A Time of Tyrants

by Trevor Royle

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  Scotland

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  Websites

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar

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  http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk

  Index

  Abbotsford, near Selkirk Ref1

  Aberdeen Ref1

  air raids on Ref1

  industry in wartime in Ref1

  Press and Journal Ref1

  Abyssinia Ref1, Ref2

  Acland, Sir Richard Ref1

  Act of Union (1707) Ref1

  Activity, HM escort carrier Ref1

  Adams, Major H.A. Ref1

  Aden Ref1

  Adventure, HM minelayer Ref1

  Afridi, HM destroyer Ref1

  Afrika Corps Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  agriculture Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Agriculture Department, Edinburgh Ref1

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sp; air defences

  air defence gunners Ref1

  organisation of Ref1

  Air Ministry Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Air Raid Precaution (ARP) wardens Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5

  air raids

  air raid shelters, provision of Ref1

  bombing raids on British cities Ref1, Ref2

  casualties in Scotland Ref1

  deception against Ref1

  on Scottish targets, continuity in Ref1

  see also Clydebank; Greenock

  Air Raids Precautions Bill (1937) Ref1

  air supply in Burma Ref1

  Air Transport Auxiliary Ref1

  air war over East Scotland Ref1

  Aircraft Production, Ministry of Ref1, Ref2

  aircraft production in Scotland Ref1

  Aitken, Group Captain Max Ref1

  Aldred, Guy Ref1

  Alexander, General Harold R.L.G. (later Earl Alexander of Tunis) Ref1, Ref2

  Alexandria Quartet (Durrell, L.) Ref1

  ‘aliens,’ rounding up of Ref1

  Aliens (Protected Areas) (No.5) Order (1940) Ref1

  Allied Merchant Navy Pool Ref1

  Allied Mission to Norway Ref1

  Alloway Ref1

  aluminium production in Scotland Ref1

  Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) Ref1

  d’Ambrosia Silvestro Ref1

  Amsterdam Ref1

  Anders, Lieutenant-General Władysław Ref1, Ref2

  Andersen, Lale Ref1

  Anderson, Alexander Ref1, Ref2

  Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Ref1

  Anderson, Sir John Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Anglo-German Fellowship Ref1

  Anglo-Polish Agreement (1940) Ref1

  Annand, James King Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Annet, General Armand Leon Ref1, Ref2

  Another Time, Another Place (Kesson, J.) Ref1

  Anson patrol aircraft Ref1, Ref2

  Anti-Aircraft Command Ref1, Ref2

  Anti-Conscription League Ref1

  anti-war sentiments in Scotland Ref1

  Antsirane Ref1

  Aosta, Duke of Ref1

  Apollo, HM minelayer Ref1

  appeasement, policy of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9

  Arandora Star, sinking by torpedoes of Ref1, Ref2

  Arbuthnot, Lord Ref1

  Arctic Convoys Ref1

  Ardgowan distillery Ref1

  Arendal, Norwegian destroyer Ref1

  Argyll, Duke of Ref1, Ref2

  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6

  fierce fighting in Malaya Ref1, Ref2

  ‘Jungle Beasts’ Ref1

  over-run at Franleu Ref1

  Plymouth Argylls, Royal Marines and Ref1

  Singapore, defence of Ref1

  Ariadne, HM minelayer Ref1

  Ark Royal, HM carrier Ref1, Ref2

  army in Scotland, Command structure Ref1, Ref2

  Arras Ref1

  The Art of Our Allies (National Gallery of Scotland) Ref1

  art treasures, protection of Ref1

  artistic front in Scotland Ref1

  Ascidera Valley Ref1

  Asmara Ref1

  Asquith, H.H. Ref1

  Astor, Lady Nancy Ref1

  Athenia, tragic sinking of Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Atholl, Duchess of Ref1

  Atkinson, Lt Jimmy Ref1

  Atlantic, Battle of the Ref1, Ref2

  Atlantic Bridge, value of Ref1

  Attlee, Clement Ref1

  Auchinleck, General Claude Ref1

  Australia Ref1, Ref2

  Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Ref1

  Auxiliary Units Ref1, Ref2

  Avenger, HM carrier Ref1

  Baden-Powell, Robert Ref1

  Bairds, Gartsherrie Ref1

  Baker-Cresswell, Captain Joe Ref1

  Baldwin, Stanley Ref1

  Balfour, Lord of Burleigh Ref1

  Balme, Sub-Lieutenant David Ref1

  Bamse, St Bernard dog Ref1

  Banff Strike Wing Ref1

  Banks, Gordon Ref1

  Barbera Ref1

  Barents Sea, Battle of the Ref1

  Barkasan Gap Ref1

  Barker, Lieutenant Felix Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Barnardos Ref1

  Barnett, Correlli Ref1

  Barr, Rev. James Ref1, Ref2

  Barra, LDV in Ref1

  Battle of Britain Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Scottish auxiliary squadrons (602 and 603) in Ref1

  battle schools in Scotland Ref1, Ref2

  Beardmore Diesel Works, Dalmuir Ref1

  Beaufighter fighter-bomber Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Beaverbrook, Lord Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Belfast, HM light cruiser Ref1, Ref2

  Bellahouston Park, Glasgow Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5

  Benedict XVI, Pope Ref1

  Benes, Dr Edward Ref1

  Berwick-on Tweed, enemy aircraft off Ref1

  Besson, General Antoine Ref1

  Beveridge, Sir William Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Beveridge Report (1942) Ref1

