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Index
ABDACOM 108, 248
Abel-Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred 15
Abrahams, Harold 32
A Bridge Too Far (book & film) 147, 227–33, 236, 254
Adair, Major General Sir Alan 62, 112, 128–9, 131, 149, 152, 228, 250
Addington Golf Club 62–3
Adeane, Lieutenant Colonel Lord 253
AFHQ 87, 89, 90
Agar, Captain (RN) Augustus 203
Airborne Forces Depot & Development Centre 87, 96
Airborne Forces, HQ 88, 95–6
Airborne Forces Security Fund 76, 196, 204, 221, 227
Airborne Troops, HQ 95–6, 98, 105, 247
Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Viscount 67, 68, 69, 72, 78, 86, 87, 95, 117, 173, 246
appointed C-in-C Home Forces 61; approves of Boy 61, 64, 68, 77, 166; organizes Exercise ‘Bumper’ 64; appoints Boy to Airborne Division 64–5; support for Airborne Forces 66, 76, 82–3, 84, 235; appointed CIGS 69; RAF opposition to 74–5, 82, 83; persuades Churchill not to break up Airborne Division 83; return from Casablanca 85–6; dealings with the Poles 100–1, 164, 165; appoints Boy as Mountbatten’s COS 167, 171; receives reports from Boy 172; on Leese and Slim 176–8; visits Singapore 184; on Boy’s appointment as Military Secretary 194
Albert Canal 113, 116
Alexander, Major General D. 218–19
Alexander of Tunis, Field Marshal Earl 64, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 244
Alexander, Colonel the Hon. William S.P. 32, 35
Alexandria 53–5, 203
Allfrey, Lieutenant General Sir Charles 84
Allied Naval Armistice Commission 2
Alt, Colonel William (Boy’s grandfather) 4, 7
Alt, Elisabeth (Boy’s grandmother) 4, 7
Anders, Lieutenant General Wladyslav 100
Anderson, General Sir Kenneth 83
Andrews, Major A. 125
Andrews, Lieutenant General Frank M
. 86
Angel, Wing Commander 105
Anne, HRH Princess (Princess Royal) 205, 212
Apeldoorn 157
Arakan 169, 170, 174, 175, 177
Army, Belgian (1914–18) 26
Other
Parachute Company 78, 100
Army, British
Army Group
ALFSEA 167, 169, 172, 174, 176, 181, 189, 195
15th 90, 93
21st 96, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 111, 115, 117, 121, 122, 123, 146, 153, 154, 163
Army (World War II unless shown differently)
First (1914–18) 26
First 83, 84
First Allied Airborne 108, 109, 110, 117, 120, 121, 123, 135, 152, 159, 166, 200, 248
Second (1914–18) 26
Second 103, 104, 109, 113, 115, 119, 121, 122, 126, 130, 135, 136, 138, 140, 146, 152, 155, 156, 159, 160, 238
Third (1914–18) 21, 25, 26
Fourth (1914–18) 25, 26
Fifth (1914–18) 24
Eighth 10, 87, 88, 90, 93, 94, 172
Twelfth 177, 180
Fourteenth 167, 172, 176, 177, 178, 181
Corps (World War II unless shown differently)
I 97, 102, 104
I Airborne x, 68, 96, 98, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 118, 120, 121, 125, 126, 135, 137, 138, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 158, 159, 161–2, 163, 166, 213, 249, 250
II 64
III (1914–18) 22
IV (1914–18) 25
IV 59, 61, 63, 169
V 84
VIII ix, 118, 137, 140, 149, 150, 250
XII ix, 61, 63, 118, 137, 150
XXX 110, 112, 115, 118, 120, 121, 122, 126, 127, 136, 137, 138–9, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 150, 157, 158, 159, 161–2, 230, 250
Command
AA 193
Eastern 61, 64, 193
Malaya 185
Southern 39, 64
Division (World War II unless shown differently)
Guards Armoured 70, 110, 112, 118, 127, 128, 129, 133, 139, 151, 152, 157, 230, 245–6, 249
Guards (1914–18) 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 59
