bees, 200–201
Belfast, HMS, 198
Belgium, 70, 84, 85–6, 209, 213
Belsen concentration camp, 24
Benson, Samuel Herbert, 18
Bentinck, Henry, 11th Earl of Portland, 148
Berlin, Germany, 163, 164, 194, 195, 222
Bermondsey, London, 105
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 88
Berry, James Gomer, 1st Viscount Kemsley, 238
Bettinson, John, 208
Bettinson, Richard, 207
Biarritz, France, 98
Big Ben, 3
‘Bird Songs at Eventide’, 151
Birdcage Walk, Westminster, 205
Birkhall, Aberdeenshire, 9, 57
Birmingham, West Midlands, 106, 123, 178,207–8
Bizerte, Tunisia, 167
Black Sea, 138
Blackfriars, London, 120
blackouts, 23–6, 32–3, 53
Blitz (1940–41), 104–29, 130–32, 135–6, 194
Blue Nuns, 230
Board of Trade, 57
Boer War (1899–1902), 244
Bofors guns, 128
Bohéme, La (Puccini), 151
Bolton, Anne, see Logue, Anne
Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, 11, 18, 259
Bomb Disposal Company Royal Engineers, 115
Bône, Algeria, 166
Bonham Carter, Helena, viii
Boomerang Club, 156, 231
Bordeaux, France, 92
Boulogne evacuation (1940), 83
Bousfield, Guy, 95, 96, 120
Bovril, 18
Bowen, Caroline, viii
Bowes-Lyon, David, 225
Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, see Elizabeth, Queen consort of the United Kingdom
Boys’ Welfare Association, 214
Braun von Stumm, Gustav, 145
von Braun, Wernher, 209
breathing, 12, 158, 231, 253–4, 261–2, 263–4
Bren guns, 96
Bristol, England, 106, 123, 195
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), vii
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
1939 outbreak of war, 15, 21–2; Queen’s Armistice Day speech, 41–2; King’s Christmas broadcast, 44–8, 49, 56
1940 King’s Empire Day speech, 76–81; Princess Elizabeth’s speech, 119; King’s Christmas broadcast, 127
1941 King’s Christmas broadcast, 141–2
1942 broadcasts from Boomerang Club, 157; Logue appears on On My Selection, 150–52, 231; King’s Christmas broadcast, 157–60
1943 King’s Christmas broadcast, 182–3
1944 Italian Campaign reporting, 193; D-Day, 201, 202–3; King’s Christmas broadcast, 215–19
1945 VE Day, 223–4; King’s Christmas broadcast, 234
1948 King’s Christmas broadcast, 239, 246–7
1949 King’s Christmas broadcast, 248–9
1951 King’s Christmas broadcast, 4, 250–51, 252–4
1952 death of King, 5; Queen’s Christmas broadcast, 257–8
1968 Dad’s Army released, 89
British Expeditionary Force, 40, 43, 47, 57–9, 82–7, 97–8, 168
British Medical Association, 147, 240
British Society of Speech Therapists, 147
British Union of Fascists, 94
British United Press, 188
Broadcasting House, London, 125, 151
Brompton, South Kensington, 259
Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, 237
Brothers in Arms, 78
Browning automatic rifles, 121
Brunswick Tower, Windsor Castle, 89
Buckingham Palace, London, x, 71
1938 Munich Agreement, 16
1939 outbreak of war, 28, 40
1940 resignation of Hore-Belisha, 58; Wilhelmina arrives in exile, 75; Empire Day, 76; Haakon VII arrives in exile, 88–9; firing range laid down, 91; Blitz, 72, 108–12, 114, 116, 117, 118, 124; George Cross speech, 116–18
1942 news of El Alamein, 153–4
1944 D-Day speech, 200–201; V-1 attacks, 205, 206
1945 VE Day, 220, 223–6
1949 George VI undergoes right lumbar sympathectomy, 247–8
1952 funeral of George VI, 6
Burma, 144, 235
Calais, France, 83
Caldecote, Viscount, see Inskip, Thomas
Camberwell, London, 94, 122
Cambridge, Alexander, 1st Earl of Athlone, 144
Cambridge University, 235, 239, 267
Camembert cheeses, 204
Campbell, Harold, 116, 125
Canada, 31, 45, 76, 79, 88, 89, 127, 143, 144, 197, 240
Canning Town, London, 109–10
Canterbury, Archbishop of, see Lang, William Cosmo Gordon
Canterbury, Kent, 144
Casablanca, Morocco, 154
Casablanca Conference (1943), 197
Caserta, Italy, 211
Catford, London, 162–4
