by Richard Mead
codename 117, 118
number of lifts 116, 118–19, 120, 154–5, 161, 228, 248
location of drop and landing zones 119–20, 127, 150, 154–5
priorities (see Groesbeek Heights)
role of Airborne Corps HQ 120–1, 156–8
complacency of senior officers 121, 152
intelligence 122–3, 155–6, 229
Market
landings 125–6
bridges 126–7, 128
signals communications 126, 127, 133, 139, 143, 145, 151, 157–8
German counter-attacks 127, 129–30, 131, 137–8, 149, 159
Oosterbeek perimeter 128, 130, 134, 136, 139
Waal crossing 130–2, 249
offer by 52 Division 135–6, 159–60, 212
Polish landings 136–7
Garden
advance of XXX Corps 127, 150, 151
link-up with airborne troops 128–9
Nijmegen battle 130–2
corridor cut 131, 137, 145, 151
advance of VIII and XII Corps 137
fighting on the Island 133, 139–40, 148–9
attempts to relieve 1 Airborne Division 138–9, 145, 160–1
Valburg conference 140–1
withdrawal of 1 Airborne Division 140, 141–2, 143, 145–7
Conclusion
Montgomery’s view of result 150, 163
American view of result 150
Boy’s view of result 150–1, 163, 213, 227
command deficiencies 152, 228–9
Boy’s responsibility for failure 152–62, 214, 235
Marshall, General of the Army George C. 74, 78, 79, 108, 109, 157
Matthews, Sir Stanley 210
Maubeuge 27, 28
MCC 3, 249
Melbury Sampford 1, 243
Menabilly 55, 98–9, 166, 173, 179, 191, 192, 195, 201, 202, 203, 210, 211, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226
‘Merlin’, Exercise 81
Mersa Matruh 54
Merville Battery 98
Messervy, General Sir Frank 177
Meuse-Escaut Canal 130
Miley, Major General William C. 109
Millar, Geoffrey 50
Miller, Molly 220
Milne, Field Marshal Lord 39, 244
Model, Field Marshal Walther 129–30, 132
Money, Major J.H. 173
Montgomery of Alamein, Field
Marshal Viscount 77, 90, 93, 97, 102, 141, 147, 148, 149, 153, 160, 176, 212, 214, 228, 230
commands XII Corps 63; regard for Boy 77, 166, 194; at Eighth Army 87; and ‘Husky’ 88, 91, 93; and Poles 101; in Normandy 103, 109; and ‘Comet’ 111–13; meets Boy & Dempsey in Brussels 113, 115–16, 119; and Eisenhower 116–17, 152, 248; and plan for ‘Market’Garden’ 117, 119, 121, 123, 154, 161; and corps commanders 121, 156; and intelligence 123, 156; and withdrawal of 1 Airborne Division 140, 142, 146; meets Roy Urquhart after the battle 148; conclusion on ‘Market Garden’ 150, 163, 213; impact on ‘Market Garden’ 152; role in ‘sacking’ of Sosabowski 164–6; as CIGS 194, 197–8; concern about Duke of Edinburgh 199
Monywa 174
Mook 126, 131, 135, 137, 138, 159
Moore, Lieutenant General Sir John viii
Moore, General Sir Rodney 128, 130, 132
Moor Park Golf Club 98, 105–6, 109, 115, 121, 122
‘Morebinge’, Exercise 63
Mosley, Sir Oswald 8
Mountbatten, Philip (see Edinburgh, Duke of)
Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral of the Fleet Earl 77, 153, 164, 174, 179, 184, 186, 199, 226, 251
and Bruneval Raid 72–3; support for Airborne Forces 75, 83; appointed SACSEA 94; seeks replacement for Pownall as COS 166–7; character 167, 171; introduces Boy to SEAC 169–70; Boy’s relationship with 172, 173, 174, 185, 189, 190, 253; Boy’s reports to Brooke on 172; and lack of planes 172–3; visit to China 174; problem with Leese 176–8; and Burmese leaders 178; and Japanese surrender 179–80, 181; and relocation to Singapore 181, 184; and French Indo-China 182; and NEI 182–3, 188–9; and Malayan trades unionists 185; departure from SEAC 189; recommends Boy to Wemyss 189–90; recommends Boy to Duke of Edinburgh 198; on A Bridge Too Far 229–30
Mountbatten of Burma, Countess 181–2
‘Mush’, Exercise 102
Myers, Brigadier E.C.W. 139, 145–6
Myitkyina 174
Nagasaki 4, 180, 243
Naqb Abu Dweis 54
National Playing Fields Association 200, 205, 208
National Service League 12–13,
Netheravon 57, 58, 69, 70, 74, 80, 82, 85, 107
Netherlands East Indies 180, 182, 183, 188, 190, 254
Newberry, Major E.W. 97, 126, 171, 185–6
New Delhi 94, 170, 174, 175, 177, 178, 191
Newnham, Group Captain M.N. 67, 77
