Reserve Infantry Regiment 111 (RIR111) 115, 116, 120, 121; on 1 July 246, 252–53, 256–57, 266–67, 276–81; casualties 116, 280
Reserve Infantry Regiment 119 (RIR119) 79, 86, 89, 94, 99, 100, 105, 113, 115–16, 129; on 1 July 140, 144, 147, 149, 151, 167–68, 188, 200, 208; casualties 116, 151, 175–76
Reserve Infantry Regiment 121 (RIR121) 80, 102, 115–16, 121–22, 129–30; on 1 July 144, 154–55, 167–68, 170, 174, 209, 383; casualties 116, 130, 155, 175–76
Artillery (Field and Foot)
Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment 1 (BFAR1) 93
Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment 19 (BFAR19) 74, 92
Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment 10 (BFtAR10) 88
Field Artillery Regiment 21 (FAR21) 113, 293, 298
Foot Artillery Battery 550 (FtAB550) 88
26th Reserve Artillery Brigade 376
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 20 (RFAR20) 90, 92, 105, 112–13, 122, 134, 335
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 26 (RFAR26) 48, 108, 112, 133, 148, 192
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 27 (RFAR27) 92, 133
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 28 (RFAR28) 114, 228
Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 29 (RFAR29) 91, 108, 228, 258, 267
Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment 16 (RFtAR16) 91, 120, 266
Air Service
Artillery Air Detachment 221 (AAD221) 74–75, 90
Artillery Air Detachment 229 (AAD229) 90
Field Flying Detachment 62 (FFD62) 48
Machine-gun Units
Field Machine-gun Platoon 55 (FMGPn55) 104
Machine-gun Sharp-shooter Troop 73 (MGSST73) 334
Machine-gun Sharp-shooter Troop 198 (MGSST198) 163
Cavalry
Württemberg Reserve Dragoon Regiment 104–105
General Index
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A
Aaron, Private James 391
Abbeville 63
Abercrombie, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 185, 197, 200
Adams, Captain Douglas 154
Adams, Lieutenant George 345
Adinfer Wood 324
Aeroplane Trench 271
Aisne, Battle of 6
Albert viii, 20, 36, 59, 63, 91, 212, 246, 322, 362–63, 370
Albert–Bapaume road viii, 20, 29, 75, 78, 92, 130; on 1 July 175, 211, 214, 219, 226, 230, 234, 242, 249, 282, 379; assessed 384, 389
Aldershot 3–4, 16
Alexandra, Queen 3
Allen, Corporal Henry 44
Allen, Corporal Herbert 198
Allenby, Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund viii, xvi, 20; on 1 July and assessed 325–26, 342, 352, 354, 357, 360, 379
Allsop, Private John 56
Amiens 19, 63, 381
Amiens–St Quentin road 381
Ancre British Cemetery 152
Ancre, River and Valley xvi, xvii, 20, 42, 78–79, 80, 101, 126; on 1 July 143–144, 148, 150, 161, 167, 170–71, 178, 180–81 187–88, 190, 199, 202, 208–10, 318; assessed 363
Andrews, Private Fred 155
Appleyard, Lance-Corporal Sidney 337
Archer-Houblon, Captain Richard 46, 56, 59
Arras xviii, 13, 24, 29, 33, 36, 62, 77, 79, 81, 106, 214, 249, 325–26, 386, 389
Artois 24, 77, 84
Ashurst, Private George 111–12, 118
Askew, Private Alfred 117, 270
Asquith, Prime Minister Herbert 34
Assevillers 380
Atkins, Private John 346
Aubers Ridge, Battle of 7, 41
Auchonvillers 63; see also Beaumont Hamel–Auchonvillers road
Aust, Private Walter 46–47, 52, 55
Austria-Hungary 4–5
Austro-Hungarian Empire 5–6, 76
Authuille 63, 197, 209
Authuille Wood 178, 183–85, 197, 217, 241–42, 362
Aveluy 63, 197
Aveluy Wood 181, 197, 198, 203
Avoca Valley 219
Ayre, Captain Bernard 54
Ayre family 54
B
Back Trench 309
Baden, Badeners 78, 97, 119, 144–45, 217, 253–54, 263, 266, 281, 286, 309
Baden-Württemberg 253; see Baden and separately Württemberg
Bailiff Wood 228, 371
Balfour, Arthur 12
Balkans 7
Banwell, Second-Lieutenant Sydney 348
