Gommecourt Park 322, 327, 333–34, 339
Gommecourt Wood 322, 344, 348, 351–53
Good, Lieutenant Claude 57, 351
Goodman, Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey 352
Goodwin, Lieutenant Billy 44, 46, 117, 119, 240–41
Gordon, Brigadier-General Herbert 241
Gore, Brigadier-General Robert 231
Goring-Jones, Brigadier-General Michael 198
Gough, General Sir Hubert viii, xvi, 31–32, 36–37, 214–15, 284; on 1 July and assessed 316, 371–72, 378–80
Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel James 184
Grallsburg 143, 145
Grandcourt 25–27, 144, 180, 190–92, 201, 203; see also Serre–Grandcourt Spur
Grandstand, The 370
Grange, Rifleman John 193
Graü, Gefreiter Leo 48
Green VC, Captain John 348
Gregory, Private William 292–93
Greisinger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Rudolf 94, 115
Griffith, Brigadier-General Charles 200
Grindley, Private Ernest 41, 300
Grove-White, Captain Maurice 312, 319
Grünert, Generalmajor Paul 267, 383–84
Gudgeon, Lance-Corporal Frank 296
Guillemont 113, 289, 293
H
Hahn, Generalleutnant Ferdinand von xvii, 78, 81, 86–87, 95, 137; on 1 July 218, 233, 244, 249, 266–67, 279, 313–15; assessed 375
Haig, General Sir Douglas vii, ix–xi, xvi; background and character 1–4; planning 10–15, 17–19, 21–29, 31–39, 146, 178, 199, 214, 250, 316, 325–27, 329, 342; preparations 41–43, 49, 57, 60, 72–73; in bombardment 110, 118, 126, 129–31, 135–36; on 1 July and assessed 354–55, 357, 359, 360–65, 370, 372–73, 375–80, 382, 385–87, 389–90
Haldane, Viscount Richard 3
Hall, Private Lindsay 190
Ham 26
Hamel 144, 195
Hampshire, HMS 22
Hanbury-Sparrow, Captain Alan 233–35
Hannescamps New Military Cemetery 347
Hardecourt 289, 316–17, 363, 380, 384
Harr, Unteroffizier Gotthilf 105
Harris, Rifleman Percy 336
Hartung, Kanonier Heinrich 105
Hately, Lieutenant James 230
Hauff, Vizefeldwebel Albert 240
Hauschild, Feldwebel Robert 246, 276
Hawker VC, Major Lanoe 211, 311
Hawkings, Rifleman Frank 334
Hawthorn Ridge mine, crater and redoubt: on 1 July 140, 141, 143, 148–50, 167–68, 170–71, 330; assessed 361–62, 365, 368–70
Headlam, Brigadier-General Hugh 260
Healey, Private Charles 293
Heath, Lieutenant Philip 117, 123, 139, 301, 307, 311, 318
Hébuterne 62–63, 322, 324
Hébuterne–Bucquoy road 337
Heidenkopf 116; on 1 July 143, 145, 148–49, 152–55, 160, 163–64, 167–71, 174, 176; assessed 361, 368, 371, 373, 383
Heizmann, Leutnant-der-Reserve Paul 84
Henderson, Lance-Corporal James 177, 193, 203
Henderson, Private Stanley 70, 183, 185, 209
Heptonstall, Lieutenant Robert 160
Herbécourt 380
Herries, Captain William 228–9
Heyberger, Hauptmann Johann 104–105
Hibschenberger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 94
Hidden Wood 262, 273
Hieber, Leutnant-der-Reserve Martin 90
Higgins, Private Thomas 342, 346,
High Wood 31, 36, 249
Hill 110 42, 62, 80, 86, 93–94, 96–97; on 1 July 249, 251, 256, 261, 263, 265–66, 270–72, 277–78, 316; assessed 361, 383; see also Fricourt and Mametz
Hill, Brigadier-General Edward 258
Hind, Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence 348
Hindenburg Line 389
Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von 389–90
Hinkel, Unteroffizier Friedrich 120–22, 207–208
Hitler, Adolf 83
Hodgson, Lieutenant William Noel 265
Hohenberg, Sophie Duchess of 5
Hohenzollern Redoubt 354
Hollond, Brigadier-General Spencer 326
Holtz, Hauptmann Georg Freiherr von 80
Home, Brigadier-General Sir Archibald 326
Hope, Rifleman John 193
Horne, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry xvi, 72, 135; on 1 July 182, 250–52, 257, 259, 267–70, 276, 278–80; assessed 365–66, 374, 378
Hosell, Private Alfred 345
Houle, Rifleman Basil 339
Houthulst Forest 15
Howard, Private Alfred 159