Nijmegen ix, 112, 113, 115, 117, 120, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158–9, 161, 213, 230, 237, 239, 247, 252
Noel-Paton, Victor (Lord Ferrier) 203
Norman, Air Commodore Sir Nigel 66, 67, 68, 69–70, 80, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89–90, 246
Norman, Lady 90
Normandy ix, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 113, 117, 118, 129, 141, 153, 155, 156, 212, 227, 235, 246, 254
Norton, Geoffrey 248
Nosworthy, Lieutenant General Sir Francis 61
Numata, Lieutenant General Takaso 180, 251
Nunspeet 157
Nye, Lieutenant General Sir Archibald 71, 86, 167
O’Connor, General Sir Richard 35, 118, 137, 138, 150, 166, 189, 194, 197–8, 212, 250
Officers Association 196
Olympic Games
1924 (Chamonix) 33–4; 1924 (Paris) 32–3; 1928 (St Moritz) 34; 1948 (London) 196, 200; 1952 (Helsinki) 209; 1956 (Melbourne) 209, 215
O’Neal, Ryan 228
Oosterbeek 122, 128, 129, 130, 133, 136, 139, 146, 155, 160, 164
Oosterhout 139, 160
Orne, River 98, 104
Orr, J.B.V. (Jim) 215, 229
Osaka 4
Otranto, SS 55
Otway, Lieutenant Colonel T.B.H. 212, 247
Oude Keent airfield 138, 149, 160
Outward Bound Trust 208
Pacey, Sergeant C.W. 132
Paget, General Sir Bernard 66, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 96, 153
Pakenham 2, 3
Pannerden ferry 130, 140
Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith 88, 171, 190
Parker, Eileen 206, 209
Parker, Julie (now Mrs Burt) 212
Parker, Commander (RN) Michael 198, 206, 207, 209, 212, 215
Parks, Lieutenant General Floyd L. 125, 135, 136, 249
Passchendaele, Battle of (see Ypres) 20–1
Patton, General George S. 90, 91, 93, 107, 109, 117, 170, 248
Pearson, Brigadier A.S. 102
Pearson, Colonel J.M. 76, 227
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard 94
Pilcher, Lieutenant Colonel W.S. 44
Pine-Coffin, Colonel R.G. 102
Pirie, Air Chief Marshal Sir George 190
Poett, General Sir Nigel 89
Pollok, Major General R. V. 61
Polruan 45, 47, 48, 50, 73
Ponte di Primasole 92
Ponte Grande 91, 92
Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the RAF Viscount 74–5, 78, 82–3, 85
Poulter, Guardsman 186
Powell, Colonel G. 229
Power, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur 170
Pownall, Lieutenant General Sir Henry 166–7, 170, 190, 248
Prentiss, Lieutenant 126
Prescott, Colonel J.A 45, 58, 193
Prior-Palmer, Major General E. 213–14
Puxley, Christopher 60, 61, 64, 73, 179, 202, 217
Puxley, Paddy 60, 61, 73
Pyman, General Sir Harold 140, 141
‘Python’ Scheme 178–9, 185
Qara 54
Qaret Agnes 54
Q
attara Depression 54
Queen Mary, RMS 197
Quiberon Bay 107
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur 187, 223, 252
Raff, Colonel Edson D. 78
Rangoon 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 184
Rapallo 4, 7
RAPWI 181–2
Rasch, Brigadier G.E.C. 20–1, 25, 27
Rashleigh, Dr John 99, 223
Rashleigh, Philip 223
Rawlinson, General Lord 2 5–6
Ray, Cyril 231, 254
Readymoney Cove 73, 80, 99
Redman, Lieutenant General Sir Harold 190
Reed, Sir Carol 48, 49, 219, 245, 254
Rees, Major General T.W. 35, 169
Reichswald, The 120, 126, 127, 130, 138, 149, 159, 163, 213
Renwick, Sir Robert 75
Restless of Plyn, ketch 56, 80, 86, 99, 187
Ricardo, Jan 42–3, 55, 216, 217
Ricardo, Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred 42
Richards, Guardsman George 46, 50, 52, 245
Richards, Lily (see Bocock)
Richardson, General Sir Charles 115
Ridgway, General Matthew B. 119, 155, 235
differences with Boy in North Africa 90–1; warns Gavin about Boy 101; commands XVIII Airborne Corps 109; and ‘Linnet II’ 110, 154, 248; disappointment over ‘Market Garden’ 118, 135; views on ‘Market Garden’ 150; receives British honour 204–5; later relationship with Boy 253
Riethorst 138
Ringway (see Central Landing Establishment)
Ritchie, General Sir Neil 118, 164, 250
Roberts, Major General G.P.B. 35
Roberts of Kandahar, Field Marshal Earl 12–13, 26, 28
Robertson, General Lord 195
Robinson, Sergeant P. 132
Rock, Lieutenant Colonel J.F. 66, 72, 81
Rous, Sir Stanley 210
Rousham Old Rectory 44, 50, 55, 60, 64, 195
