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Ghost Patrol: A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945

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by Sadler, John


  Holliman, Captain, 73, 84, 93, 98, 99, 107

  Holliman, Captain Gus, 73, 84, 93, 98, 99, 107, 125

  Holmes, General, 110

  Homeyer, Hauptman von, 272

  Horrocks, General Brian, 138, 139

  Hoxha, Enver, 184, 185, 187

  Hughes, 139

  Hughes, Sergeant, 173

  humour, 10

  Hunter, Tony, 85, 96, 147

  Hussein, Saddam, 233

  hybrid warfare, 235, 239–241

  Inglis, Brigadier, 110

  intelligence gathering, 18–19, 100

  Iraq, 233

  Istria, 211, 218, 219, 220–221, 222

  Italians, 269–270

  Jackson, ‘Jacko,’ 200, 206, 211–212

  Jackson, Sergeant, 145

  Jalo Oasis, 142

  Jarabub, 65, 69

  Jedabia, 90, 92

  jeeps, 54–55, 250–251

  Jellicoe, George, 162, 165, 170, 177

  jerry-cans, 60

  Johnson, Bill, 154, 155

  Johnston, Helen, 239

  Jordan, Lieutenant, 107

  Keitel, General, 204

  Kendall, 85

  Kennedy Shaw, Captain Bill, 30–33, 36–39, 44, 49, 61–62, 64, 75, 93, 98, 106, 117, 124, 257

  Kesselring, Marshal, 108, 111, 149, 275–276

  Key to Rebecca, The (Follett), 270

  Keyes, Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey, 53, 55

  Kilcullen, David, 237–238

  kit, 57

  Kleeman, General, 162

  Kreipe, General, 237

  Kufra Oasis, 30, 47–48, 49, 62, 70–71, 84, 242, 269

  Kupe, Abas, 200

  Lair, David, 69

  Lassen, Captain Anders, 210

  Lawrence, Colonel T.E., 19, 21, 122

  Lawson, Dick, 129–130, 132–133, 171, 178, 259–260

  Laycock, Brigadier Robert ‘Bob,’ 52, 224

  Lazarus, Captain Ken, 33, 71, 125, 133, 142, 143, 147–148, 151–152, 169, 177, 180, 188, 189, 214, 217

  Leech, Sergeant, 211

  Leese, General, 138

  Leros, 160–161, 162, 163, 165, 166–167, 168, 169, 170, 171–175

  Levita, 170, 171

  Lewes, Jock, 91, 94

  Lewis Gun, 250, 253

  Libyan Desert, 2–3

  Light Blue, 273

  ‘Lightfoot,’ 139

  List, General von, 195

  Lloyd Owen, Colonel David

  Aegean campaign and, 164–166, 168

  Albania and, 187, 188–191, 192

  Alexander and, 178

  Brenner Pass and, 179

  command of, 175–176, 179–180

  commando order and, 218–219

  Easonsmith and, 170, 171–172

  end of war and, 224

  guerrillas and, 211

  Hill and, 175

  injury to, 134

  intelligence gathering and, 155

  Italians and, 103

  Kennedy Shaw and, 98

  leave for, 156–157

  Leros and, 173–174

  on Macks, 92

  on mechanics, 252

  in mudflats, 86

  at Orso Bay, 208–209

  partisans and, 221, 222

  on patrol, 56, 87–89, 94

  Reynolds and, 215

  road watch and, 124

  Stirling and, 90

  training and, 257

  on weapons, 254

  logistics, 258–260

  Lorenzini, Major, 29

  Lovat Scouts, 53

  MacLauchlan, Lieutenant, 146

  MacLauchlan, Paddy, 190, 191

  Maclean, Alastair, 160

  Maclean, Fitzroy, 106, 207, 211, 214

  Maclean, W. ‘Billy,’ 185–186, 200

  MacNab, Andy, 232

  Mainwaring, Hugh, 178

  Malayan Emergency, 231–232

  Malta, 95, 108, 160

  maps, 33

  Marble Arch, 73, 94, 101, 117, 146

  Marc, Private, 205–206

  Marchand, Colonel, 43

  Mareth Line, 19, 148–150, 151

  ‘Marita,’ 194

  Mark III SMLE, 253

  Marr, Robin, 191

  Marriott Force, 89–90, 93

  Martin, Lieutenant, 123

  Mascarpa, Admiral, 165

  Massu, Jacques, 45

  Matthews, Corporal, 206

  Matthews, Guardsman, 102

  Mayne, Robert Blair ‘Paddy,’ 55, 90–91, 100, 106

  McConnell, Private, 213

  McCoy, Sam, 101

  McCreery, General, 120

  McIver, 85

  medical treatment, 259–260

  Mekili-Msus track, 100–101

  Mellenthin F.W. von, 95, 96

  Melot, Captain, 101, 106

  Mersa Brega, 91

  Mersa Matruh, 108–111

  Messe, General, 153, 154

  Metcalfe, Private, 218

  MFV La Palma, 207–209

  Mihailovic, Draza, 204, 205

  Mills, Vice Marshal, 221

  Mitford, Teddy, 35, 44–45, 61, 64, 65, 74

  Mold, Peter, 174

  Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard Law, 20, 120–121, 126, 138, 140, 141, 144, 150, 152–154, 275–276

