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Index
Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey, 110
Abdur Rahman, King of Afghanistan, 110
Alambagh, the, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 91, 92
Albright, Major M. C. 158, 159, 160
Albuera, 7, 15, 16, 17–36, 45
Allahabad, 74, 75, 92
Allen, Lt Robert, 205
Allenby, General Sir Edmund, 9, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 156, 157, 160, 161
Alten, Count von, 16, 17, 28, 31
American Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 200
Aong, 76
Armstrong, John, 43, 62
Armstrong, Lt Richard, 45, 48, 49
Armies, British Dominion and Imperial
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND
Divisions:
ANZAC Mounted, 144, 149
Australian Mounted, 146, 151
Brigades:
2nd Light Horse, 149
3rd Light Horse, 151, 157
4th Light Horse, 9, 151, 152, 155
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 140
Regiments:
2nd Queensland LH, 151
3rd S. Australia & Tasmania LH, 151
4th Victoria LH, 152, 153, 155
5 th Queensland LH, 149, 153
6th New South Wales LH, 149
7th New South Wales LH, 149
11th Queensland LH, 152, 153
12th New South Wales LH, 152, 153
Auckland Mounted Rifles, 149
Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 149
Wellington Mounted Rifles, 149
BRITISH
Corps:
Desert Mounted, 9, 146, 147, 148, 155, 156, 160, 161 I, 183 VIII, 176, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189 XX, 146, 147, 149, 156 XXI, 146, 147, 156, 161 XXX, 176, 177, 180
Divisions:
2nd, 16, 19, 28
4th, 16, 29
11th Armoured, 175, 176, 179, 180, 183, 184
15th (Scottish), 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 191, 197
43rd (Wessex), 10, 175, 176, 179, 180, 184, 191, 197, 198, 199n
49th (West Riding), 176, 180
53rd (Welsh), 184, 197 60th, 149, 157, 158 74th, 149
Yeomanry, 146, 147
Brigades:
4th Armoured, 176, 181
5th Mounted, 9, 151, 153, 157
6th Mounted, 160
7th Mounted, 153
8th Armoured, 176
29th Armoured, 176, 179, 181
31st Tank, 176, 181, 197
34th Tank, 197
46th (Highland), 191
129th, 185, 191
130th, 185, 188
159th, 180
214th, 188, 191,
Abercrombie’s, 23, 26–28, 29, 32
Colborne’s, 19, 20–23, 28, 29, 30, 32
Houghton’s, 23–26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34
Myers’, 29–31, 32, 34, 36n
Regiments:
1st Dorsetshire (2/39th), 26, 32, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120
1st Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (32nd), 69, 72, 89
1st Essex (44th), 105, 106
1st Gordon Highlanders (75th), 8, 85, 112–115, 117–120
1st Herefordshire, 180
1st King’s (8th), 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 58, 85, 86
1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers (25th), 114, 115
1st King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (53rd), 86, 88, 89
1st Middlesex (57th), 23, 24, 25–26, 32, 34, 35n
1st North Staffordshire (64th), 74, 76
1st Northamptonshire (l/48th), 23, 26, 32
1st Royal Canadians (100th), 45, 47, 48, 50, 51
1st Royal Fusiliers (l/7th), 29–31, 32
1st Royal Scots (1st), 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 57, 60
1st Royal Welch Fusiliers (l/23rd), 29–31, 32, 35n, 86
1st Welch (41st), 52, 54, 56, 58
1st Worcestershire (29th), 23–24, 25, 32, 184, 191
2nd Argyll & Sutherland) Highlanders (93rd), 84, 86, 87–90, 94n, 180
2nd Cameronians (90th), 79, 82, 89, 90
2nd Derbyshire (Sherwood Foresters) (95th), 117, 118, 119
2nd East Surrey (2/31st), 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32
2nd Fife & Forfar Yeomanry, 179, 181
2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 179
2nd Gloucestershire (2/28th), 26, 32
2nd Hampshire (67th), 105, 106, 107
2nd Northamptonshire (2/48th), 20, 22, 32, 34
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 180
2nd Royal Berkshire (2/66th), 20, 22, 32, 35n
