General ‘Boy': The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning

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by Richard Mead


  codename 117, 118

  number of lifts 116, 118–19, 120, 154–5, 161, 228, 248

  location of drop and landing zones 119–20, 127, 150, 154–5

  priorities (see Groesbeek Heights)

  role of Airborne Corps HQ 120–1, 156–8

  complacency of senior officers 121, 152

  intelligence 122–3, 155–6, 229

  Market

  landings 125–6

  bridges 126–7, 128

  signals communications 126, 127, 133, 139, 143, 145, 151, 157–8

  German counter-attacks 127, 129–30, 131, 137–8, 149, 159

  Oosterbeek perimeter 128, 130, 134, 136, 139

  Waal crossing 130–2, 249

  offer by 52 Division 135–6, 159–60, 212

  Polish landings 136–7

  Garden

  advance of XXX Corps 127, 150, 151

  link-up with airborne troops 128–9

  Nijmegen battle 130–2

  corridor cut 131, 137, 145, 151

  advance of VIII and XII Corps 137

  fighting on the Island 133, 139–40, 148–9

  attempts to relieve 1 Airborne Division 138–9, 145, 160–1

  Valburg conference 140–1

  withdrawal of 1 Airborne Division 140, 141–2, 143, 145–7

  Conclusion

  Montgomery’s view of result 150, 163

  American view of result 150

  Boy’s view of result 150–1, 163, 213, 227

  command deficiencies 152, 228–9

  Boy’s responsibility for failure 152–62, 214, 235

  Marshall, General of the Army George C. 74, 78, 79, 108, 109, 157

  Matthews, Sir Stanley 210

  Maubeuge 27, 28

  MCC 3, 249

  Melbury Sampford 1, 243

  Menabilly 55, 98–9, 166, 173, 179, 191, 192, 195, 201, 202, 203, 210, 211, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226

  ‘Merlin’, Exercise 81

  Mersa Matruh 54

  Merville Battery 98

  Messervy, General Sir Frank 177

  Meuse-Escaut Canal 130

  Miley, Major General William C. 109

  Millar, Geoffrey 50

  Miller, Molly 220

  Milne, Field Marshal Lord 39, 244

  Model, Field Marshal Walther 129–30, 132

  Money, Major J.H. 173

  Montgomery of Alamein, Field

  Marshal Viscount 77, 90, 93, 97, 102, 141, 147, 148, 149, 153, 160, 176, 212, 214, 228, 230

  commands XII Corps 63; regard for Boy 77, 166, 194; at Eighth Army 87; and ‘Husky’ 88, 91, 93; and Poles 101; in Normandy 103, 109; and ‘Comet’ 111–13; meets Boy & Dempsey in Brussels 113, 115–16, 119; and Eisenhower 116–17, 152, 248; and plan for ‘Market’Garden’ 117, 119, 121, 123, 154, 161; and corps commanders 121, 156; and intelligence 123, 156; and withdrawal of 1 Airborne Division 140, 142, 146; meets Roy Urquhart after the battle 148; conclusion on ‘Market Garden’ 150, 163, 213; impact on ‘Market Garden’ 152; role in ‘sacking’ of Sosabowski 164–6; as CIGS 194, 197–8; concern about Duke of Edinburgh 199

  Monywa 174

  Mook 126, 131, 135, 137, 138, 159

  Moore, Lieutenant General Sir John viii

  Moore, General Sir Rodney 128, 130, 132

  Moor Park Golf Club 98, 105–6, 109, 115, 121, 122

  ‘Morebinge’, Exercise 63

  Mosley, Sir Oswald 8

  Mountbatten, Philip (see Edinburgh, Duke of)

  Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral of the Fleet Earl 77, 153, 164, 174, 179, 184, 186, 199, 226, 251

  and Bruneval Raid 72–3; support for Airborne Forces 75, 83; appointed SACSEA 94; seeks replacement for Pownall as COS 166–7; character 167, 171; introduces Boy to SEAC 169–70; Boy’s relationship with 172, 173, 174, 185, 189, 190, 253; Boy’s reports to Brooke on 172; and lack of planes 172–3; visit to China 174; problem with Leese 176–8; and Burmese leaders 178; and Japanese surrender 179–80, 181; and relocation to Singapore 181, 184; and French Indo-China 182; and NEI 182–3, 188–9; and Malayan trades unionists 185; departure from SEAC 189; recommends Boy to Wemyss 189–90; recommends Boy to Duke of Edinburgh 198; on A Bridge Too Far 229–30

  Mountbatten of Burma, Countess 181–2

  ‘Mush’, Exercise 102

  Myers, Brigadier E.C.W. 139, 145–6

  Myitkyina 174

  Nagasaki 4, 180, 243

  Naqb Abu Dweis 54

  National Playing Fields Association 200, 205, 208

  National Service League 12–13,

  Netheravon 57, 58, 69, 70, 74, 80, 82, 85, 107

  Netherlands East Indies 180, 182, 183, 188, 190, 254

  Newberry, Major E.W. 97, 126, 171, 185–6

  New Delhi 94, 170, 174, 175, 177, 178, 191

  Newnham, Group Captain M.N. 67, 77

  Nijmegen ix, 112, 113, 115, 117, 120, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158–9, 161, 213, 230, 237, 239, 247, 252

  Noel-Paton, Victor (Lord Ferrier) 203

  Norman, Air Commodore Sir Nigel 66, 67, 68, 69–70, 80, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89–90, 246

  Norman, Lady 90

  Normandy ix, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 113, 117, 118, 129, 141, 153, 155, 156, 212, 227, 235, 246, 254

  Norton, Geoffrey 248

  Nosworthy, Lieutenant General Sir Francis 61

  Numata, Lieutenant General Takaso 180, 251

  Nunspeet 157

  Nye, Lieutenant General Sir Archibald 71, 86, 167

  O’Connor, General Sir Richard 35, 118, 137, 138, 150, 166, 189, 194, 197–8, 212, 250

  Officers Association 196

  Olympic Games

  1924 (Chamonix) 33–4; 1924 (Paris) 32–3; 1928 (St Moritz) 34; 1948 (London) 196, 200; 1952 (Helsinki) 209; 1956 (Melbourne) 209, 215

  O’Neal, Ryan 228

  Oosterbeek 122, 128, 129, 130, 133, 136, 139, 146, 155, 160, 164

  Oosterhout 139, 160

  Orne, River 98, 104

  Orr, J.B.V. (Jim) 215, 229

  Osaka 4

  Otranto, SS 55

  Otway, Lieutenant Colonel T.B.H. 212, 247

  Oude Keent airfield 138, 149, 160

  Outward Bound Trust 208

  Pacey, Sergeant C.W. 132

  Paget, General Sir Bernard 66, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 96, 153

  Pakenham 2, 3

  Pannerden ferry 130, 140

  Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith 88, 171, 190

  Parker, Eileen 206, 209

  Parker, Julie (now Mrs Burt) 212

  Parker, Commander (RN) Michael 198, 206, 207, 209, 212, 215

  Parks, Lieutenant General Floyd L. 125, 135, 136, 249

  Passchendaele, Battle of (see Ypres) 20–1

  Patton, General George S. 90, 91, 93, 107, 109, 117, 170, 248

  Pearson, Brigadier A.S. 102

  Pearson, Colonel J.M. 76, 227

  Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard 94

  Pilcher, Lieutenant Colonel W.S. 44

  Pine-Coffin, Colonel R.G. 102

  Pirie, Air Chief Marshal Sir George 190

  Poett, General Sir Nigel 89

  Pollok, Major General R. V. 61

  Polruan 45, 47, 48, 50, 73

  Ponte di Primasole 92

  Ponte Grande 91, 92

  Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the RAF Viscount 74–5, 78, 82–3, 85

