by Mark Zuehlke
Marshall, Gen. George C., 255
Marshall, Sgt. L.J., 26
Marshall, Lt. Royce, 221–23, 226–27, 229–30, 266–67
Martin, Pte. Adelard Roger, 214
Martin, Sgt. Maj. Charles, 286–87, 343, 349
Martin, Rfn. Jack, 285
Maskell, Gdsm. Robert, 356
Matheson, Lt. Col. Foster, 210, 216–17, 219–20, 262–63
Matheson, Cpl. “Matty,” 248
Mattemburg Country House, 190, 192, 313–14
Matthews, Brig. Bruce, 445
May-sur-Orne, 140
Maxwell, Pte. David, 433–34
McAllister, Sgt. Earl, 355
McCarthy, Maj. D., 298
McCordic, Capt. J.D. “Pete,” 385, 425
McCutcheon, Maj. M.J., 357, 388
McDonald, CSM Charles, 386
McDonald, Lt. Dan, 22
McDonald, CSM Donald Russell, 275
McDonald, Capt. Douglas, 320
McDonald, CSM Johnny, 274–75
McGivney, Capt. Raymond George, 386
McGuffin, Pte. A.G., 21
McLean, Capt. G., 152
McLeod, Lt. Danny, 388–89, 411–12, 415
McLeod, Lt. E.G., 405
McLeod, Maj. J.S., 18–19, 22, 24, 454
McNeil, Lt. Ronnie, 245
McPherson, Pte. Ronald Dennis, 457
McWhirter, Sgt. Bob, 359
Meagher, Sgt. Jack, 349
Medhurst, Lt. Neil, 247
Medland, Maj. Dick, 285–87, 349
Megill, Brig. W.J. “Bill,” 92–95, 98, 127, 130, 133, 140–41, 193, 195–96, 199, 291–92, 301–02, 309, 406, 427–28, 431–32, 434–38, 440–41
Meldram, Lt. Col. John, 225, 263
Mennard, Rfn. Norm, 343
Merksem, 45–46, 64, 67–69, 93, 103, 131, 139, 143–48, 154, 167, 172–74
Merksplas, 119, 289
Middelburg, Leopold Canal area, 204, 283, 327
Middelburg, Walcheren, 81, 84, 156, 160, 259, 427, 443, 451–52, 463
Middel Straat, 177
Middleton-Hope, Lt., 419
Milne, Lt. J.A.S., 356
Milne, Spr. Robert Strahan, 143
Mitchell, Lt. Col. Frank, 94–95
Moan, Cpl. Frank, 389
Moar, Maj. F.F. “Toot,” 278
Moergestel, 55
Moerhuizen, 204, 210
Moerkerke, 12, 14–16, 20–22, 27, 61, 71, 80, 462
Moershoofd, 204, 211, 224, 264
Moerstraten, 418–20
Model, Gen. Feld. Mar. Walter, 32, 53–54, 115
Moffat, Lt. Johnny, 436
Molentje, 16, 19, 21–22, 24, 26
Moncel, Brig. Robert, 361, 363, 380, 382, 384, 387, 412, 416, 418, 457
Montgomery, Feld. Mar. Viscount Bernard Law, 33, 35, 38–42, 43, 49–53, 58–61, 73–75, 79, 82, 120–22, 134, 140, 163–65, 179, 253–56, 288, 290–91, 320, 351, 364, 388, 414, 458, 460, 462
Montpetit, Capt. Camile, 438–41
Mooers, Capt. E.F., 382
Mooney, Sgt., 271
Mooney, Padre Tom, 22
Morgan, Rfn. Jack, 286–87
Morrison, Pte. John, 433
Morrissette, Lt. Joseph, 373
Moulton, Lt. Col. J.L., 450
Muir, Pte. Don, 142, 197
Munro, Lt. Don, 195–99
Murdoch, Capt. John Lawrence, 274
Murray, Maj., 412
Murray, Sgt. Harry Thomas, 212
Murray, Lt. K.L., 298
Murray, Sgt. T.B., 363–64
Mutse Straat, 177
Myers, Pte., 97
Myhon, Pte. James Stanley, 346
Nash, Maj. T.B. “Darby,” 410
Nationale Kongsgezinde Beweging (National Movement for the King), 64