Hubbard, Private Arthur 334
Hudson, Major-General Havelock 234, 241
Hull 391
Hull, Major-General Sir Charles 327, 337–38, 341–42, 353
Hunter, Private Tom 222
Hunter-Weston, Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer xvi, 72, 114, 118–19, 135–36; on 1 July 141, 143–47, 154, 161, 165–67, 171, 174–76, 342, 352; assessed 365–66, 378
I
Ihlenfeld, Major Otto von 338
Immelmann, Leutnant Max 48
India 3–4, 15–16, 250, 284, 324
Indian Northwest Frontier 141
Ingham, Private George 184
Ingles, Brigadier-General John 166
Ingouville-Williams, Major-General Edward 231–32
Innes, Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar 155
Irles 36,
Irwin, Private Robert 192–93
J
Jack, Major James 111, 118, 216, 233, 237
Jackson, Brigadier-General Thomas 308, 312
Jacobs, Rifleman Frank 336
James, Captain David 232
Janion, Captain Claude 307–308
Jardine, Brigadier-General James 70, 182
Jarman, Private Clarrie 44–46, 50, 301, 306–307
Jena-Auerstedt, Battle of 1–2, 33
Jenour, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur 123
Joffre, General Joseph viii, xviii, 10–14, 24–26, 29, 34, 37–39, 380–81, 385, 387
John Copse 157, 171
Johnston, Brigade-Major Alexander 61, 70
Johnston, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 259
Jolley, Private John 275
Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 350
Josenhans, Oberstleutnant Adolf 168–69
July Crisis 5
K
Kaiser, Leutnant Wilhelm 340
Kaisser, Unteroffizier Eugen 104–105
Karlsruhe 96, 253, 278, 302
Kassel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Friedrich 101, 109, 115, 122, 186–87
Keighley, Lieutenant William 271
Keller, Reservist Wilhelm 104, 106
Kelly, Captain David 58, 112
Kelly, Lieutenant Robert 112, 138
Kenchington, Captain Arthur 309
Kent, Major Ralph 256
Kernwerk 322, 327, 333, 335–36
Kerr, Private John 155
Kiggell, Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot xvi, 28, 31, 34–36, 380
Kind, Landsturmann August 306
King, Corporal Victor 255
Kirby, Private Thomas 152–53
Kircher, Unteroffizier Felix 112, 191–92
Kirkland-Laman, Lieutenant Eric 44–45, 47, 54
Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord 3, 7, 10–12, 16, 22–23, 29, 35, 41
Klaus, Major Max 108, 133, 148, 192, 206
Klinkerfüss, Gefreiter Otto 104
Klotz, Vizefeldwebel Hermann 99
Klug, Hauptmann-der-Reserve Ernst 286
Knies, Oberstleutnant L. 277
Knowles, Lieutenant Gavin 345
Koch, Leutnant 334
Koch, Fliegertruppoffizier Arthur 74–75
Konstanz, Lake 253
Kümmel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Adolf 329–30, 344, 347
Kury, Grenadier Emil 254, 264
Kuster, Gefreiter Peter 115, 119, 186
L
La Boisselle xvii, 20, 29, 42, 48, 53, 61–62, 78–79, 83–84, 91, 96–97; in b
ombardment 117, 127, 134, 137, 139; on 1 July 144, 211–12, 214–19, 221–23, 226–27, 229–30, 232–34, 237, 244–45, 250, 254, 257, 284, 286, 289, 303, 321; assessed 361, 364–65, 367, 369–71, 373, 376, 378, 382–83, 386–87; see also Lochnagar mine and crater, Schwabenhöhe and Y-Sap mine and crater
La Boisselle Spur 20, 212, 215, 220
La Briqueterie 25–26, 298
Laasch, Vizefeldwebel Theodor 219, 230–31, 237
Lademann, Hauptmann Ulrich 335
Lais, Unteroffizier Otto 84–86, 172
Lamb, Lieutenant Walter 229
Lambourne, Sergeant William 309
Lambton, Major-General Sir William 165
Lange, Soldat Wilhelm 121, 186
Laporte, Second-Lieutenant Archibald 50, 117, 139
Lazarus, Leutnant-der-Landwehr Max 120
La Bassée 14
Le Cateau, Battle of 6, 324
Le Sars 36, 281–82, 389
Leetham, Captain Reginald 216
Leibrock, Oberst Jakob 287, 298
Leipzig Redoubt xvii, 42, 78, 128; on 1 July 178, 180–83, 185–87, 199, 205–206, 209, 212, 234, 238, 243; assessed 361, 371, 373, 379, 383
Les Invalides 1
Leslie, Captain Robert 238