Bapaume viii, 20, 25–26, 29, 31–34, 36, 76, 79, 84, 104; in bombardment 130; on 1 July 144, 211, 214, 249, 315, 357; assessed 361, 372, 381, 389; see also Albert–Bapaume road
Bapaume–Péronne road 25, 32
Barber, Rifleman Henry 45, 52, 57, 118, 337, 359
Barden, Private Clifford 301, 311
Barker, Private Albert 271
Bastard, Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald 238
Bates, Private Frank 349
Battery Valley 191–92, 194, 199, 203
Bauer, Reservist Friedrich vii, 105
Bauer, Leutnant-der-Reserve Georg 265, 277
Bazentin Wood 297
Bazentin-le-Grand 26, 288, 297, 314–15, 317–18, 374–75, 383
Bazentin-le-Petit 36, 278, 297, 311, 313
Beaucourt 26, 80, 144–45, 180, 190, 202, 389
Beaucourt Redoubt 144–45, 191
Beaucourt Station 188
Beaumont Hamel xvi–xvii, 20, 42–43, 61–62, 78–80, 96; in bombardment 113, 115–116, 127–29; on 1 July 140–41, 143–45, 147, 149, 152, 161, 164–67, 180, 186, 190, 206; assessed 361–62, 365, 367, 369–71, 389; see also Hawthorn Ridge mine, crater and redoubt
Beaumont Hamel–Auchonvillers road 141, 149, 173
Beauquesne 361
Beck, Leutnant-der-Reserve Adolf 174
Bécordel-Bécourt 249, 261
Bécourt 63, 91, 223, 260
Bécourt Valley 65
Bécourt Wood 58, 219
Beetle Alley 268, 303
Belgium vii–viii, ix, 4–7, 14–15, 34, 361
Bell, Private Allan 296
Bell VC, Captain Eric 210
Bell, Private Leslie 68
Below, General-der-Infanterie Fritz von xi, xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 75–81, 87, 100–101, 106, 180; in bombardment 112, 116–17, 135, 137; on 1 July and assessed 363, 374–76, 380–87
Bennett, Sergeant Thomas 43
Bergwerk 143, 145
Berkefeld, Gefreiter August 334
Berlin 4, 119
Bernafay Wood 288–89, 293, 297–99, 311, 314–15, 317–18, 374–75, 383
Bernard, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert 195
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von 5
Bethune 63
Bicknell, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry 252, 255
Bidder, Lieutenant-Colonel Harold 283, 293
Biefvillers 167, 194
Bielefeld, Leutnant-der-Reserve August 91, 120, 266
Binstead, Private Charles 66
Birch Tree Wood 221–22
Birch, Major-General Sir Noel 31
Birmingham 155
Bismarck, Otto von 4
Blacker, Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart 188
Blakey, Sergeant David 196
Blenk, Musketier Karl 161
Blighty Valley Cemetery 241
Bloye, Bombardier Ben 47
Bocker, Vizefeldwebel Hermann 99
Bois Favière 315, 370
Bois Français 249, 263–65, 273, 277
Bönsel, Unteroffizier Walter 99
Booth, Corporal George 240
Borries, Generalleutnant Karl von xvii, 78, 80–81, 85–86, 137; on 1 July 322, 338, 342, 356–57; assessed 375–76
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5
Bottom Wood 277, 378
Bowles, Major John 335
Brachat, Unteroffizier Gustav 226
Bram, Oberstleutnant Alfons Ritter von 204
Branson, Lieutenant Douglas 71
B
rasenose College 3
Bray 45, 50, 63, 91
Breslau Support Trench 309
Brew, Gunner James 46
British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 4, 6, 10, 58
Brooke, Rupert 265, 271
Brookes, Private Squire 43, 51–52, 56, 61, 296
Brown, Lance-Corporal Horace 318
Brownlee, Private Edward 190
Brownlow, Captain Cecil 49
Brusilov, General Aleksei 76
Brusilov Offensive 34, 76, 361
Buckingham Palace 3
Bucquoy 330, 337–38
Bulgar Point mine and crater 262, 369
Bull, Captain Wilfred 303
Bundy, Lieutenant Alfred 233, 237
Bunny Alley 273
Burke, Private Pat 272
Burkhardt, Generalmajor Hermann Ritter von xvii, 78
Burma 15–16,
Burnett, Corporal Clarence 310
Bush, Lance-Corporal William 184
Büsing, Leutnant-der-Reserve Georg 90, 92, 134, 335
Busl, Offizierstellvertreter Joseph 287, 293
Buxton, Lieutenant Jocelyn 118
C
Caesar, Julius 20
Calais 63
Cameron, Brigadier-General Archibald 197, 200
Cameron, Private Donald 118
Cameron, Brigadier-General Neville 232
Campbell, Major-General Sir David 251, 260