Nederheide, 194, 314, 372
Neder Rijn, 77–78
Neerpelt, 58
Newman, Capt. Bill, 436
Nieuwdorp, 403
Nieuwvliet, 344
Nijmegen, 49, 77–79, 92, 120–21, 254, 290–91, 350, 364, 460
Nispen, 384–85
Nixon, Lt. Joe, 94
No. 12 Sluiskens, 46
Nolledijk, 258–59
Noordkasteel, 63
Nordstrom, Rfn. Evert, 216
North Beveland Island, 46, 75, 82, 88, 405
Nutt, Cpl. Sam, 323
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, 20, 55, 161, 281, 325, 371, 414, 451
Odette, Lt. Tom, 232–33
Oorderen, 68, 70, 148, 151, 154, 172–73
Oostbrecht, 124, 127–28
Oostburg, 26, 77, 205, 327–28, 338, 342–44
Oostende, 53, 254, 445–46
Oostmalle, 126, 128
Operations
Infatuate, 87–89, 164, 390, 405
Infatuate i, 442
Infatuate ii, 442, 445
Market Garden, 49–51, 58–59, 61, 74, 77–79, 83–84, 92, 115, 120–21, 124, 165, 179,
255
Relax, 350
Spring, 140
Suitcase, 289–90, 352–53
Switchback, 204–06, 234, 260–61, 350, 390
Totalize, 135
Vitality, 324, 390
Wellhit, 53, 77
Opstalbeek River, 173, 175
Oranje Molen, 444
Orr, Capt. John Ethelbert, 198
Ossendrecht, 176–80, 184, 188–90, 200–01, 310
Oudelande, 394
Oude Molen, 420
Ouimet, Capt. D.H., 372–73
Oxland, A/V/M R.D., 90
Page, CSM D., 213–16
Palmer, Cpl. A.H., 267
Pangman, Lt. Col. John, 147, 175, 393, 395, 401
Parent, Gdsm. Robert, 381
Parker, Maj., 453, 457
Parker, Lt. A.A.H., 151
Parrish, Lt. Col. C.E., 357
Pas de Calais, 56
Paterson, Maj. Bob, 385, 421–22
Pearkes, Maj. Gen. George, 169–70
Pearson, Capt. H.J. “Sandy,” 377
Perry, Pte. Val, 332
Phillips, Sgt. Maj. George, 179–80
Picture Post, 448
Pigott, Maj. Joe M., 149–51, 312, 314–20, 322–23
Place, Lt. Harold, 356
Pleasance, Lt. L.L., 201
Pollari, Pte. T.E., 215
Popham, Maj. Alex, 191, 308–09
Porteous, Maj. Dick, 405
Porter, Capt. Bob, 197, 199
Porter, A/C/M Sir Charles, 162
Powell, P/O J.R., 192
Prest, Maj. Tom, 274–75
Prince, Sgt. Harry, 329–30
Prins Karel Polder, 383
Prugh, Capt. John Shirley, 456
Pugh, Maj. David V., 224, 266–67
Pugh, Pte. R.L., 213
Pugsley, Capt. A.F., 88, 91, 133, 446, 448
Putte, 173–76, 179, 186, 196, 290, 298, 353, 362
Quinn, Lt. Murray, 278
Radio Oranje, 155, 160
Ramsay, Adm. Sir Bertram, 50, 53, 87–88, 164, 253, 446, 460
Ratte, Lt. Charles, 359
Rawlings, Gen. John, 179
Redden, Pte. John, 359
Reed, Sgt. T.J., 183
Reeves, Pte. Orville, 409
Reid, Capt. Edward James, 153
Reiger, Pte. Paul, 346
Retranchement, 205
Rhine River, 43–44, 48–50, 77, 79, 120
Richardson, Sgt. A.F., 341–42
Richardson, Cpl. D.H., 433
Ridgway, Lt. Colin, 175
Riesberry, Lt. Donald Leach, 265
Rijkevorsel, 116–19, 124–25, 128
Ritchie, Lt. Col. Bruce R., 95, 128–29, 140–41, 189–90, 292, 301–04, 307–09, 429–30