2nd Royal Fusiliers (2/7th), 29–31, 32, 34
2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers (89th), 52, 54, 56, 58, 59
2nd Seaforth Highlanders (78th), 74, 76, 77’, 82, 89
2nd South Lancashire (82nd), 86
2nd York & Lancaster (84th), 74, 76, 77, 82
3rd County of London Yeomanry, 181
3rd Dragoon Guards, 17 4th Dorsetshire, 185, 188, 189, 190–191
4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 180
4th Light Dragoons, 22
4th Somerset Light Infantry (13th), 175, 185–186, 187, 191, 192, 195, 196, 197
4th Wiltshire, 185, 187, 191, 194
5th Dorsetshire, 185, 188, 189
5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 175, 191–197, 198
5th Wiltshire, 185
7th Hampshire, 185, 189, 190, 191
7th RTR, 177, 179, 180, 185
7th Somerset Light Infantry, 188, 191
8th Rifle Brigade, 180, 181
9th Cameronians, 191
9th Lancers, 85, 86
9th RTR, 177, 188, 190
19th Light Dragoons, 45, 47, 49, 51
23rd Hussars, 179, 180, 181 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 179, 181
44th RTR, 181, 189
103rd, 52, 57, 58, 60
104th, 52, 57, 58, 60
141 Regiment RAC, 188, 189
Berkshire Yeomanry, 160
The Border (2/34th), 15, 26, 32, 35n
The Buffs (l/3rd), 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 34
Dorset Yeomanry, 160
Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, 160
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 157, 158, 160
Royal Northumberland) Fusiliers (5th), 79, 80, 82
Royal Scots Greys, 181, 194, 195
Warwickshire Yeomanry, 157, 158, 159, 160
Worcestershire Hussars, 157, 158, 159, 160
Artillery:
A Battery HAC, 152
B Battery HAC, 157
Inverness Battery RHA, 151
Nottinghamshire Battery RHA, 152
Somerset Battery RHA, 149
2/3 Battery RA, 79, 82
1/5 Battery RA, 79, 80
3/8 Battery RA, 74, 75, 81–82
Camel Corps, 143, 146
CANADIAN
Regiments:
1st Lincoln Militia, 47, 52
2nd Lincoln Militia, 47, 48, 52
2nd York Militia, 52
4th Lincoln Militia
5 th Lincoln Militia, 52
Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, 52, 54, 56, 58
Royal New Brunswick, 64n
HEIC AND INDIAN
Regiments:
l/2nd Gurkha Rifles, 113, 114, 118, 119, 120
1/3rd Gurkha Rifles, 114
1st Punjab Cavalry, 86
2nd Punjab Cavalry, 86
2nd Punjab Infantry, 86
3rd Light Cavalry, 66
3rd Sikhs, 118, 119
4/1 Battery Bengal Artillery, 69
4th Punjab Infantry, 86, 88
5th Punjab Cavalry, 86
15th Sikhs, 113, 114, 115
36th Sikhs, 111, 112
Hodson’s Horse, 85, 86
Khyber Rifles, 111
Madras (European) Fusiliers, 74, 76, 81, 82
Army, French
Corps:
1st Polish Lancers, 21, 35n
10th Hussars, 21, 35n
28th Lgre, 21
102nd Line, 106
Regiments: 2nd Hussars, 21, 35n
V, 19
Army, German
Armies:
Panzer Group West, 191, 194
Seventh, 182
Divisions:
21st Panzer, 177
277th Infantry, 184
352nd Infantry, 166, 170
Panzer Lehr, 177, 182, 184
Regiments:
914th Grenadier, 166, 170
915th Grenadier, 166
916th Grenadier, 166, 171, 172
WAFFEN SS
Corps:
I SS Panzer, 180
II SS Panzer, 182, 191, 198
Divisions:
1st SS Panzer LSAH, 182, 189
2nd SS Panzer Das Reich, 182, 184
9th SSth Panzer Hohenstaufen, 181, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199n
10th SS Panzer Frundsberg, 181, 182, 184, 186, 189, 191, 192, 198, 199n
12 th SS Panzer Hitlerjugend, 177, 183, 184, 189
Regiments:
I/SS Panzergrenadier 22, 188, 189
II/SS Panzergrenadier 22, 188
Panzergrenadier 21 SS PzAbt 102, 185, 186, 189, 193, 195, 198
Army, North Vietnamese
Divisions:
1st, 201, 214, 215
Regiments:
24th, 201
32nd, 201
66th, 201, 206
174th, 201, 207, 212, 214
Army, Portuguese
Brigades:
Harvey’s, 29, 31
Regiments:
11th, 29
23rd, 29
Loyal Lusitanian Legion, 29
Army, Turkish
Armies:
Seventh, 147. 157
Eighth, 147, 157
Divisions:
27th, 155
Army, United States
Armies:
First, 171, 184
Corps:
V, 126, 127, 129, 135, 138, 165, 170
Divisions:
1st Armored, 163