Capper, Lieutenant Derick 40–41, 57–58, 61, 111, 118, 304
Carden Roe, Captain William 162
Carlisle 184
Carnoy 62–63, 274, 284, 289, 369
Carnoy Valley 86–87, 247, 249, 261, 262, 265, 289
Carnoy craters 301, 304, 307–308, 319
Carnoy Military Cemetery 54, 308
Carnoy–Montauban road 286, 301, 304, 306, 308
Carrington, Major Charles 332
Cartwright, Brigadier-General George 66
Casino Point mine and crater 305–306, 369
Castle, The 286
Casualties: see entries within Index of military units
Caterpillar Valley 26, 87, 284, 297–99, 304, 310–11, 314, 317–18
Caterpillar Valley Wood 288, 297, 299, 310–11, 315
Cather VC, Lieutenant Geoffrey 210
Cattell, Corporal Douglas 159
Cayley, Brigadier-General Douglas 164
Cemetery Trench 262
Châles de Beaulieu, Generalleutnant Martin xvii, 78, 81, 86–87, 92, 138; on 1 July 249, 286–87, 313–14, 316, 319; assessed 375–76, 380, 382–83, 387
Champagne 24, 81
Chantilly Conference 10–13, 361
Charteris, Brigadier-General John xvi, 1, 17, 35, 57, 129, 135–36, 146
Chateau Valvion 361, 376
Chipilly 61
Clifton College 3
Cloudsdale, Private Frank 274
Coates, Orderly Sergeant Harry 337
Codrington, Staff Captain Geoffrey 65
Cole, Sergeant William 239
Collet, Unteroffizier Peter 74, 98
Collins, Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 251
Collis-Browne, Captain John 117–18
Colyer, Lieutenant William 69, 71, 163
Combles 25, 26, 113, 381, 383
Compton, Brigadier-General Charles 184
Congreve VC, Lieutenant-General Sir Walter xvi, 72, 112, 135; on 1 July 284, 286–89, 314, 316–17, 319–20; assessed 366, 372, 374, 378, 380
Conn, Private Albert 265
Connaught Cemetery 186, 195–96
Contalmaison 28–29, 31, 84, 91, 108; on 1 July 211–12 222, 228, 232–33, 278, 297, 371, 373; assessed 378; see also Fricourt–Contalmaison road
Contay 63
Conyers, Rifleman Frederick 117
Conzelmann, Leutnant-der-Reserve Friedrich 102, 170
Cook, Sergeant Arthur 169
Coom, Private Colin 46, 50, 52, 59
Coppard, Corporal George 57, 71
Corbett, Private William 55, 219, 224
Cornes, Captain Hugh 318
Courcelette 104, 389
Cousins, Lance-Corporal John 43–44, 301–304
Crawley ridge 272
Croft, Brigadier-General Henry 59, 117
Crook, Private Wilfred 71, 160
Crosbie, Brigadier-General James 163
Crozier, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank 60, 67, 72, 138, 191, 195
Crucifix Trench 259–60, 275
Curlu 32, 134, 363–64, 375, 380, 382–83
Currie, Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur 250
D
Damon, Private Alfred 172, 173
Dantzig Alley (North) 262, 268, 272
Dantzig Alley (South) 273
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery 256, 302
Danzig 75
Davies, Major-General Francis 17
Day, Private Walter 164
de Lisle, Major-General Beauvoir 126, 146, 162, 164–65
Delville Wood 297
Demmel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Franz 103
Devennie, Private James 193
Deverell, Brigadier-General Cyril 261, 263, 265
Devonshire Cemetery 265
Dickens, Major Cedric 336–37
Dickens, Charles 337
Dickins, Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon 337
Dickinson, Lieutenant Ambrose 225
Dirr, Unteroffizier Matthias 100
Dixon, Lieutenant Norman 62
Dobbie, Major William 132
Dompierre 380
Donaghy, Private Jim 193–94
Doullens 63
Downman, Lieutenant Theodore 349–50
Drake-Brockman, Major Guy 274
Dublin Redoubt 284, 288
Dublin Trench 289, 291, 294, 300
Dunedin 391
Dunn, Private Harold 300
Durrant, Corporal Arthur 61, 160
Dyke, Private Edward 225
E
Easton, Private Thomas 58, 227–28
Ebbetts, Corporal Roland 336
Eberle, Reservist Christian 93
Edward VII, King 3–4, 339
Egeren, Gefreiter Hugo van 342
Egypt 7 141 212 324
Eiser, Feldwebel Karl 91, 93, 108, 113, 115, 120, 258, 267, 278
Ellis, Private Bert 160
Elstob VC, Captain Wilfrith 55
Ely, Captain Denis 275