Roberts, hms, 445, 449
Roberts, Lt. Edward, 24
Roberts, Maj. Gen. G.P.B. “Pip,” 44, 47–48
Robinson, Maj. S.O., 378
Rockingham, Brig. John “Rocky,” 240, 260, 277–78, 333
Rodgers, Brig. Elliot, 122, 438
Roosendaal, 87, 90–91, 115, 121, 134, 289, 326, 352, 379, 385, 412, 414, 416
Roosendaal Canal, 360–62
Ross, Pte. Sanford, 377
Rouen, 36
Rowley, Lt. Col. Roger, 247–48, 273, 329–34
Russell, Brig. J.D., 440
Russell, Cpl. L.E., 245
Rutherford, Maj. Noel, 362
Ryall, Maj. E.J.H. “Paddy,” 145, 201–02
Rylasdaam, Sgt. Andy, 153
St. Amand, L. Cpl. Roland, 382
s‘Hertogenbosch, 121, 179, 414
Saint Kruis, 225, 283
St. Leonard. See Sint-Lenaarts Saint-Omer, 121
St. Philipsland Peninsula, 453, 457
Sander, Gen. Lt. Erwin, 20–21, 26
Sauvé, Maj. Joseph-Mignault-Paul, 108, 113
Scheldt estuary, 12–13, 28, 41, 45–46, 48–50, 53, 55–57, 59, 62, 71–76, 79–84, 85–91, 101–02, 155–56, 165, 171, 176, 201, 205, 239–242, 245, 253, 256–57, 260, 284, 288, 311, 324–26, 329, 383, 391, 395, 405, 441, 445–46, 450–51, 453, 458, 460, 462–64
Scheldt River, 73, 103, 143, 154, 171
Schjelderup, Maj. Roger, 221–24, 226–28, 290
Schneider, Lt. E.W., 345
Schoening, Lt. Howard O., 436
Schoondijke, 205, 277, 285, 327–29, 336, 338
Schore, 398–99
Schowen en Duiveland, 453, 457
Schubert, Maj. Victor, 398
Schwob, Capt. Robert, 210, 212–15, 218–19
Scott, Capt. R.A., 365, 409
Seaborn, Rev. Robert Lowder, 168
Seine River, 32, 35–36, 43–44, 47, 51
Sellar, Commodore K.A. “Monkey,” 449
Shannon, Pte. E.G., 267
Sharpe, Pte., 94
Sharrard, Tpr. Clarence, 360
Shawcross, Maj. Ronald, 36, 210–12, 219, 226, 261–63
Shea, Lt. W.J., 307–08
Shipley, L. Sgt. C.B., 213
Sijsele, 14–15, 27
Simonds, Lt. Gen.
Guy, 27, 33, 40–42, 53, 59, 133, 162–64, 204–06, 289–90, 335, 390–91, 394, 405, 446, 458, 463
Advocates flooding Walcheren, 85–90
Commands First Canadian Army, 121–24
Sets out Scheldt offensive plan, 133–36
Sint-Lenaarts, 3, 103, 124, 128, 130–31, 139, 142
Sint-Niklaas, 72
Sirluck, Capt. Ernie, 13
Slater, Maj., 129
Slater, Sgt. H.S., 419–20
Sloan, Nursing Sister Harriet J.T., 306
Sloe Channel, 81, 432, 435, 439, 442–43, 451–52
Sloedam, 82, 156
Sluis, 16, 26, 77, 205, 327–28, 338, 344, 347–48
Sluiskill, 240
Smith, Sgt. A.G., 360
Smith, Maj. A.G.V., 380–82
Smith, Cpl. Charles, 408
Smith, CSM C.J., 346
Smith, Lt. C.W., 284
Smith, CSM Dave, 272
Smith, Lt. Col. E.M., 363, 416, 418, 420
Somme River, 37, 44
South Beveland, 47–48, 74–75, 80–83, 85–89, 93, 102, 119, 121, 124, 131, 134, 139, 154, 156, 162, 164, 181, 185–86, 188, 200, 202, 260, 288, 290, 294, 301, 314, 322, 324–27, 351–52, 364, 372, 376, 379, 383, 390, 407, 427, 431, 462
Clearing of, 390–406
South Beveland Canal.