  Bevin, Ernest Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Bevin Boys Ref1, Ref2

  Bilsland, Sir Steven Ref1

  Bing, Rudolf Ref1

  Bismarck, German battleship Ref1, Ref2

  The Black Oxen (Marshall, B.) Ref1

  Black Watch Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6

  endgame in France Ref1, Ref2

  French campaign Ref1

  Blackmore, R.D. Ref1

  Blackness Castle, West Lothian Ref1

  blackouts Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5

  Blackwoods Publishing, Edinburgh Ref1

  Blair, Captain Hamish Ref1

  Blair, 2nd Lieutenant Chandos (‘Shan’) Ref1

  Blair, Prime Minister Tony Ref1

  Blair Logie (Glasgow-registered merchantman) Ref1

  Bleichrodt, Kapitänleutenant Heinrich Ref1

  Blenheim light bomber Ref1, Ref2

  BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) Ref1

  Board of Trade Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Boer War Ref1

  Böhme, General Franz Friedrich Ref1

  Boothby, Robert Ref1

  Borthwick, Alastair Ref1, Ref2

  Bosnia (Cunard liner) Ref1

  Bradford, Captain (later Brigadier) Bill Ref1

  Bradley, Lieutenant-General Omar N. Ref1

  Braid Hills Golf Club Ref1

  The Brave White Flag (Ford, J.A.) Ref1

  Bridges, Henry Ref1

  British Aluminium Company Ref1

  British Council Ref1

  British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Dyle Line defensive position Ref1

  embarkation for France Ref1, Ref2

  formation of Ref1

  retreat to channel ports Ref1

  British Medical Association (BMA) Ref1

  British North America Act (1867) Ref1

  British Railways Ref1

  British Transport Commission (BTC) Ref1

  British Union of Fascists Ref1

  Britten, Benjamin Ref1

  Broadway, HM destroyer Ref1

  Broadway, Lieutenant-Colonel E.E. Ref1

  Brodie, Major Alexander Ref1

  Brooke, Jocelyn Ref1, Ref2

  Brooke, Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Ref1, Ref2

  Brooman-White, Richard Ref1

  Brown, Ernest Ref1, Ref2

  Brown, Jim Ref1

  Brown, John Ref1, Ref2

  Bruce, Edward James Ref1

  Bruce, Robert Ref1

  Buccleuch, Duke of Ref1

  Buchan, John Ref1, Ref2

  Buchanan, Colonel E.P. Ref1

  Buchanan, George Ref1, Ref2

  Buchanan-Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Alick Ref1

  Bulldog, HM destroyer Ref1

  Bullen-Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel D.C. Ref1

  Bullen-Smith, Major-General Charles Ref1
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  Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Ref1

  Burma Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Arakan Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5

  British retreat from Ref1

  Chindits in Ref1, Ref2

  Chindwin River Ref1, Ref2

  Imphal Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4

  Kohima Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Railway Corridor in Ref1

  Rangoon and Mandalay, fall of Ref1

  victory in Ref1

  Burma-Siam Railway Ref1, Ref2

  Burns, Robert Ref1

  Burrows, Captain Fraser Ref1

  Buthiadaung-Maungdaw line Ref1, Ref2

  Butlin, Billy Ref1

  Cameron, Captain Ian Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Cameron, Sir Donald Ref1

  Cameron Ridge Ref1

  Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6

  Lessines engagement Ref1

  Campbell, Brigadier N.R. Ref1

  Campion, Brigadier D.J.M. Ref1

  Canada Ref1, Ref2

  1st Canadian Division Ref1

  militia in defence of Hong Kong Ref1, Ref2

  Cap Norte (German liner) Ref1

  Carbery, Flying Officer Brian Ref1

  Cardwell, Edward Ref1

  Cardwell-Childers’ reforms Ref1

  Carlisle Journal Ref1

  Carrington, Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Carslogie, Cupar Ref1

  Catalyst Ref1

  Catch-22 (Heller, J.) Ref1

  Cathcart, Edward Ref1

  Cathcart Report (1936) Ref1

  Caucasus Ref1

  Cavendish, Brigadier R.V.C. Ref1

  censorship Ref1, Ref2

  Chalmers, Brigadier F.G. Ref1

  Chamberlain, Neville Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  broadcast to nation (September 3rd, 1939) Ref1

  Changi Prison, Singapore Ref1

  Channel coast defences Ref1

  Charleroi Canal Ref1

  Charles II Ref1

  Charterhall, OTU (RAF) at Ref1

  Charteris, Captain H.F.G. Ref1

  The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (7:84 Theatre Company) Ref1

  Child, Pilot Officer Ref1

  Childers, Hugh Ref1

  Children’s Overseas Reception Board (CORB) Ref1

  China Ref1

  Chiocchetti, Domenico Ref1

  Chittagong Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  Chopin, Frédéric Fraois Ref1

  Christison, Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Ref1, Ref2

  Churchill, Winston S. Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12, Ref13, Ref14, Ref15, Ref16, Ref17, Ref18, Ref19, Ref20, Ref21, Ref22, Ref23, Ref24

  cinema in wartime Scotland Ref1

  City of Benares sinking Ref1, Ref2, Ref3

  City of Flint (US tanker) Ref1