by Richard Mead
2nd Battalion 121, 157
Somerset Light Infantry
7th Battalion 139
10th Battalion 246
Special Air Service 95, 103, 105
1st Regiment 100
2nd Regiment 100
11th Battalion 67
Welsh Guards 31, 211, 244
1st Battalion 62
Other units
2 LAA Battery 138
615 Field Squadron RE 249
AFDAG 109, 138,
Force 141 87, 89, 90
Force 545 88, 89
Special Boat Squadron 100
Special Raiding Squadron 100
Army, Canadian
Regiment
Lord Strathcona’s Horse 22
Army, French
Army
First (1914–18) 26
Fourth (1914–18) 26
Sixth (1914–18) 26
Regiment
Parachute (later SAS) Battalions 78, 100, 166
Army, Dutch
Brigade
Royal Netherlands 118, 138, 149, 150
Other unit
Parachute Company 78
Army, German
Army Group
B 122, 129
Corps
II SS Panzer 122, 129, 150
Feldt 130
Division
9 SS Panzer (Hohenstaufen) 122, 123, 129, 155–6
10 SS Panzer (Frundsberg) 122, 123, 129, 130, 132, 155–6
59 Infantry 130
Von Tettau 129–30, 155
Battle Group
Huber 137
Walther 137
Brigade
107 Panzer 130, 131
Battalion
SS Panzer-Grenadier Training & Replacement No. 16 155
9 SS Panzer Reconnaissance 128
Army, Indian
Army/Command
Eastern 94, 250
Corps
XV Indian 169
XXXIII Indian 169
Divisions
5 Indian 169, 181, 188
7 Indian 169, 180
19 Indian 169
20 Indian 169, 181, 182
23 Indian 181, 182, 254
25 Indian 170
26 Indian 182
44 Indian Airborne 172, 175, 247
Brigade
50 Indian Parachute 94, 176, 247
Regiment
18th Bengal Lancers 22
152nd (Indian) Parachute Battalion 94
153rd (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion 94
154th (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion 94
Indian Parachute Regiment 184, 252
Army, Japan
Southern Army 180
Army, Norwegian
Parachute Company 78
Army, Polish
Corps
II Polish 100
Division
1 Polish Armoured 100, 165
Brigade
1 Polish Parachute 77–8, 100–1, 106–7, 109, 112, 115, 117, 120, 135, 136, 139, 141, 149, 158, 164–5, 238–9
Battalion
1st Polish Parachute 141, 143, 239
Army, United States
Army Group
12th 107, 117
NCAC 174
Army
First 117
First (1914–18) 26
First Allied Airborne (see under Army, British)
Third 109
Seventh 90, 91, 92
Air Force
Eighth 86, 125
Far East 108
Ninth 108, 125
Fourteenth 174
Corps
II 78
XX 105
XVIII Airborne 109, 135
Air Force Command
Eastern 170
XII Troop Carrier 90
IX Troop Carrier 98, 108, 118, 154, 248
Division
17 Airborne 109
82 Airborne 90, 92, 104, 109, 115, 117, 120, 126–7, 130–2, 147, 149, 150, 151, 158–9, 162, 163, 228, 230, 231
101 Airborne ix, 78, 109, 126, 127, 131, 132, 135, 137, 157, 163, 228, 246
Regiment/Battalion
2nd Battalion, 503 Parachute Infantry 78, 79–80, 83
3rd Battalion, 504 Parachute Infantry 131, 137, 249
2nd Battalion, 505 Parachute Infantry 129, 130
504 Parachute Regimental Combat Team
1st Battalion, 508 Parachute Infantry 127
3rd Battalion, 508 Parachute Infantry 127
325 Glider Infantry 132, 135–6, 138, 159, 160
327 Glider Infantry 132
878 Airborne Aviation Engineer Battalion 105, 109, 138
Arnhem viii, ix, 111–13, 115–16, 118, 119, 122–3, 128, 129–30, 131, 132, 133, 136, 140, 142, 145–6, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155–6, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 168, 213, 227, 229, 230, 237, 238, 249, 253
Arnold, General of the Air Force Henry H. 247, 251
Arnold, Sir Malcolm 204
Arras 24, 25, 26, 245
Ashley Gardens 97, 98
Asquith, Herbert (Earl of Oxford & Asquith) 16