  Poulter, Guardsman 186

  Powell, Colonel G. 229

  Power, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur 170

  Pownall, Lieutenant General Sir Henry 166–7, 170, 190, 248

  Prentiss, Lieutenant 126

  Prescott, Colonel J.A 45, 58, 193

  Prior-Palmer, Major General E. 213–14

  Puxley, Christopher 60, 61, 64, 73, 179, 202, 217

  Puxley, Paddy 60, 61, 73

  Pyman, General Sir Harold 140, 141

  ‘Python’ Scheme 178–9, 185

  Qara 54

  Qaret Agnes 54

  Q
attara Depression 54

  Queen Mary, RMS 197

  Quiberon Bay 107

  Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur 187, 223, 252

  Raff, Colonel Edson D. 78

  Rangoon 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 184

  Rapallo 4, 7

  RAPWI 181–2

  Rasch, Brigadier G.E.C. 20–1, 25, 27

  Rashleigh, Dr John 99, 223

  Rashleigh, Philip 223

  Rawlinson, General Lord 2 5–6

  Ray, Cyril 231, 254

  Readymoney Cove 73, 80, 99

  Redman, Lieutenant General Sir Harold 190

  Reed, Sir Carol 48, 49, 219, 245, 254

  Rees, Major General T.W. 35, 169

  Reichswald, The 120, 126, 127, 130, 138, 149, 159, 163, 213

  Renwick, Sir Robert 75

  Restless of Plyn, ketch 56, 80, 86, 99, 187

  Ricardo, Jan 42–3, 55, 216, 217

  Ricardo, Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred 42

  Richards, Guardsman George 46, 50, 52, 245

  Richards, Lily (see Bocock)

  Richardson, General Sir Charles 115

  Ridgway, General Matthew B. 119, 155, 235

  differences with Boy in North Africa 90–1; warns Gavin about Boy 101; commands XVIII Airborne Corps 109; and ‘Linnet II’ 110, 154, 248; disappointment over ‘Market Garden’ 118, 135; views on ‘Market Garden’ 150; receives British honour 204–5; later relationship with Boy 253

  Riethorst 138

  Ringway (see Central Landing Establishment)

  Ritchie, General Sir Neil 118, 164, 250

  Roberts, Major General G.P.B. 35

  Roberts of Kandahar, Field Marshal Earl 12–13, 26, 28

  Robertson, General Lord 195

  Robinson, Sergeant P. 132

  Rock, Lieutenant Colonel J.F. 66, 72, 81

  Rous, Sir Stanley 210

  Rousham Old Rectory 44, 50, 55, 60, 64, 195

  Rowe, Esther 220, 225

  Royal Academy of Dancing 203, 253

  Royal Air Force

  Air Force

  Second Tactical 120, 125

  Group

  38 98, 108, 109, 150, 166

  46 98, 108, 109

  Wing

  38 69–70, 74, 81

  Squadron

  51 246

  295 81, 125

  296 69

  297 69, 246

  298 81, 83

  Other

  Light Warning Units 120, 126

  Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 8, 11, 37

  Royal Military College, Sandhurst viii, x, 8, 10, 11–12, 25, 34, 35–40, 41, 42, 53, 55, 58, 62, 97, 128, 169, 234, 244, 254

  Royal Naval Division 16

  Ryan, Cornelius 227–8

  Sackville-West, Vita (Lady Nicholson) 204

  St Cyr (French Military Academy) 40

  St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 225

  St Mary’s School, Wantage 197, 201

  St Odenrode 117, 140, 141, 145

  St Omer 13, 21

  Sandhurst (see Royal Military College)