1 Airborne ix, 65, 67–73, 74, 75, 77–8, 79, 81–6, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93–4, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 127–8, 129, 131, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138–9, 140, 142, 143, 145, 146 147, 148, 149, 152–3, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161–2, 163, 165, 166, 171, 203, 235, 246, 247, 250
2 (1914–18) 14
2 169, 178
2 Armoured 59
3 98, 150
4 64
6 Airborne 89, 93, 96, 97, 101–2, 103, 104, 153, 166, 212, 227, 246
11 East African 169
31 (1914–18) 24
36 174
43 (Wessex) 59, 61, 67, 133, 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, 150, 151, 157,159, 160, 161, 164, 239
50 (Northumbrian) 118, 137, 145, 157
51 (Highland) 97
52 (Lowland) 107, 109, 111, 112, 115, 118, 135–6, 138, 157, 159–60, 212
82 West African 170
Brigade (World War II unless shown differently)
1 Airlanding 67, 69, 72, 80, 81, 84, 90, 92, 112, 119, 128, 156
1 Guards (1914–18) 15, 20, 21, 24
1 Guards (inter-war) 41, 53
1 Parachute 67, 69, 75, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89, 90, 92, 106, 119, 122, 128, 156, 158
1 Special Service 104
2 Guards (1914–18) 21
2 Parachute 81, 84
3 Parachute 84, 89, 102
3 Special Service 170
3 Guards (1914–18) 36
4 169
4 Parachute 88, 90, 93, 112, 128
4 Guards (1914–18) 14
5 Guards Armoured 133, 253
5 Parachute 89
6 Airlanding 89
8 Armoured 118, 137, 213
20 Guards 62
24 Guards 62–3, 64, 65, 68, 92, 128, 253
30 Guards 62
32 Guards 137
69 137
128 58–60, 61, 62, 67, 68
129 139
157 138, 149, 150
214 139, 164
231 (Malta) 97
Cairo 53, 174
Canal 53, 246
Cavalry 53
Special Air Service 96, 99, 100, 102–3
Regiment/Battalion
1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA 100
22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps 4
64th Medium Regiment RA 133, 158
87th Foot 1
89th Foot 1
Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion 246
Coldstream Guards 26, 31, 36, 211, 254
1st Armoured Battalion 129, 131, 137
2nd Battalion 22
3rd Battalion 20
5th Battalion 129, 137
Dorsetshire Regiment
4th Battalion 141, 145, 146, 160
Duke of Cornwall’s Light
Infantry
5th Battalion 139
Essex Regiment
10th Battalion 246
GHQ Liaison Regiment (‘Phantom’) 120, 126, 143, 146, 158
Glider Pilot Regiment 72, 75, 76, 81, 149
Grenadier Guards 12, 13, 29, 45, 50, 58, 59, 62, 67, 70, 88, 169, 199, 200, 211, 226, 230, 244
1st Battalion 13, 26–7, 28–30, 128, 129, 131–3, 205
2nd Battalion (later Armoured) 13, 15–25, 34, 50–6, 128, 129, 131–3, 230, 243, 244, 247
3rd Battalion 13, 22, 41, 128
4th Battalion 13, 14, 44, 234
5th Battalion 13, 14, 92, 171
Hampshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion 58
2/4th Battalion 58
5th Battalion 58
Household Cavalry 28, 139
Irish Guards 31, 32, 245
1st Battalion 62
2nd Armoured Battalion 80
3rd Battalion 128, 131, 133, 160
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2, 26
Parachute Regiment 76
1st Parachute Battalion 67, 73, 75, 92, 128
2nd Parachute Battalion 67, 73, 78, 84, 128
3rd Parachute Battalion 67, 83, 128
4th Parachute Battalion 81, 94
5th Parachute Battalion 81
6th Parachute Battalion 81
7th Parachute Battalion 84, 102
8th Parachute Battalion 84, 102
9th Parachute Battalion 84
10th Parachute Battalion 88
11th Parachute Battalion 88
156th Parachute Battalion 88, 229, 247
Royal Scots Fusiliers
6th Battalion 16
Royal Scots Greys 97
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2nd Battalion 62, 63, 92
13th Battalion 246
Royal Welch Fusiliers
10th Battalion 246
Scots Guards 31, 35
1st Battalion 62
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 137, 253
South Staffordshire Regiment