Attenborough, (Richard) Lord 228–233
Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir Claude 94, 167, 170, 174, 177, 191
Aung San 178, 251
Austin, H.W. (‘Bunny’) 52
Austin, Phyllis 52
Bailey, Colonel the Hon. W. R. (Lord Glanusk) 26–7
Baker-Munton, Maureen (née Luschwitz) 171, 190, 191, 192, 197, 207, 217, 251
Baker-Munton, Monty 217
Balding, Captain L.C.R. 59, 245
Balmoral 201, 209–10, 217
Barker, R.G. 9
Barker, Major General Ray W. 101
Barrackpore 170, 172, 174
Barratt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur 83
Barrie, J.M. (Sir James) 46, 245, 254
Batavia 184
Bax, Sir Arnold 204
Beagle (Darwin’s ship) 4
Beaufort, 10th Duke of 209
Beaumont-Nesbitt, Major General F.G. 49, 52–3
Beck, Major J. 90
Beek 131, 135, 159
Belchem, Major General D. 115, 119, 123
Bellenger, F.J. 193
‘Beneficiary’, Operation 105–6, 107, 110
Benouville 98
Berg-en-Dal 131, 135, 159
Berkeley Castle 1
Berkeley Hotel 4, 203, 221
Berlin 195, 227
‘Berlin’, Operation 146
Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince 123
Bernstein, Leonard 204
‘Biting’, Operation (see Bruneval Raid)
Bittrich, General of Waffen SS Wilhelm 129
Bliss, Sir Arthur 204
Block, Ernest 204
Bluebottle, keelboat yacht 201
Bocock, Lily 52
Bodinnick 45, 47, 48
Boesinghe 20–1
Bogarde, Sir Dirk 228–32
Boggon, Gordon 76
Bolitho, Sir Edward 221
Bols, Major General E.L. 153
Bonham-Carter, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher 219
Bower, Brigadier R.H. 96, 135
Bowring, Harvey 196, 204
Boy’s Boys, aeroplane 90
Bradish, Lieutenant Colonel W.P.B. 93
Bradley, General of the Army Omar N. 91, 108, 109, 117,
Bramfield House 7
Brantham Court 2, 7
Brereton, Lieutenant General Lewis H. 111, 118, 121, 125, 167, 200, 212, 247
background and appointment to FAAA 108, 247; relationship with Boy 108, 110, 123, 166, 168, 204, 248; and ‘Linnet II’ 110, 121, 248; in planning for ‘Market Garden’ 117, 119, 123, 161; visits Netherlands 135; response to 52 Division offer 136; impact on ‘Market Garden’ 152, 154, 155, 228
Bridgeman, Major General Viscount 58
Brigmerston House 69, 87, 96
Britannia, Royal Yacht 212, 215, 220
Brittain, Regimental Sergeant Major 36
Britten, Benjamin, Lord 204
&n
bsp; Broembeek, The 21
Brooke, Alan (see Alanbrooke)
Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak 4
Brooks, Brigadier W.T. 53, 55
Brown, Wing Commander 126
Browning, Alice 1
Browning, Anne, née Bainbridge 1
Browning, Captain Arthur (Boy’s uncle) 2
Browning, Berthold (‘Bertie’) (Boy’s uncle) 2, 43, 92, 244
Browning, Daphne, Lady viii, ix–x, 45–50, 52, 57, 89, 111, 112, 115, 121, 125, 134, 143, 147, 148, 163, 167, 171, 174, 176, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 193, 197, 202, 203, 204, 206, 209, 211, 220–1, 222, 223, 227, 236, 246, 250, 251, 252
Personal
family background 46; character and appearance 47–8, 49; affairs (see Doubleday, Lawrence, Puxley, Reed, Yvon); boats (see Cora Ann, Marie-Louise)
Marriage to Boy
meets Boy 46
shared interests 49, 86
shared sense of humour 49, 197, 222
emotional support for Boy 51, 220, 222
as Army wife 51–3
births of children 52, 55, 60
in Egypt 53–5
and Menabilly 55, 98–9, 223, 226
at Langley End 60, 61, 63, 73
wartime leaves and meetings 60, 63, 80, 85, 86, 166, 173
at Readymoney Cove 63, 80, 99