Englebelmer 197–99
England, Private Arthur 46, 51, 54, 60, 62, 117, 119
Estrées 363, 380–82, 385
Euston Road Military Cemetery 171
Evans, Lieutenant Alfred 48
Evans, Lieutenant Samuel 345
Eversmann, Infanterist Theodor 121
F
Falfemont Farm 289
Falkenhayn, General-der-Infanterie Erich von xi, xvii, 14–15, 75–77, 80, 106–107, 136; on 1 July and assessed 267, 380–81, 383–87, 389
Farrer, Private John 184
Fay 380, 384
Fayolle, General Marie-Emile xviii, 18, 24, 26, 32, 39, 363, 380–81, 384
Fell, Brigadier-General Robert 270
Fellows, Corporal Harry 261
Fenton, Captain George 66
Festubert, Battle of 7
Fickendey, Vizefeldwebel Albert 84
Fiedel, Leutnant Paul 74, 103, 227
Fife, Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald 256, 270
Fischer, Reservist 154
Fischer, Schütze Christian 217, 238, 240–42
Fisher, Sergeant Alex 41, 261
Fisher, Lance-Corporal Edward 305
Flanders 11, 20, 26
Flavel, Corporal Thomas 47
Fleetwood, Private Robert 294
Foaden, Lance-Corporal John 336
Foch, General Ferdinand xviii, 13, 24, 29, 32, 39
Foncquevillers 63 322 324
Foncquevillers Military Cemetery 348, 355
Foncquevillers–Gommecourt road 343–45, 354
Forceville 67
Forster, Captain John 229
Forstner
, Hauptmann Kurt Freiherr von 330
Fort Douamont 14
Foulkes, Colonel Charles 304
Frank, Private Thomas 57, 293
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria 5
Fraser, Sergeant Alexander 151
Fraser-Harris, Second-Lieutenant Alfred 295
Fraser-Tytler, Lieutenant-Colonel Neil 110–11, 118
French, Field Marshal Sir John 3, 10, 19
Frick, Leutnant-der-Landwehr Alfred 228
Fricourt xvi–xvii, 26, 29, 42, 48, 61–62, 64, 72, 77–78, 80, 91–93, 95–97, 106; in bombardment 113–16, 125, 127–28, 134, 137; on 1 July 246–47, 249–53, 255–59, 263, 266–74, 276–79, 281, 288, 314, 316, 357; assessed 361, 363–64, 366–71, 373–74, 377–79, 381–87; see also Fricourt–Mametz salient
Fricourt Farm 249, 259–60
Fricourt New Military Cemetery 270
Fricourt–Mametz salient 78, 137, 246–47, 250, 252–55, 261, 267, 279, 281, 357, 374; see also Hill 110, Mametz–Montauban ridge, Fricourt and Mametz
Fricourt Soldatenfriedhof 281
Fricourt Spur 20; on 1 July 212, 215, 218, 220–22, 231, 233, 249, 251, 257–60, 266–68, 275–77, 279; assessed 361, 383
Fricourt Wood 247, 262, 273, 276
Fricourt–Contalmaison road 259–60, 275–76
Frisch, Vizefeldwebel Georg 74, 101
Frise 380
Fritz Trench 268, 272
Fuller, Private Sydney 313
G
Gaffiken, Major George 191
Galicia 76, 106, 137
Gallipoli 41, 56, 141, 143
Garde Stellung 335–36
Garrand, Driver Charles 54
Geiger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Emil 114, 170
Geiger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Wilhelm 115, 120
George V, King 4, 10, 13, 210, 339, 355
German Tambour, The 253; see separately Tambour, The
Gerster, Leutnant-der-Reserve Matthaus 79, 90–91, 96–97, 113–16, 120–22, 127, 130, 133–34, 140, 147–48, 200
Gibbon, Major John 147
Gibbs, Major Alfred 117, 182
Gibbs, Philip 2, 16, 246–47
Gillon, Captain Stair 162
Ginchy 31, 113, 381, 383
Ginchy–Bazentin-le-Grand ridge 26
Girdwood, Major Austin 178, 199
Givenchy, Battle of 7
Glasgow 209
Glasgow, Brigadier-General William 118, 251, 269–70, 369
Glatz Redoubt 284, 290, 292
Glenn, Lance-Corporal James 159
Glory Hole, The 53–54, 97, 230
Glover, Second-Lieutenant George 154
Goat Redoubt 180, 187
Godley, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander 16
Goebel, Lance-Corporal Richard 302
Goebelbecker, Grenadier Emil 102, 264, 315
Gommecourt xvi–xvii, 20, 27–29, 42, 49, 77–78, 92, 97; in bombardment 112, 115–16, 127, 134, 137; on 1 July 250, 321–22, 324–27, 329, 333–36, 338, 342–44, 352, 355–57; assessed 359, 361–65, 368, 370, 375–76, 382, 387, 389
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