  Moore, Trooper, 48–49, 242

  Moorehead, Alan, 10

  Morgan, Mike, 242

  Morley, Sergeant, 206–207, 213

  Morris, ‘Bing,’ 91, 94, 99

  Morrison, Bill, 92

  Morshead, General Ming the Merciless, 138

  Moss, Stanley, 237

  ‘Msus Stakes,’ 18, 65, 97

  Muller, General, 162, 163

  Murray, Guardsman, 123

  Murzuk, 44, 45–46, 61

  Mussolini, Benito, Il Duce, 12, 13, 20, 160, 184–185, 216

  MV Kufra, 217

  Nangle, G.W., 107

  Napoleon, 21

  Nasr, Sheikh ‘Abd el Galil Seir en, 44

  National Liberation Movement (NLM), 185–186

  navigation, 33, 255–256, 257

  Neame, General, 64

  Neillands, Robin, 233

  New Zealanders, 31, 34–35, 61–62, 82, 109, 110, 114, 152, 176

  Newbold, Douglas, 42

  Nicholls, Arthur, 186

  Niven, David, 52

  Northern Alliance, 234–235

  Obama, President Barack, 241

  O’Connor, General, 13, 45, 269

  ‘Ode to a Desert Flower,’ 11

  oil, 12

  Olivey, John, 73–74, 88, 91, 98–99, 103, 133, 155, 171–174, 187–188, 199, 219–222

  O’Malley, Lance-Corporal, 142

  Ondaatje, Michael, 270

  Operation Accolade, 161–163

  Operation Acrobat, 95, 110

  Operation Agreement, 125–128, 230

  Operation Battleaxe, 16

  Operation Brevity, 16

  Operation Caravan, 128–134

  Operation Compass, 13, 14, 269

  Operation Condor, 271

  Operation Crusader, 16–17, 80–83, 85, 270, 274

  Operation Eagle Claw, 230

  Operation Flavius, 232

  Operation Flipper, 53

  Operation Hercules, 108

  Operation Lightfoot, 139

  Operation Marita, 15

  Operation Polar Bear, 163

  Operation Punishment, 195

  Operation Salam, 271

  Operation Sunflower, 13

  Operation Typhoon, 163–164

  Ornano, Lieutenant-Colonel d,’ 43, 45, 46

  Orso Bay, 208–209, 210

  Palmer, Alan, 186, 187

  Papagos, General, 195, 196

  Parker, 132

  Parsons, Michael, 178, 189, 190–191

  Patch, Jim, 60, 74–75, 92, 174–175

  Patton, George, 153

  Paul, Prince, 194

  Paulus, General von, 237

  Pavlides, Lieutenant, 169, 180

  Pearson, Tom,
180

  Pebble Island, 232–233

  Peniakoff, Vladimir ‘Popski,’ 56, 103, 108, 124, 125, 129, 147, 148, 150

  People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 205

  Peter II, King, 194

  Peza, Myslim, 189

  Pienaar, General, 113

  Pilkington, Captain, 142

  Pitt, Barrie, 30

  Pitt, George, 211, 212–213, 223

  Pleydell, Captain, 55

  Pompey, Pilot Officer, 69

  Porter, Corporal, 85

  Powell, Enoch, 74

  Prendergast, Guy, 56, 64, 66, 70–73, 86, 89, 93, 100, 124–125, 151–153, 155–156, 166, 170, 174–176, 178, 256–257

  Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 232

  Pugh, Griffith, 156

  Putin, President Vladimir, 239–240

  Qattara Depression, 2–3, 111–112

  Ramsden, General, 118

  Rand, Captain, 148

  Ranfurly, Countess of, 10–11

  Ravenstein, Lieutenant-General von, 10

  Red Army, 17–18

  Redfern, Alan, 172

  Reid, Brigadier, 85, 89, 90, 93

  Reynolds, Mike, 210, 211, 212, 215, 217, 218, 220

  Rezin, Private, 151

  Rhodes, 160, 161–162

  Riddell, James, 156

  Riggs, Private, 92

  Ritchie, Neil, 53, 81, 93, 95–96, 104, 109

  Ritter, Niklaus, 271

  road watch, 66–69, 73–74, 85, 93, 100, 105–106, 141, 143

  Rodd, Francis, 42

  Rommel, Field marshal Erwin

  advance of, 96–97

  airfields and, 26

  attack on, 53–54

  at Beurat, 149

  command of, 14, 15–16

  Crusader and, 80–83

  defence of, 137

  at El Agheila, 146

  El Alamein and, 112, 114, 137–138, 1

  forces of, 118

  Gazala and, 104–105

  at Jedabia, 90, 93

  Krieg ohne Hass and, 9

  in Libya, 194

  at Msus, 95

  pursuit of, 61–66

  retreat of, 17, 18, 144

  Stirling and, 93

  strategy and, 108–109

  supplies and, 20, 110, 121, 126

  Timpson and, 142

  Ultra and, 273–276

  Rose, General Michael, 186

  Rou, Captain le, 146

  Rowbottom, Gordon, 198, 206, 213

  Ryan, Chris, 232

  Ryan, Sergeant, 200

  Sahara Desert, description of, 1–2

  Salonika, 193, 195–196

  sandals, 32

  Sandstede, Hans-Gerd, 271

  Saunders, Lieutenant, 223

  Savage, Joe, 211–212

  Savage, Lieutenant, 223

  Secombe, Harry, 155

  Seebohm, Captain, 274–275

  Seligman, Adrian, 167

  Seven Years War, 21, 160

  Shute, John, 19, 210–211

  Sidi Rezegh, 80–81, 82

  Sikh, 128

  Simms, Frank, 86, 95

  Simpson, Tiny, 189–190, 218, 219

  Siwa, 69–76, 83–84, 99, 111

  Skipworth, David, 210–211

  Skorzeny, Otto ‘Scarface,’ 216

  Smiley, David, 185–186

  Smith, General, 232

  Smith, Kenneth, 223

  Somme, Battle of the, 21

  Spicer, Captain, 134, 151

  Springfield, Brian, 87

  Stack, Lee, 5

  Steele, Captain, 44

  Steele, Major, 72

  Stirling, David

  airfield attacks and, 54

  at Benghazi, 103, 107

  at Benina, 106–107

  Cos and, 168

  Easonsmith and, 85

  El Alamein and, 140

  Force ‘X’ and, 126, 128

  Lloyd Owen and, 90

  parashots and, 156

  plans of, 53

  raiding and, 93, 96, 122, 123, 124

  recruitment and, 55

  at Regima, 106

  road watch and, 99–100

  role of LRDG and, 228, 229

  Stokes, Captain, 208

  Stormonth-Darling, Moir, 165, 177, 179, 188, 198, 209, 216

  Student, Kurt, 15

  Suez Canal, 5

  supply caches, 37–38

  Sutherland, David, 168, 200, 220, 221, 222

  Sutherland, J.M., 152

  Sweeting, Lieutenant, 125

  Syria, 12, 70, 101, 118, 143, 177–178, 237, 239, 241

  Talbot, Lieutenant, 125

  Taliban, 233–235

  tanks, 20–21

  Taranto, 12

  Tatoi Conference, 193

  Tazerbo, 63

  Tedder, Air Marshal, 104, 126, 161

  Tel-el-Kebir, Battle of, 5

  Thomic, Pave, 207

  Thompson sub-machine gun, 253

  Tigantourine installation, 235–236

  Tighe, Alf, 48, 199

  Timini, 54

  Timpson, Alastair, 18, 88, 94, 97, 101–102, 107, 123, 129, 142–143

  Tinker, Ron, 143, 148, 150, 152, 189, 191

  Tito, Marshal Josef, 204–205, 207, 217, 220–221, 222

  Tobruk, 16, 17, 18, 82, 104–105, 110, 126, 139, 275

  Toit, Signaller du, 145

  training, 257–258

  travel, 7–8

  trenches, 6–7

  Tripolitania, 13, 93, 94, 95, 110, 151

  Troubles in Northern Ireland, 232

  Tunisia, 144, 147–148, 150, 154, 270

  Turnbull, Muir, 170, 176

  Ultra, 273–276

  Umm el Araneb, 47

  vehicles, 25, 32–33, 34, 83–84, 97, 101, 249–250, 249–252

  Vickers machine-gun, 250, 253

  Vis, 207–208, 209–213, 217

  Von Brauchitsch, General, 16

  Wadi Irawan, 28

  Waetford, Clarkie, 249

  Waller, Corporal, 218–219

  water, 59

  Waugh, Evelyn, 52

  Wavell, General Archibald, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28–29, 30, 40, 52, 66, 70, 108, 196

  weapons, 252–254

  Webley service revolver, 252

  Wellington, Duke of, 21

  Welsh, Guardsman, 142–143

  Westgate Shopping Mall, 236–237

  Westphal, Colonel, 82

  Whitehead, Lance Corporal, 169

  Wigens, Signalman, 212–213

  Wilder, Nick, 18–19, 103, 106, 124, 130–131, 146, 147

  Williams, Bill, 274

  Willys MB, 251

  Wilson, Eric, 56, 70, 74, 84, 101, 103, 132

  Wilson, Henry, 163, 164, 168

  Wilson, General ‘Jumbo,’ 161, 196, 197

  Wimberley, 138–139

  Winchester, Guardsman, 48–49

  Wingate, Brigadier Orde, 41, 69, 89, 241

  Wright, Lieutenant, 71

  Young, Brigadier Peter, 217

  Yugoslavia, 193–195, 196, 204, 207

  Zara, 217, 222

  Zog, King, 184–185

  Zulu, 128

 

 

 


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