General ‘Boy': The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning
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Du Maurier, Daphne (see Browning, Daphne, Lady)
Du Maurier, Sir Gerald (Daphne’s father) 46–8, 50, 52, 98, 202, 211, 245
Du Maurier, George (Daphne’s grandfather) 46
Du Maurier, Guy (Daphne’s uncle) 50
Du Maurier, Jeanne (Daphne’s sister) 47, 193
Du Maurier, Muriel, née Beaumont (Daphne’s mother) 46–8, 50, 192–3, 218
Dungeon Party, The 68, 89, 236
Dyrda, Lieutenant J. 140
Eagger, Brigadier A.A. 67–8, 76, 85, 99, 122, 135
Eaker, General Ira C. 86
Earl, George (Boy’s great grandfather) 4
Echo, yacht 222
Eden, Sir Anthony (Earl of Avon) 10, 212, 254
Edinburgh, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of 199–200, 203, 212, 217, 220, 226, 252, 253
meets Boy in Kandy 170; marriage to Princess Elizabeth 198; Boy’s regard for 199; Patronages 200, 207–9, 220, 253; shared interest with Boy in sailing 201, 209; at Menabilly 201–2, 210, 221; and Clarence House 205, 207; posted to Malta 205; returns from Malta 206; household after the Queen’s accession 207, 215, 218, 254; and Olympic & Empire Games 209, 211, 215; response to Boy’s breakdown 218, 219
Edward VIII, HM King (previously Prince of Wales) 28, 53
Egypt x, 12, 53–5, 57, 90, 128, 166, 195, 245, 246
Eisenhower, President (also General of the Army) Dwight D. 86, 90, 110, 111, 121, 123, 152, 156, 226, 228
visits Airborne Division 78; in North Africa & Sicily 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92; appoints Brereton to FAAA 108; writes to Marshall concerning corps command 109, 157; meeting with Montgomery 116–17; nature of support for ‘Market Garden’ 117, 150, 152, 248; meets Boy in America 202, 217, 253
El Alamein 54
Elephant Point 176, 184
Elizabeth II, HM Queen (until 1952 HRH Princess) 201, 203, 205, 206, 208, 209, 212, 217, 218, 220, 226, 254
visits 6 Airborne Division 102; marriage to Duke of Edinburgh 198; household after marriage 198, 199–200; Boy’s feelings for 199; in Malta 205–6; accedes to the throne 206, 207; receives Boy on his retirement 219; visits Menabilly 221
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, HM Queen 69, 75, 102, 201, 207
Elst 133, 139, 161, 164
Essame, Brigadier H 164, 250
Eton College 1, 3, 8–10, 32, 39, 45, 58, 192, 210, 219, 243
Evans, Lord 217
Evercreech 59
Fanny Rosa, motor fishing vessel 99, 187, 188, 190, 196–7, 201, 210, 248
Farquhar, Ruth 38–9
Feilding, Major General Sir Geoffrey 28
Ferryside 45, 47, 48, 73, 99, 193, 245
Fields, Dame Gracie 46
Firbank, Lieutenant Colonel T.J. 105, 135
Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet Lord 16
FitzNicholl, Sir Thomas 1
Flavell, Brigadier E.W.C. 67, 75, 83, 84, 96
Flaxley Abbey 43, 44, 244
Foch, Marshal of France Ferdinand 24
Fonteyn, Dame Margot 203–4
Ford, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edward 63, 253
Fornham St Martin 2
Forster, Margaret x
Fowey x, 45–6, 47, 49, 52, 55, 73, 86, 89, 93, 187, 216, 220, 223, 224
Fox, Angela 232
Fox, Edward 228, 232