Lewis, Lieutenant Cecil 112, 118–19, 211–12, 229
Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel Harold 272
Lewis, Private Fred 154 155
Liddle Hart, Captain Basil 257, 275
Lille 15
Lind, Private Francis 174
Liveing, Second-Lieutenant Edward 108, 111, 139, 331–32, 334
Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors 304–305, 307, 309
Lloyd, Corporal George 194
Lloyd George, David 12, 38
Loake, Private Harry 345
Lobel, Private Frank 236–37
Lochnagar mine and crater 62, 211, 215, 219–20, 223, 226–28, 231, 233, 369 see also La Boisselle, and Schwabenhöhe
Lockhart, Rifleman Noel 45–47, 51, 60, 321, 333
Lomax, Lance-Corporal Tommy 307
London, Londoners 3, 10–11, 15, 34, 38, 242, 260, 302, 305, 308, 333–34, 339–41, 355, 362, 391
Londonderry 196
Longueval 80, 113, 249, 288, 297, 299, 311, 314–18, 374–75, 383 see also Pozières–Longueval ridge
Lonsdale Cemetery 209
Loop, The 286, 306, 309
Loos, Battle of 7, 10, 17–19, 23, 33, 41
Losch, Vizefeldwebel Karl 208–209
Lossberg, Oberst Fritz von xvii, 384–86
Loudoun-Shand VC, Temporary Major Stewart 260–61
Louvencourt Military Cemetery 164
Lowery, Corporal George 222
Lozenge Alley 259, 276
Lucas, Brigadier-General Cuthbert 149
Ludendorff, General-der-Infanterie Erich von 389–90
Ludlow, Captain Stratford 176
Ludlow, Brigadier-General Walter 176
Luke Copse 157, 171
Lushington, Lieutenant Frank 108–109, 111–12, 119, 161
Luttgers, Unteroffizier Gustav 303
Luxembourg 6
M
McAllister, Private Donald 347
McCauley, Private James 263
McCullock, Private Derek 151
McDiarmid, Captain James 131
McDonnell, Private John 152
McEvoy, Private Jimmy 211
McFadzean VC, Rifleman Billy 210
McInnes, Second-Lieutenant John 349
McIntosh, Lieutenant William 229
Mack, Oberst Robert 74, 92–93
McKeever, Sergeant Sam 187
Mackenzie, Second-Lieutenant Noel 336–37
Macnaghten, Second-Lieutenant Sir Edward (6th Baronet) 210
Mailly Maillet 165
Malins, Lieutenant Geoffrey 16, 57–58, 141, 173
Mametz xvi–xvii, 25–26, 29, 42, 48, 61–62, 71, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 96, 101, 105–106; in bombardment 122, 125, 127–28, 134, 137; on 1 July, 233, 246–47, 249–55, 262–68, 271–74, 277–79, 281, 287–88, 297–98, 302–303, 314–16, 319, 357; assessed 361, 363–64, 367, 369–71, 373–76, 378, 381–83, 387; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge and Fricourt–Mametz salient
Mametz Spur 20–21
Mametz Wood 91, 247, 266, 276, 297, 314, 378
Mametz–Bazentin-le-Petit road 278, 318
Mametz–Carnoy valley see Carnoy Valley
Mametz–Montauban ridge 20–21, 80, 247, 261, 284, 288–89, 303–304, 308, 316, 374
Mametz–Montauban–La Briqueterie ridge 25–26
Mametz–Montauban road 284, 309 310
Manley, Private Michael 219
Mansel Copse 262–63, 265, 273
Maricourt 23, 26, 62–63, 112, 284, 286, 289, 301
Maricourt Ridge 289
Maricourt Wood 288
Maricourt–Longueval road 288
Mark Copse 157, 171
Marne, Battle of 6, 324
Martin, Captain Duncan 71, 265
Martin, Private Patrick 240
Martinpuich 31
Martinsart 63, 195
Martinsart British Cemetery 195
Mary Redan 150
Mash Valley 83, 212, 214–15, 220, 229, 231, 233–35, 237
Mason, Rifleman Reg 331
Maultsaid, Sergeant Jim 207
Maurepas 289
Mauss, Reservist Gottlob 187–88
Maute, Fahrer Otto 94, 102, 113, 121, 242–43
Mawbey, Private Cyril 51, 59
Maxse, Major-General Sir Ivor 289, 299, 309, 312–13
May, Captain Charlie 40
Maycock, Lance-Corporal Jack 346
Maze, Sous-officier Paul 371
Maze, The (Gommecourt) 322
Meaulte 63, 270
Mecklenburgers 78
Megaw, Rifleman James 193
Menzies, Corporal Norman 68, 283, 296
Mesopotamia 16
Messines, Battle of ix, 15
Messines–Wytschaete ridge 15
Middlebrook, Martin ix–x
Mill Road Cemetery 189, 195
Miller, Private Ralph 154
Minshull-Ford, Brigadier-General John 268