Rowe, Esther 220, 225
Royal Academy of Dancing 203, 253
Royal Air Force
Air Force
Second Tactical 120, 125
Group
38 98, 108, 109, 150, 166
46 98, 108, 109
Wing
38 69–70, 74, 81
Squadron
51 246
295 81, 125
296 69
297 69, 246
298 81, 83
Other
Light Warning Units 120, 126
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 8, 11, 37
Royal Military College, Sandhurst viii, x, 8, 10, 11–12, 25, 34, 35–40, 41, 42, 53, 55, 58, 62, 97, 128, 169, 234, 244, 254
Royal Naval Division 16
Ryan, Cornelius 227–8
Sackville-West, Vita (Lady Nicholson) 204
St Cyr (French Military Academy) 40
St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 225
St Mary’s School, Wantage 197, 201
St Odenrode 117, 140, 141, 145
St Omer 13, 21
Sandhurst (see Royal Military College)
Sangshak 184, 252
Sarre 61, 62
Savoy Hotel 4, 203, 211, 221
Scarpe, River 24
Scoones, General Sir Geoffrey 169
Scott, Lady Moira (later Combe) 42, 43
Secret Intelligence Service (or Secret Service Bureau) 29
Senior Officers School 44, 51, 52
Sergison-Brooke, Lieutenant General Sir Bertram 14, 30, 41, 62, 63, 64, 77
Seymour, Brigadier General Lord Henry 41
SHAEF 108, 110, 111, 120, 121, 123, 159
Sherman, Colonel Geoffrey 171, 181
’s-Hertogenbosch 122, 126, 138
Shimmer, keelboat 187, 201
Shinwell, Emmanuel, Lord 193–4, 252
Shorrock, Colonel R.T.L. 67, 68
Siam (see Thailand)
Sicily 85, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 111, 118, 153, 156
Sikorski, General Wladyslav 77, 100, 101
Simpson, General Sir Frank 164, 194
Sinclair, Sir Archibald 78
Singapore 180, 181, 182, 183, 184–90, 193, 196, 216, 224
‘Sixpence’ 216, 217
‘Sixteen’, Operation 118
Sjahrir, Sutan 189
Slim, Field Marshal Viscount 77, 167, 169, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177–8, 190, 251
Small Arms School 41, 56, 57–8
Smallman-Tew, Lieutenant Colonel D. 68, 102
Smith, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur 36
Smith, General Walter Bedell 91, 117, 123
Soekarno, Ahmed 188, 189
Somerville, Sir Annesley 8, 9
Somme, Battle of the 18, 21, 26, 27, 28, 36, 41, 223, 243
Son 117, 119, 127, 131, 137
Sophiaweg 135
Sosabowski, Major General Stanislaw ix, 139, 145, 159, 247, 250
raises Polish Parachute Brigade 77; and employment of Polish Parachute Brigade 101; and readiness of Polish Parachute Brigade 106–7; concerns over ‘Comet’ 112–13; parachutes in to Driel 136; at Valburg Conference 140–1, 160, 164; criticises British lack of resources 141; and crossing Lower Rhine 143, 160–1; meets Roy Urquhart after withdrawal 148; resents subordination to junior commander 149; and dismissal x, 164–6, 238–9
Sosnkowski, General Kazimierz 106, 107
South-East Asia Command (‘SEAC’) viii, ix, 166, 169 170, 173, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 188, 197, 216, 234, 248
South London Harriers 32, 33, 196, 244
Spaatz, General Carl A. 87
Spence, Ken 211, 217, 218, 220, 226
Spindler, SS Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig 155
Stanley, Oliver 10
Steele, General Sir James 95–6
Stevens, Colonel G.R. 136, 140, 141, 239
Stirling, Colonel Sir David 100
Stirling, Lieutenant Colonel W. 100, 103
Stopford, General Sir Montagu 169, 177, 180, 189
Stratemeyer, Lieutenant General George E. 170
Streatfeild, Colonel Sir Henry 12
Strong, Major General Sir Kenneth 123
Student, Colonel General Kurt 126, 130, 137
Sultan, Lieutenant General Daniel I. 174
Sunninghill Park 117, 200
Surabaya 184, 188
Swayne, Lieutenant General Sir John 167, 174, 177, 189, 245
Syrencote House 69, 70, 75, 82, 89, 98
Tatmore Place 59, 60,
Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel G. 169
Taylor, General Maxwell D. 110, 119, 127, 135, 137, 149, 163, 235, 246, 249
Tedder, Marshal of the RAF Lord 87, 125
Terauchi, Field Marshal Count 180, 181
Thailand 180–1
Thomas, General Sir Ivor 139, 140, 141, 146, 149, 160, 161, 164, 165, 212, 228, 250
Thomas, Major S. 125
Thorne, General Sir Andrew 14, 41, 44, 53, 61, 63, 243
Thornycroft & Company Limited, John I. 44, 188, 196, 197