  Sangshak 184, 252

  Sarre 61, 62

  Savoy Hotel 4, 203, 211, 221

  Scarpe, River 24

  Scoones, General Sir Geoffrey 169

  Scott, Lady Moira (later Combe) 42, 43

  Secret Intelligence Service (or Secret Service Bureau) 29

  Senior Officers School 44, 51, 52

  Sergison-Brooke, Lieutenant General Sir Bertram 14, 30, 41, 62, 63, 64, 77

  Seymour, Brigadier General Lord Henry 41

  SHAEF 108, 110, 111, 120, 121, 123, 159

  Sherman, Colonel Geoffrey 171, 181

  ’s-Hertogenbosch 122, 126, 138

  Shimmer, keelboat 187, 201

  Shinwell, Emmanuel, Lord 193–4, 252

  Shorrock, Colonel R.T.L. 67, 68

  Siam (see Thailand)

  Sicily 85, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 111, 118, 153, 156

  Sikorski, General Wladyslav 77, 100, 101

  Simpson, General Sir Frank 164, 194

  Sinclair, Sir Archibald 78

  Singapore 180, 181, 182, 183, 184–90, 193, 196, 216, 224

  ‘Sixpence’ 216, 217

  ‘Sixteen’, Operation 118

  Sjahrir, Sutan 189

  Slim, Field Marshal Viscount 77, 167, 169, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177–8, 190, 251

  Small Arms School 41, 56, 57–8

  Smallman-Tew, Lieutenant Colonel D. 68, 102

  Smith, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur 36

  Smith, General Walter Bedell 91, 117, 123

  Soekarno, Ahmed 188, 189

  Somerville, Sir Annesley 8, 9

  Somme, Battle of the 18, 21, 26, 27, 28, 36, 41, 223, 243

  Son 117, 119, 127, 131, 137

  Sophiaweg 135

  Sosabowski, Major General Stanislaw ix, 139, 145, 159, 247, 250

  raises Polish Parachute Brigade 77; and employment of Polish Parachute Brigade 101; and readiness of Polish Parachute Brigade 106–7; concerns over ‘Comet’ 112–13; parachutes in to Driel 136; at Valburg Conference 140–1, 160, 164; criticises British lack of resources 141; and crossing Lower Rhine 143, 160–1; meets Roy Urquhart after withdrawal 148; resents subordination to junior commander 149; and dismissal x, 164–6, 238–9

  Sosnkowski, General Kazimierz 106, 107

  South-East Asia Command (‘SEAC’) viii, ix, 166, 169 170, 173, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 188, 197, 216, 234, 248

  South London Harriers 32, 33, 196, 244

  Spaatz, General Carl A. 87

  Spence, Ken 211, 217, 218, 220, 226

  Spindler, SS Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig 155

  Stanley, Oliver 10

  Steele, General Sir James 95–6

  Stevens, Colonel G.R. 136, 140, 141, 239

  Stirling, Colonel Sir David 100

  Stirling, Lieutenant Colonel W. 100, 103

  Stopford, General Sir Montagu 169, 177, 180, 189

  Stratemeyer, Lieutenant General George E. 170

  Streatfeild, Colonel Sir Henry 12

  Strong, Major General Sir Kenneth 123

  Student, Colonel General Kurt 126, 130, 137

  Sultan, Lieutenant General Daniel I. 174

  Sunninghill Park 117, 200

  Surabaya 184, 188

  Swayne, Lieutenant General Sir John 167, 174, 177, 189, 245

  Syrencote House 69, 70, 75, 82, 89, 98

  Tatmore Place 59, 60,

  Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel G. 169

  Taylor, General Maxwell D. 110, 119, 127, 135, 137, 149, 163, 235, 246, 249

  Tedder, Marshal of the RAF Lord 87, 125

  Terauchi, Field Marshal Count 180, 181

  Thailand 180–1

  Thomas, General Sir Ivor 139, 140, 141, 146, 149, 160, 161, 164, 165, 212, 228, 250

  Thomas, Major S. 125

  Thorne, General Sir Andrew 14, 41, 44, 53, 61, 63, 243

  Thornycroft & Company Limited, John I. 44, 188, 196, 197

 

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