Miraumont 25, 113, 144
Moakler, Private Frank 41, 47
Monchy-au-Bois 29, 76, 324–25
Monchy-le-Preux 33, 36
Money, Captain Robin 261
Mons, Battle of 6
Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Major-General Edward 328, 350–55
Montauban xvi, xvii, 25, 27–29, 31, 42, 72, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 106; in bombardment 115–16, 125, 127–28, 130, 134, 137–38; on 1 July 247, 267, 283 286–89, 292, 294–99, 309–310, 313–19, 330, 357; assessed 359, 361, 366–68, 370–71, 373–77, 379, 381–83, 386–87; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge
Montauban Alley 284, 288–89, 296–99, 304, 309–312, 314
Montauban–Bazentin-le-Grand road 297
Montgomery, Field-Marshal Viscount Bernard 325
Montgomery, Major-General Archibald 22, 25, 31
Montigny 241
Montreuil 37
Moore, Captain Arthur 337
Moore, Lieutenant Aubrey 44, 58, 68, 118, 124, 327, 342, 345, 352
Moos, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 133–34
More-Molyneux, Major Frank 262
Moritz and Arend intercept stations 83, 101, 217, 254, 370
Morland, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas xvii, 72, 112, 135; on 1 July 177–78, 180–83, 197–201, 204–206; assessed 365–66, 373–74, 378
Mortimer, Private John 261
Moss, Corporal Charles 159
Mouquet Farm and Redoubt 180, 212, 234
Mouquet Switch Trench 180, 200
Mowatt, Sergeant Jerry 224
Munich 277
Munich Trench 143, 157, 165, 169
Munz, Unteroffizier Albrecht 103
Munz, Unteroffizier Wilhelm 89, 94–95, 98, 101
Murphy, Corporal Peter 349
Murray, Corporal Don 239, 245
Murray,
General Sir Archibald 11
N
Nab Valley 212, 215, 235, 238, 240, 243, 368
Nab Valley–Thiepval road 240
Nameless Farm 322, 335
Nanson, Major Musard 124, 260, 276
Napoleon (I) Bonaparte 1–2, 33, 39, 146
Naylor, Captain Arthur 349
Netherlands 4
Neuve Chapelle, Battle of 7, 17–18, 33, 41
Neuville-St Vaast Kriegsgräberstatte 334
Nevill, Captain Wilfred ‘Billie’ 68, 232, 308
New Army 7, 10
New Zealand 391
Newfoundland, Newfoundlanders vii 164, 174, 359
Newfoundland Memorial Park 42–43, 141, 150, 160, 164, 174, 367
Newman, Private Sydney 337
Nicholas II, Tsar 4–5
Niedenthal, Oberstabsarzt 95–96
Niemeyer, Gefreiter August 334
Nieuport 15
Nordwerk 180, 183, 187, 212, 234, 238, 240
Norfolk Cemetery 261
Norman, Lieutenant-Colonel William 273, 378
North Sea 6, 22
Norton, Private Norman 301, 306, 311, 317
Nourrisson, General Antoine 317
Nugent, Private George 228
Nugent, Major-General Sir Oliver 188, 196–200
O
Omdurman 16 see also Sudan
Opielka, Musketier August 105–106
Orchard trench 273
Orkney Islands 22
Osborn, Sergeant George 43, 56, 151
Öschle, Musketier Gustav 106
Ostende 15
Oughton, Private Tommy 159
Ounsworth, Bombardier Leonard 50
Ovillers vii, xvii, 20, 29, 42, 75, 78–79, 88, 94–95, 99, 105–106; in bombardment 119, 127, 129, 134, 138; on 1 July 144, 167, 186, 203, 211–12, 214–16, 218, 229–30, 233–37, 241, 243–45, 284, 289, 303; assessed 361, 363, 365, 367, 370–71, 373, 376, 378
Ovillers Military Cemetery 212, 228, 236
Ovillers Spur 20, 212, 215, 234–35, 240
P
Packe, Major Edward 152
Page, Second-Lieutenant William 155
Palmer, Private George 355
Palmer-Cook, Sapper Francis 280
Pals battalions (various) 7, 10, 71, 157–58, 183, 185, 262, 271, 274, 290, 294–95, 300
Pannewitz, General-der-Infanterie Günther von 381–83
Paris 1, 6, 14, 22, 37, 63, 361
Parker, Gunner Victor 45
Patrol Wood 335
Paxton, Captain George 165
Peake Wood 221–22, 371
Peeck, Grenadier Walter 115
Pforzheim 276
Pigeon Woods 322
Pellé, Major-General Maurice 11
Pendant Copse 157
Perceval, Major-General Sir Edward 196–99
Péronne 25–26, 32, 363, 382, 384
Péronne Road Cemetery 301
Perry, Private Fred 237
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