Fraser, Brigadier the Hon. W 62
Fraser’s Hill 186
Free Foresters Cricket Club 3
French, Field Marshal Sir John (Earl of Ypres) 16, 18
French Indo-China 180, 182, 185
‘Freshman’, Operation 83
Freyberg, Lieutenant General Lord 14, 243
Frost, Major General J.D. 73, 128, 131, 136, 160, 204, 227, 230, 253
Fuller, Major General Horace H. 170, 171
Fuller, Major General J.F.C. 69
Gaby, Fred 32–3
Gairdner, General Sir Charles 87
Gale, General Sir Richard 77, 96, 153, 204, 221, 250
commands 1 Parachute Brigade 67; appointed Deputy Director of Air 75; fears over future of Airborne Forces 82, 83; commands 6 Airborne Division 89; and campaign in Normandy 93, 98, 102, 104, 153; and ‘Market Garden’ 120, 121, 154, 158, 248; relieves Boy as Brereton’s deputy 167
Garrod, Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy 171
Gathorne-Hardy, General Sir Francis 53
Gauche Wood 22–4, 253
Gavin, Lieutenant General James M. 110, 126, 135, 136, 147, 149, 150, 161, 212, 228, 253
warned about Boy by Ridgway & Barker 101; commands 82 Airborne Division 109; priorities for ‘Market Garden’ 120, 158–9; actions on D-Day & D+1 127, 128; meets Boy and Horrocks 128, 129, 130; and crossing of the Waal 130–1, 249; fends off German attacks 131, 137–8, 149; relationship with Boy 138, 163, 214, 227; and U.S. official historians 213–4
Gee, Lieutenant 126
George V, HM King 2, 13, 23, 53, 244, 245, 253
George VI, HM King 69, 75, 102, 168, 193, 198, 199, 201, 205, 206, 251, 254
Gibbons, Carroll 211
Gibbs, Patrick 230
Giffard, General Sir George 94
Gilliatt, Penelope 230
Ginkel Heath 119
Girdwood, Major General Sir Eric 40
Goldman, William 228–30
Gordon Boys School 212
Gordon Lennox, Lieutenant General Sir George 62, 92, 171, 176, 181, 185, 225
Gort, Field Marshal Viscount 14, 27, 44, 88, 194, 243, 244, 252
Goschen, Lieutenant Colonel J.A. 67, 76
Goschen, Brigadier W.H. 169
Gough, Colonel C.F.H. 203, 227, 231, 253
Gough, General Sir Hubert 24
Goulburn, Major General E.H. 128, 130
Gouzeaucourt 21–2
Gracey, General Sir Douglas 35, 169, 181, 182
Graham, Major General Sir Miles 248
Grasett, Lieutenant General Sir Edward 101
Grave 112, 117, 120, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 149, 151, 158, 159
Greater London Fund for the Blind 212
Greenwich Hospital, Plymouth 224
Gregson-Ellis, Major General P.G.S. 58
Griffith, Lieutenant Colonel S.C. 126, 249
Griffiths, Dame Anne 212, 253
Griffiths, Maurice 210
Grigg, Sir James 75, 178–9
Groesbeek 120, 126, 131, 135, 149, 159, 160
Groesbeek Heights 120, 127, 129, 158–9, 212, 213–14
Gruenther, General Al 212
Guards Depot, Caterham 17, 30–1, 34, 35, 130
‘Gunnerside’, Operation 246
Gwatkin, Brigadier Sir Norman 128, 129, 133, 253
Haakon V, King of Norway 209
Hackett, General Sir John 93, 212
meets Boy 88; unhappy about Down’s appointment 94, 247; on morale 111, 123; concerns about ‘Comet’ 112; at Arnhem 128, 146; writes letter on A Bridge Too Far 231
Hahn, Kurt 208
Haig, Field Marshal Earl 18, 20, 21, 26,
Hailstone, Bernard 252
Hakewill-Smith, Major General Sir Edmund 135–6, 159–60