Catterick Camp, North Yorkshire, 137
Caucasus, 144
Cenotaph, Whitehall, 265
censorship, 84, 156, 164, 165, 188–9, 190, 210
Central Hall, Westminster, 68
Chamberlain, Neville, 72, 73, 74, 85, 93
1938 Munich Agreement, 16, 17, 172
1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 27; outbreak of war, 15–17, 19, 221; Duke of York’s visit, 66
1940 resignation of Hore-Belisha, 57, 58, 59; Conservative Party meeting, 68; Norway debate, 69–70; resignation, 71, 229; debate on peace negotiations, 85
Channel Islands, 222
Channon, Henry ‘Chips’, 58, 233
Charteris, Martin, 5–6
Château de la Croë, Côte d’Azur, 98
Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles, ix
Cheseman Street, Sydenham, 131–2
Cheyne, William Watson, 18
Chichester, West Sussex, 207, 265
Children’s Hour, 119
China, 19, 144, 182
Chipstead Hill, Surrey, 104–5
Chiswick, London, 105, 140, 209
Chopin, Frédéric, 7
Christian IX, King of Denmark, 181
Christian X, King of Denmark, 69
Christmas broadcast
1937 251
1939 44–8, 56
1940 127
1941 141–2
1942 157–60
1943 182–3
1944 215–19
1945 234
1948 239, 246–7
1949 248–9
1951 4, 250–51, 252–4
1952 257–8
Church House, Westminster, 124
Churchill, Winston, 67
1936 abdication of Edward VIII, 72
1940 becomes PM, 71–4, 128; German invasion of France, 75; Dunkirk evacuation, 83, 84, 85; debate on peace negotiations, 85; ‘We shall fight on the beaches’ speech, 87, 92; ‘This was their finest hour’ speech, 92; Duke of York appointed Governor of the Bahamas, 99–101; Germany launches Operation Eagle Attack, 102; German bombing of London, 72, 107, 110; pre-Christmas lunch with King, 125
1941 congratulates Royals on public relations, 114; meets with Hopkins, 130; German invasion of Soviet Union, 138; Japan launches offensive, 141; US and Canada visit, 143
1942 Japan captures Singapore, 143–4; criticism over defence portfolio, 144; vote of confidence, 144; capture of Tobruk, 145; censure motion, 145–6; Montgomery appointed head of Eighth Army, 152–3; Operation Torch, 155; congratulates King on Christmas broadcast, 159
1943 Casablanca Conference, 197; capture of Tunis, 167–8; King’s North African tour, 168, 171; Quebec Conference, 197; taken ill with pneumonia, 181
1944 Operation Shingle, 184–5, 189; St Paul’s School meeting, 198; conflict with King over D-Day attendance, 198–9; visits troops in France, 203; V-1 attacks, 206; V-2 attacks, 210; George VI visits troops in Italy, 210–11
1945 VE Day, 220–21, 222; general election, 228–9
1951 general election, 251
1952 death and funeral of King, 3, 5
cigarettes, 244
cinemas, 34, 35, 37, 112
Clarendon, Bertie, 173
Clark, H. Brooking, 186–7
Clark, Kenneth, 63
Clark, Mark, 184, 186, 191, 192
Co-op, Lordship Lane, 206–7, 209
Coates, Eric, 151
Coats Mission, 91
Cobbs Department Store, Sydenham, 122
Coldstream Guards, 2, 7, 166
College of Speech Therapists, 205, 239–40
Collingwood, HMS, 39
Colville, John, 73, 138
Combined United Press, 185
Commonwealth, 22, 79, 92, 118, 203, 235, 244, 248, 250, 258
Commonwealth and Dominion Line, 10
Community of St John the Divine, 237
Compiègne Armistice (1940), 92–3
Conradi, Peter, x
Conservative Party, 68, 70, 71, 85, 140
Constitution Hill, London, 206
Coppins, Buckinghamshire, 148
Cossack, HMS, 54
Côte d’Azur, France, 98
Court Circular, 173
Covent Garden, London, 151
Coventry, West Midlands, 123
Coward, Noël, 225
Cowles, Virginia, 104
Crawford, Marion, 9, 181–2
Creully, France, 204
Crichton-Miller, Hugh, 129, 217–18
Crimea, 139
Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly, 151
Cromwell, Oliver, 70
Crown Jewels, 40
Croydon, London, 128, 207
Crystal Palace, London, 19
Curzon, Cynthia, 134
D-Day (1944), 196–204
Dad’s Army, 95
Daily Express, 10, 69, 80, 180, 252, 266
Daily Herald, 23