1st Cavalry (Airmobile), 200
1st Infantry. 42, 44, 45
1st Infantry, 126, 131, 133, 170, 171;
2nd Cavalry. 128, 132
2nd Infantry, 44, 45
2nd Infantry, 126, 128, 131
3rd Infantry, 44
4th Infantry, 201, 213
29th Infantry, 170, 171
34th Infantry, 163
82nd Airborne, 170
173rd Airborne, 10, 200–215
Left, 43, 44, 45, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62
Right, 62
Cavalry, 126. 128, 131, 132, 133, 135
Brigades:
1st Cavalry, 129, 134
Regiments:
1st Cavalry, 128, 134
1st Infantry, 57–58
1st Ranger Bn, 164
1st Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders), 9, 125, 126, 128, 129, 132, 134
2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 132
2nd Ranger Bn, 163, 164, 165. 167, 172
3rd Cavalry, 134
3rd Ranger Bn, 164
4th Ranger Bn, 164
5th Pennsylvania Militia, 44, 48
5th Ranger Bn, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172
6th Cavalry, 134
6th Infantry, 136
9th Cavalry, 134
9th Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55, 56
10th Cavalry, 128, 134
11th Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55, 56
12th Infantry, 213, 214
16th Infantry, 135, 136
21st Infantry, 44, 49, 50, 58, 59
22nd Infantry, 44, 49, 51, 55
23rd Infantry, 44, 50, 58, 59
24th Infantry, 136
25th Infantry, 44, 49, 55, 56, 58, 60
71st New York Volunteer Infantry, 133, 135
75th Infantry (Rangers), 173
116th Infantry, 165, 173
503rd Parachute Infantry, 200–201, 215n
II/503 Parachute Infantry, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214
III/319th Artillery, 204
IV/503 Parachute
Infantry, 203, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214
Badajoz, 14, 15, 16, 31, 33
Baird, Captain Thomas H., 203, 204, 205
Baldridge, Captain George, 203, 206
Banterer, HMS, 97, 100
Baron, 180, 185
Baylen, capitulation of, 11, 12
Beaver Dams, 40
Ben Het, 201
Beersheba, 9, 144, 146–148, 151–156, 160
Beresford, Lt Gen Sir William, 7, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33
Bithur, 78
Bittrich, SS Lt Gen Wilhelm, 182, 191, 192
Blake, Gen Joachim, 15, 17, 19, 20, 33
Bolton, Trooper S., 155
Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, 11
Bonaparte, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 11, 16, 43, 63
Bourchier, Lt Col the Hon Murray, 152, 153
Boyd, Brig Gen John, 41
Bradley, Lt Gen Omar, 171, 172, 184
Brady, Col Hugh, 59
Braithwaite, Captain J. L., 190
Brock, Gen Sir Isaac, 38, 39, 47
Brown, Maj Gen Jacob, 8, 39, 42–45, 47, 48, 50–53, 55, 57, 59–63, 64n
Brydon, Dr William, 69, 72, 93n
Buck, Major Thomas, 45
Buffalo, 38, 40, 42, 44, 61
Bulfin, Maj Gen E. S., 147
Burslem, Lt Nathaniel, 106
Burton, Lt Michael D., 203, 204
Caen, 174, 176, 180, 183
Cameron, Lt Col Donald, 152
Campbell, General Sir Colin, 84–92
Campbell, Col Thomas, 49
Carpiquet airfield, 180, 183
Carver, Brig (later Field
Marshal Lord) Michael, 181
Cawnpore, 69, 74–79, 83, 84, 91, 92
Cervera, Admiral Pascual, 126, 131, 137, 138
Chandler, Brig Gen John, 39
Chaplin, Ensign John, 106, 108n
Charles IV, King of Spain, 11
Char bridge, 80, 81
Château de Fontaine, 184, 188, 189, 191
Chauncey, Commodore Isaac, 43, 44, 51, 52
Chauvel, Lieutenant General Harry, 9, 142–149, 151, 156, 157, 160
Chaytor, Maj Gen Sir Edward, 150
Chetwode, Lt Gen Sir Philip, 144, 146, 147
Cheux, 177, 179, 180, 183
Chinhut, 69, 71, 79
Chippewa, 8, 45, 47–55, 60, 61, 63
Chrysler’s Farm, 41, 42
Chuttur Munzil, the, 82
Cimitière, Capt G., 35n
Cisterna, 164, 173
Ciudad Rodrigo, 14, 33
Cole, Maj Gen Sir Lowry, 16, 29, 30
Colleville, 180
Colleville-sur-Mer, 171
Connolly, Captain William, 206, 211, 213
Cormorant, HMS, 97, 101
Cota, Brig Gen Norman D., 171, 172
Cousin-Montauban, Lt Gen, 103, 104, 105
Craib, Colour Sergeant, 121
Croix des Filandriers, 174, 176
Daiquir, 126, 128, 129
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