redeemer 532
Sauchy-Cauchy 21
Saulcourt 236
Sausmarez, Maj. Christopher de 77
Saxony, Saxons 543, 544, 553
Scarpe River 21
Schlieffen, Gen. Count Alfred von 27
Schlieffen Plan 28
Schwaben, Redoubt 46
Scotland, RSM Peter 148
Scott, Canon 516
Scott, CSM 281, 330, 357, 538
Scott, W. R. 356
> Scottish Women’s Hospital 468
Scottish Wood 304
Second World War 89, 120, 358, 624
Allied generals housed in chateaux 170
artillery 397
compared with WW1 xvii, xx, 14, 138, 191, 212
London Blitz 163
military secretary’s department records destroyed 192
strategic bombing on Germany 69
tanks’ involvement 375, 434
two-man foxholes 246
Sedgemoor, battle of (1684) 113
Seely, Maj. Gen. Jack 32
Segrave, Lt Col Eric 92
Seine River 337
Sellors, Revdjohn 5x7–18
Senghenydd mining disaster (1913) 95
Senlis, Picardy 228
Serbia, Serbs 28, 36
Serre 40, 46, 84, 85
Sha-ho, battle of (1904) 395
Shapton, CSM Sam 627
Sharpe, L/Cpl William 66
Sharpe, Sgt Maj. 437
Sharpies, Col. 83, 84
Sheffield 85, 158
Sheffield, Gary 180
Leadership in the Trenches xxii
shell shock 484–5, 566, 567
shells 401–3, 405, 408, 411, 414, 415
gas 422–3
nicknames 497–8
Shephard, 2nd Lt Ernest 90–91, 259–60, 276, 310, 331, 357, 402, 418–19, 457, 573–4, 580 586, 590, 627
Sherriff, Lt R. C. xix, 144
She’s The Most Distressful Country (Irish rebel air) 155
Short, Corporal Jesse 348
Shotter, William xxv shrapnel 399–401, 401, 409, 414
Shrapnel, Lt Gen. Sir Henry, 399
sieges 245, 246, 369, 456
Simkins, Peter xxii, 181
Simons, Lt Col 219–20
Simpson, Andy 210
Sinai 194
Sinn Fein 152
Sitwell, Sir George xxv, 121, 123
Sitwell, Sir Osbert xxv, 104, 121, 123–4
Sixteen Poplars 46
Skett, 2nd Lt 284, 285
Skindles restaurant, Poperinghe 592
Skinner, CSMJ. 586
Sladen, Brig. Gen. 234
Sloggett, Surgeon Gen. Sir Arthur 468
Small Arms School, Hythe 390
Smeddle, Capt. Henry 431–2
Smith, Maj. Arthur 226, 241, 280, 471, 496 550
Smith, Bishop J. Taylor 509
Smith Pte Jimmy 299
Smith, Percy 92–3
Smith, Vic 93
Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace 33, 35, 172, 209, 214–15, 216
smoke helmet 421
Smuts, Field Marshal Jan 215
Snailham, Pte 379
Snelling, Capt. Percy 436
Snow, Lt Gen. Sir Thomas 231
Soldier’s Pocket Book xv
Somerset House, London 147
Somme, battle of the (1916) xviii, 5, 6, 11. 30. 34, 39–48 70, 89, 92, 145, 151, 165, 172, 176, 182, 194, 205, 208, 213, 214, 220, 227, 230, 242, 262, 274, 278, 280, 281, 291, 298, 345, 349, 36l, 390, 404, 406, 415, 533, 535, 539, 552, 593, 610, 626, 629
achievements 47–8
Australian capture of Pozieres 43
Tommy Page 83