Hamburg 195
Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel Claude 29, 30
‘Hands Up’, Operation 107
Hapgift, aeroplane 174
Hardinge, Field Marshal Viscount 57
Harley, Staff Sergeant Bill 12
Harmel, SS Brigadier General Heinz 132
Harris, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony B. 93
Harris, Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur 81–2
Harrison, Major General D. 174, 184
Hartenstein Hotel 128
Harvey, Air Marshal Sir Leslie 66
Harwell, RAF 109, 110, 125
Hawthorne, Major General D.C. 182
Heelsum 119
Helbert, Lionel 7–8
‘Hell’s Highway’ 137, 145, 149, 163
Hennessy family 3, 20
Henniker, Brigadier Sir Mark 37, 67–8, 69, 72, 77, 146, 227, 236
Hesdin 25
Heumen bridge 126, 127, 131, 159
Heveadorp ferry 136, 140, 160, 164
Hibbert, Christopher 227
Hibbert, Major J.A. 156
Hicks, Brigadier P.H.W. 128
High House, Hammersmith 96, 97
Hill, Brigadier James 89, 102, 227
Hindenburg Line 26, 27, 121
Hoare, Sir Samuel (Viscount Templewood) 3, 43
Ho Chi Minh 182
Hodges, General Courtney H. 117
Hohenzollern Redoubt 15
Hollinghurst, Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie 98, 102, 118–19, 150–1, 154–5, 163, 175, 203
Holt, E.J. 32, 196
Holyrood House 201
Honinghutie bridges 127
Hope-Thompson, Brigadier M.R.J. 94
Hopkinson, Major General G.F. 67, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 102, 152, 247
Hore-Belisha, Leslie, Lord 252
Horrocks, Lieutenant General Sir Brian ix, 118, 139, 149, 162, 164, 165, 189, 197, 250
XXX Corps plan for ‘Market Garden’ 118, 157; takes 101 Airborne Division under command 127; meets Boy and Gavin at Nijmegen 129, 130; and crossing of the Waal 130–2; meets Dempsey with Boy 135; detaches 32 Brigade 137; controls battle north of the Waal 138, 148, 157; meets Mackenzie and Myers with Boy 139; at Valburg Conference 140–1, 160–1; and decision to evacuate 1 Airborne Division 140, 143, 146; meets Dempsey in St Oedenrode 141, 145; impact on ‘Market Garden’ 150, 152; on The Struggle for Europe 212–13; representation in A Bridge Too Far 228
Horsley, Wing Commander Beresford 207, 209
Houlthurst Forest 21
Howlett, Brigadier B. 97, 153
Huckins, Frank 187
Hunkin, George 45, 50, 80, 193
Hunkin, Mrs 46, 50, 210
Hunt, Brigadier Lord 208
Hunter, Colonel E. 196
‘Husky’, Operation 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 101
Hythe 57, 58
Imphal 169, 184, 247
Ijsselmeer 115, 150, 157
Ijssel, River 157
Ironside, Field Marshal Lord 61
Island, The (Oberbetuwe) 138, 139, 140, 148, 149, 160, 250
Ismay, General Lord 66, 74, 82, 85, 246
Ives, Burl 219, 254
I Zingari Cricket Club 3, 12, 43
Jachnik, Lieutenant Colonel J. 239
Jacob, Gordon 204
Jacob, Lieutenant General Sir Ian 74, 246
Jacobs, Josef 63
Jane Slade, schooner 48
Jeanne d’Arc, ballet x, 204
Jeanne d’Arc, wishbone ketch 210, 222
‘Jedburgh’ teams 103
Jeffreys, General Lord 15, 16, 18, 20, 29, 30, 35, 243
Johannides, Corporal A. 77, 97, 125, 171, 186
Johnson, Guardsman 60, 77, 97, 125, 171, 186
Johnston, Brian 128, 203
Jones, Major General A.G.C. 249