See Beveland Canal Speck, Sgt. James Henry, 26
Spiers, L. Cpl. Vernon Everett, 24
Sponheimer, Gen. Inf. Otto, 102–03, 114, 118, 371, 382
Spragge, Brig. Jock, 224–25, 249, 263–64, 341
Spry, Maj. Gen. Dan, 123, 204, 240, 260–61, 270–71, 277, 327–30, 333, 336–38, 347
Staartse Heide, 298
Stabroek, 173–75
Stadelmier, Pte. Henry, 114
Steenberg, Lt. N.R.F., 24
Steenbergen, 176, 417–18, 420–21, 426, 453–57
Sternhoven, 143
Stewart, Lt. Don, 389, 411
Stewart, Lt. Col. J. David, 281, 356, 379, 386–87, 408, 422
Stewart, Capt. Selby, 129
Stirling, Maj. A.K., 18–19, 21, 24, 367, 454
Stock, Capt. R.B., 367, 454–55
Stockloser, Maj. B., 408, 410, 421–25, 457
Stothers, Capt. John Ellis, 404
Stott, Capt. George, 198
Stott, Lt. Col. Vern, 95, 105, 108, 114, 126, 130, 292, 294, 297–300, 396, 398
Strickland, Maj. Phil, 277, 336
Stronach, Gdsm. J.D., 420
Strooibrug, 204, 207, 213
Student, Gen. Oberst. Kurt, 54–56, 103
Styffe, Capt., 458
Suckling, Maj. R.T.
“Bob,” 145–46, 178, 392
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 31, 49, 90, 124, 136, 253
Swayze, Maj. Jim, 411, 415, 424
Taylor, Pte. N.S., 214
Teasdale, Pte. George, 434
Tedder, a/c/m Arthur, 162
Tedford, Lt. A.M., 323
Tedlie, Capt. James, 357
Tennant, Capt. Mark, 99, 191
Terneuzen, 57, 71–73, 76, 88, 101, 115, 205, 237–41, 246, 390, 394
Terrapin Mark I, described, 235–36
Tessier, L. Sgt. Aldege, 381
Theune, Jo, 158–59
Thiebeault, Capt. Elmo, 372–73
Thomas, Cpl. C.V., 276
Thomas, Cpl. Elwyn Bernard, 215
Thompson, Lt. Arthur, 126–28
Thompson, Lt. Col. Ernest Payson, 153, 376, 396
Thomson, Sgt. L.G., 215
Thornicroft, Pte. Richard Maurice, 215
Tighe, Pte. Jack, 247
Tingley, Lt., 243
Todd, Brig. Stanley, 206, 246
Toole, Lt. Ernest Arlond, 110
Tremblay, Cpl. Romeo, 419
Turnbull, CSM Alan, 430
Turner, Lt. F., 451
Turner, Sgt. Howard, 359
Tuttle, Cpl. Norman E., 349
Uitwateringskanaal, 344
Valentine, Padre W., 22
Valois, Lt. Roger, 127
van Dijk, Ad, 258–59
van Luven, Pte. Robert, 408
Veere, 161, 258–59, 326
Verrières Ridge, 292
Vlissingen, 3, 13, 54, 56, 73, 81–82, 160–61, 258–59, 270, 274, 327, 329–32, 334, 335, 340, 345, 390, 406, 427, 429, 432, 439, 442–44, 451–52
Assault on, 446–48
Völckerpolder, 310
von der Heydte, Oberstleutnant
Friederich, 172, 185, 190, 192, 294, 313–14, 384
von Runstedt, Gen. Feld. Mar. Gerd, 54, 101, 115
von und zu Gilsa, Gen. Inf. Werner Freiherr, 20
von Zangen, Gen. Inf. Gustav, 102, 172, 257–58, 260, 382
Waal River, 77–79, 115, 350
Waarde, 397
Walcheren Island, 3, 13, 46–48, 54, 56, 61–62, 73–75, 80–84, 85–91, 101–03, 119, 121, 124, 134, 136, 155–57, 160–64, 185–86, 246, 258–60, 282, 324–26, 331, 335, 364, 377, 383, 390–91, 394, 400–05, 427–28, 433, 435, 437–41, 462–63
Invasion of, 442–53
Walker, Pte. W.J., 362
Walsh, Brig. Geoffrey, 90–91, 134
Walsh, Maj. “Huck,” 393
Warnick, Sgt. Carl, 285
Warning, Oberst Elmar, 184–85, 190, 325–26, 414