and Boy’s return 166, 191–2, 195–6
and Balmoral 201, 209–10
and holidays 197, 202, 219
and Boy’s health and depressions 211, 218, 219, 224
and Boy’s breakdown 215–7, 218–9
and dislike of London 195, 217, 218
and Boy’s final illness and death 224–5, 226
and A Bridge Too Far 147–8, 227–33
Works: Novels
Castle Dor 223
Frenchman’s Creek 61, 64, 73, 187
Hungry Hill 73, 99
I’ll Never Be Young Again 52
Jamaica Inn 52, 54
Mary Anne 211, 253
My Cousin Rachel 203, 211
Rebecca 55, 57, 99, 197, 216, 217
The Flight of the Falcon 223
The Glass Blowers 223
The King’s General 179, 188, 203
The Loving Spirit 45, 48, 52
The Parasites 203
The Progress of Julius 52
The Scapegoat 219
Works: Short Stories
‘A Difference in Temperament’ 48
‘And now to God the Father’ 48
Works: Plays
September Tide 202, 203
The Years Between 166
Works: Other
Gerald: A Portrait 52
The Du Mauriers 54
The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë 220
Browning, Christian (‘Kits’) (Boy’s son) 60, 191–2, 197, 201, 210, 217, 219, 220, 223–4, 227, 254
Browning, Denys (Boy’s first cousin) 92, 233, 247
Browning, Fanny, née Hogg (Boy’s grandmother) 2, 7
Browning, Flavia (Boy’s daughter) 55, 60, 191–2, 197, 201, 211, 222
Browning, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’
Personal
alcohol 175, 186, 211, 216, 222, 223–4
appearance 14, 31, 42, 49, 229, 231, 234
birth 5
character xi, 7, 14, 19, 29, 31, 41, 49, 61, 77, 147, 173, 190, 200, 211–12, 231, 234, 246
Cossack dance 60, 80, 94, 176
death 225
depression 202, 211, 216, 218, 220, 226
dress 31, 36, 38, 84, 128, 146, 202, 234, 236
discipline 13, 29, 30, 31, 36, 40, 70, 76, 100, 173
finances 29, 43. 44. 99, 188, 190, 196
health 6, 41–2, 44, 51, 175, 183, 186, 211, 217, 218, 219, 222, 224
nicknames 7, 14, 22
religion 6, 223, 247
sense of humour 49, 61, 86, 197, 202, 220, 222
tributes 226
vanity 14, 212, 234, 249
Family
Browning family 1–4
coat of arms 2, 65, 254
Alt family 5–6
relationship with parents 7, 252
death of father 20–1
relationship with children 52, 80, 191–2, 201, 210–11, 219, 223
Childhood and schooldays
Childhood 6–7
West Downs 7–8
Eton 8–10
Marriage
meeting with Daphne 46
wedding 50
early married life 51–3
emotional reliance on Daphne 51, 221, 222, 236
wartime separation 61
ignorance of Daphne’s affairs 73, 202, 217
wartime leaves 63–4, 73, 80, 86, 93, 166, 173
and Menabilly 98–9
return from war 191–3
peacetime separation 195–6
and Daphne’s family 50, 192
and Tod 192, 202, 219, 220
holidays abroad 197, 202, 219
‘Sixpence’ 216, 217
‘Covent Garden’ 216, 217, 254
breakdown
relationship in 1950s & 1960s 210, 216, 222, 236
Sporting interests
archery 32, 63, 204, 254
bobsleigh 33–4
cricket 8, 9, 201
horse-riding 31–2, 39–40
hurdling 9, 32–3
rowing 9
shooting 31, 201
Sailing
learns to sail 44
boats (see Echo, Jeanne D’Arc, La Mouette, Restless of Plyn, Shimmer, Ygdrasil, Ygdrasil II, Ygdrasil III)
designs boats 99, 187, 222
Commodore RFYC 187, 193, 222
Other activities
charities 76, 196, 200, 204, 208, 212, 221
Colonelcy of Indian Parachute Regiment 184, 252
Savoy Hotel 203, 211, 221
sporting organizations 196, 200, 209
Other interests
ballet 203–4
books 204
cars 20, 193
musicals 203
photography 222
television 222
UFOs 222
Orders and decorations
DSO 23, 50, 244
Croix de Guerre 28
CB 163, 251