Jorhat 174
Kairouan 92
Kalemyo 169
Kalewa 169
Kandy 170–5, 176–83, 184, 186
Kelly, Frederic 227
Kent, HRH Prince Edward, Duke of 209
Kent, HRH The Duchess of 230
Kentish, Brigadier General R.J. 33
Keynes, John Maynard, Lord 243
Kiekberg woods 138, 149
Killearn, Lord 186
Kilmarth 226, 233
Kimmins, Lieutenant General Sir Brian 171, 181
Kindersley, Brigadier Lord 89
Kingswaldenbury 60, 63
Kipling, Rudyard 12
Kipling Society 204
Kitchener of Khartoum, Field Marshal Earl 12–13
Klagenfurt 195
Knatchbull, Norton (Lord Brabourne) 230
Knox, Collie 11–12
Kohima 169, 184, 247
Korda, Alexander 188
Krafft, SS Captain Sepp 155
La Mouette, sailing cruiser 187, 210
Langley End 60, 61, 63, 73, 86
Larking, Major C.A. 64, 245
Lascelles, Sir Alan 198, 207, 253
Lathbury, General Sir Gerald 67, 75, 84, 92, 94, 97, 128, 146, 204, 212, 247
Lawrence, Gertrude 46, 202, 210, 211, 217, 254
Lawson, J.J. 181, 193
Laurent Giles, Jack 187
Laycock, Major General Sir Robert 35
Leclerc, Marshal of France Philippe (de Hautecloque) 182
Lee, Wing Commander A. 123
Lee, Major General William C. 78, 79
Leese, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver 173, 189, 246
at Eton 10; in BEF 58; in ‘Husky’ 93; commands ALFSEA 167, 169, 172; meetings with Boy 170, 172, 178; relationship with SEAC & Mountbatten 172, 176–7; and ‘sacking’ of Slim 177–8; relieved as C-in-C ALFSEA 178, 251
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford 93, 108
Lester, Mrs 195
Levine, Joseph E. 228
Liddell, Eric 32
Liddell Hart, Sir Basil 68
‘Linnet’, Operation 110, 111, 121, 154
‘Linnet II’, Operation 110, 121, 154, 248
Llewellin, Colonel J.J. 74
Llewellyn-Davies, Arthur 245
Llewellyn-Davies, Peter 217
Llewellyn-Davies, Sylvia 46, 245
Loftus, Lieutenant F. P. 22
Loring, Colonel G.M. 67, 68, 148
Louis, Captain 125, 247
Lovat, Brigadier Lord 104
Lower Rhine, River 117, 130, 132, 136, 138, 143, 145, 149, 150, 155, 160, 165
Loyd, General Sir Charles 61–2
Ludendorff, General Erich 24, 25, 26, 41
Lunn, Sir Arnold 33
Luschwitz, Maureen (see Baker-Munton)
Lyttleton, Edward 8, 10
Lyttleton, Oliver (Lord Chandos) 10
Maas, River 110, 112, 116, 117, 120, 126, 130, 138, 149, 150, 159, 163, 213
Maas-Waal Canal 117, 120, 126, 131, 137, 149, 249
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas 108, 179, 180
McBryde, W.G. 99
McCreery, General Sir Richard 10, 39, 93, 189, 195
MacDonald, Malcolm 186
Mackenzie, Brigadier C.B. 106, 139, 143, 146
Mackenzie, Colonel E.D. 35
McLeod, Brigadier R.W. 100, 103
Macmillan, Harold (Earl of Stockton) 18
McSwinney, Helen 195, 225
Maczek, Major General Stanislaw 100
Malaya 177, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186
Malden 129, 135, 160
Malet, Lady Oriel 211, 218, 225
Mallaby, Brigadier A.W.S. 188
Malta 88, 92, 205, 206, 254
Maltravers, Sir John & Lady 1
Mandalay 169, 172, 174,
Margaret, HRH Princess 204, 205
Marie Louise, lugger 49
‘Market Garden’, Operation viii, ix, 115–162, 163, 166, 190, 212–14, 227–233, 235, 236, 246, 250, 253, 254
Planning
conception 115–17