Warspite HMS, 88, 91, 445, 448–49
Wasp carrier, described, 207–08
Watervliet, 281, 284
Weatherson, Cpl. John, 364
Webb, Pte. Sidney, 379
Weinstock, Capt. J.W., 321
Welberg, 453–57
Welch, Maj. H.A. “Huck,” 177, 312, 314, 316–17, 319, 322
Westkapelle, 134–35, 155–57, 159–62, 258, 348, 391, 406, 432, 439, 442–46, 448–51
Westlaar, 416–17
Westmalle, 143
Westphal, Gen. Kav. Siegfried, 414
West Scheldt Estuary. See Scheldt Estuary
Whitaker, Lt. Col
. Denis, 1, 95, 148–51, 176–77, 302, 310–13, 316–18, 320–24
White Brigade, 47, 65, 145, 403, 438
White, Maj. Georges, 105, 373
Whitehead, Pte. J.S., 322–23
Wijnegem, 93, 95, 465–66
Wilcox, Capt. Tom, 401, 403
Wilkins, Lt. Amos, 377–78
Wilkinson, Pte., 94
Williams, Maj. Harry, 109–10
Williams, Maj. Ken, 109, 153, 298–300
Williamson, Sgt., 182
Williamson, Lt. J.A., 321
Williamson, Capt. Walter James, 324
Wilmarsdonk, 68
Wilson, Lt. Col. Eric Mackay, 126–28, 132–33
Wiltshire, Maj. R.T., 236
Winters, L. Cpl. Arthur Emil, 143
Wishart, Cpl. Raymond, 214
Woensdrecht, 47, 173, 176, 178, 180–81, 184, 187, 196, 199, 202–03, 290–91, 298, 301–02, 307–08, 351–52, 371–72, 376, 378, 382–83, 390, 461
Assault on, 310–25
Wolfe, L. Cpl. Richard G., 437
Woodcock, Capt. Andy, 278
Wotherspoon, Lt. Col. Gordon “Swatty,” 415
Wouwbaan, 193
Wouwse Hill, 416
Wouwse Plantage, 379–80, 382, 384–85, 387–88, 390, 407, 416
Wright, Capt. Bob, 316
Wright, Maj. E., 245–46
Wright, Pte. George Arthur, 21, 24
Wuustwezel, 371
Yerseke, 397
Young, Maj. Ralph, 403
Young, Gdsm. Reuben Erland, 363
Zandfort, 294, 372
Zandkreek, 405
Zandstraat, 366
Zandvoort, 194
Zeebrugge, 57, 76
Zeeland, 46, 75, 160, 405, 453, 463–64
Zijpe, 457–58
Zijpe Channel, 453, 457
Zoomvliet, 407, 409, 415
Zoutelande, 162, 443, 451
Zuidzande, 346
INDEX OF FORMATIONS,
UNITS, AND CORPS
CANADIAN
Army
First Canadian Army, 13–14, 28, 32–35, 37, 40–42, 51–53, 57, 59–62, 71–72, 74, 79, 82, 87, 89, 104, 115, 120–21, 124, 133, 162–66, 170, 207, 210, 240–41, 249, 254, 256, 263, 288, 291, 312, 320, 325, 328, 335, 376, 394, 414, 418, 442, 445, 448, 458–60, 462–64
CORPS
I Canadian Corps, 39, 93, 166
II Canadian Corps, 27, 33–35, 40, 53, 59–60, 74, 77, 80, 87–90, 122–24, 134, 164–65, 185, 196, 206, 240, 256, 289, 291, 330, 405, 437, 445–46
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 51, 247, 329
Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 93
DIVISIONS
1st Canadian Infantry, 40–41
2nd Canadian Infantry, 33, 36–37, 59, 62, 64–65, 71, 80, 86, 91–93, 122, 124, 126, 131, 133–34, 139, 143, 149–50, 154, 171, 178–79, 185, 196, 202–03, 288, 290–92, 294, 301, 304, 310–11, 322, 325, 351–53, 364, 371–72, 376, 379, 383–84, 390, 402, 405, 407, 427, 441, 446, 463–64
3rd Canadian Infantry, 33, 36–37, 51, 53, 59, 62, 77, 79, 87–88, 123, 134, 168, 204, 240, 246, 270, 282, 291, 327, 334, 338, 347, 350–51, 450, 459–60, 463