Daily Mail, 131
Daily Mirror, 43, 203, 251
Daily Sketch, 238
Daily Telegraph, 48, 80, 203
Daladier, Edouard, 43
Danzig, 29
Darbyshire, Taylor, 150
Darlan, Francois, 154–5
Dartmouth Road, Sydenham, 131
Davies, Robert ‘Jock’, 115
Defence Regulation 18B (1940), 94
Denmark, 69, 181, 222, 243
Destroyer Flotilla, 5th, 41
Devonshire, HMS, 88
diaphragmatic breathing, 12, 231, 253–4, 261–2, 263–4
Digger, 36
Dog Kennel Hill, Dulwich, 226
dog racing, 35
Dollis Hill, London, 230
Don river, 152
Donbass region, Ukraine, 139
doodlebugs, 205
Dornier bombers, 105, 121
Dover Castle, Kent, 82
Druce, Stephen, 265
Drury Lane theatre, Covent Garden, 95, 254
Dulwich, London, 18, 95–6, 120, 206–7, 209, 226
Dulwich & Sydenham Golf Club, 95, 120–22
Dunkirk evacuation (1940), 82–7, 92
Dutch East Indies, 144
Dynamo Room, Dover Castle tunnels, 82
dysentery, 190, 208, 230
East India Company, 18
Eaton Square, Belgravia, 71
Eden, Anthony, 71, 86, 94, 211
Edgware Road, London, 6
Edinburgh, Duke of, see Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland, 226
Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, 88
Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, xi, 2, 14, 29, 45–6, 57, 62–7, 72, 98–101, 149, 172, 229
Edward, Duke of Kent, 2
Egan, Simon, ix
Egypt, 145, 152–4, 155, 165
Ehle, Jennifer, viii
Eindhoven, Netherlands, 213
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 154–5, 169, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 213
Elbe river, 152
elections, see general elections
Elephant and Castle, London, 136
Elizabeth, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, Queen Mother
1923 marries George, 64
1927 tour of Australia and New Zealand, 12, 150
1938 Munich Agreement, 16
1939 tour of North America, 59–60; outbreak of war, 9, 17; Edward’s visit, 65; Scotland visit, 39; Armistice Day speech, 41–2; George’s Christmas speech, 45, 47, 48; princesses sent to Royal Lodge, 56–7, 89
1940 George’s Empire Day speech, 76, 80; moves to Windsor Castle, 89; learns to use revolver, 91; Blitz, 107–14, 117; Christmas, 124, 126
1941 Wales visit, 141
1942 Baedeker Raids, 144; Christmas, 157–8, 159
1943 George’s North African tour, 169; resignation of Hardinge, 172, 173
1944 D-Day, 198, 201, 203; V-1 attacks, 206, 207; Christmas, 216
1945 VE Day, 221, 224–6; death of Myrtle Logue, 231; State Opening of Parliament, 233–4
1948 silver wedding anniversary, 247
1951 George’s Christmas broadcast, 252
1952 watches South Pacific at Drury Lane, 254; funeral of George, 1; letter from Logue, 255–6
1953 Logue’s funeral, 260
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
1936 abdication of Edward VIII, 97
1939 outbreak of war, 9; moves to Royal Lodge, 56–7, 89
1940 moves to Windsor Castle, 89; father’s George Cross speech, 116; Children’s Hour speech, 118–19, 125, 126; Christmas, 126
1942 Christmas; Logue’s one lung breathing trick, 158, 161
1943 Christmas; smitten with Philip, 181–2, 242
1944 conflict over father’s D-Day attendance, 199; launching of HMS Vanguard, 215; Christmas, 216
1945 joins Auxiliary Territorial Service, 221; VE Day, 221, 225–6
1946 Philip proposes, 243
1947 South African tour, 244; marries Philip, 242–4
1948 birth of Charles, 247
1949 father undergoes right lumbar sympathectomy, 248
1951 father’s Christmas broadcast, 252
1952 watches South Pacific at Drury Lane, 254; tour of East Africa; death of father, 4, 5–6, 254; funeral of father, 2; sends gift to Logue, 256; Christmas broadcast, 257–8
1953 Logue’s funeral, 260
Elliott, Alan, 237–8, 255, 262
Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, viii
Emergency Hospital Service, 26
Empire Day, 76–81
Empire Exhibition (1924–5), 12
‘English War, The’ (Sayers) 93
Enigma code, 40
Entebbe, Uganda, 6
Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), 169
Epping Forest, 33, 56
de Espírito Santo, Ricardo, 100
Estonia, 61
Etherow Street, Dulwich, 209
Ethiopia, 140
Eton College, Berkshire, 44, 97, 134–5
evacuees, 18, 26, 28, 37, 127
Excalibur, SS, 101
Exeter, Devon, 144
Exeter, HMS, 44
Falls, Cyril, 180
Farouk, King of Egypt, 4
Fennell, Jack, 238–9
Fermoy, Lord, see Roche, Edmund Maurice
Festival of Britain (1951), 251
Fields, Gracie, 50
Fields, William Claude, 81
Finland, 61–2, 138
First World War, see World War I
Firth, Colin, vii, viii
Fitzalan-Howard, Bernard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 1
Fleet Street, City of London, 74, 131
Flying Jordans, 213
Foch, Ferdinand, 92
Focke-Wulf, 162–3
Ford, Edward, 4
Forest Hill, London, 122, 223
Forster, Edward Morgan, 105
France, 47, 60, 68, 182
1939 invasion of Saar, 33; Duke of York attached to British military mission, 66–7, 98; George VI inspects BEF, 43
1940 German invasion, 71, 75; Battle of Dunkirk, 82–7, 92; German offensive
on Somme, 92; Italy declares war, 145; fall of Paris, 92; Compiègne Armistice, 92–3
1942 Battle of Bir Hachim, 145; Operation Torch, 154–5
1944 D-Day, 200–204; liberation by Allies, 208
1945 Duke of Windsor returns in exile, 229
Franco, Francisco, 99
Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16), 185
Gamelin, Maurice, 43
gas masks, 27, 33, 89
‘Gate of the Year, The’ (Haskins), 47–8
de Gaulle, Charles, 169
Gaumont, 112
general elections
1945 general election, 228–9, 251
1950 general election, 251
1951 general election, 251
George Cross and Medal, 115, 118
George II, King of Greece, 244
George V, King of the United Kingdom, x, 11, 29, 43, 45, 46, 172, 241, 258
George VI, King of the United Kingdom
1911 Royal Naval College examinations, 63
1914 posted to Scapa Flow, 39
1916 Battle of Jutland, 39
1923 marries Elizabeth, 64
1925 Empire Exhibition speech, 12
1926 begins speech therapy with Logue, 9, 11–12,261
1927 tour of Australia and New Zealand, 12, 150
1929 publication of Darbyshire’s The Duke of York, 150
1936 abdication of Edward VIII, 64, 72; accession to throne, xi, 13–14
1937 Coronation, xi, 20, 64, 171; Christmas broadcast, 251
1938 Munich Agreement, 16, 172; funeral of Maud of Wales, 88
1939 Anglo-Polish Agreement, 27, 28; offer to write to Hitler, 27; tour of North America, 59–60; Chamberlain announces declaration of war, 16; outbreak of war speech, xi, 8, 19–22, 30; meets with Kennedy, 60; Edward’s visit, 65–7; visits Scotland, 39; Pillbox Affair begins, 57; State Opening of Parliament, 41–2; inspects BEF in France, 43, 168; news of Admiral Graf Spee sinking, 44; birthday, 44; Christmas broadcast, 44–8, 49, 56; princesses sent to Royal Lodge, 56–7, 89
1940 resignation of Hore-Belisha, 57–8; news of Altmark Incident, 55; Royal Train tour, 59; meets with Welles, 61; Chamberlain’s resignation, 71; Churchill becomes PM, 71–3; Wilhelmina arrives in exile, 74–5; Empire Day speech, 76–81; capitulation of Belgium, 84; day of People’s Prayer, 84; RAF station visits, 84; Dunkirk evacuation, 84–5, 86; Haakon VII arrives in exile, 88–9; moves to Windsor Castle, 89; Coats Mission incident, 91; news of Compiègne Armistice, 93; inspects Home Guard, 96; Edward appointed Governor of the Bahamas, 99–101; Gustav V offers to broker peace, 102; Blitz begins, 107–14; George Cross speech, 115–18; bombing of Coventry, 123; State Opening of Parliament, 123–4; Christmas, 124–8
1941 sends cheque to Logue, 133–4; meets Antony at Sandhurst, 136; cuts down cigarette smoking, 244; Ward’s shooting spree, 140; State Opening of Parliament, 139–40; Japan launches offensive, 141; Wales visit, 141; Christmas broadcast, 141–2
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