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  Gommecourt Park 322, 327, 333–34, 339

  Gommecourt Wood 322, 344, 348, 351–53

  Good, Lieutenant Claude 57, 351

  Goodman, Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey 352

  Goodwin, Lieutenant Billy 44, 46, 117, 119, 240–41

  Gordon, Brigadier-General Herbert 241

  Gore, Brigadier-General Robert 231

  Goring-Jones, Brigadier-General Michael 198

  Gough, General Sir Hubert viii, xvi, 31–32, 36–37, 214–15, 284; on 1 July and assessed 316, 371–72, 378–80

  Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel James 184

  Grallsburg 143, 145

  Grandcourt 25–27, 144, 180, 190–92, 201, 203; see also Serre–Grandcourt Spur

  Grandstand, The 370

  Grange, Rifleman John 193

  Graü, Gefreiter Leo 48

  Green VC, Captain John 348

  Gregory, Private William 292–93

  Greisinger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Rudolf 94, 115

  Griffith, Brigadier-General Charles 200

  Grindley, Private Ernest 41, 300

  Grove-White, Captain Maurice 312, 319

  Grünert, Generalmajor Paul 267, 383–84

  Gudgeon, Lance-Corporal Frank 296

  Guillemont 113, 289, 293

  H

  Hahn, Generalleutnant Ferdinand von xvii, 78, 81, 86–87, 95, 137; on 1 July 218, 233, 244, 249, 266–67, 279, 313–15; assessed 375

  Haig, General Sir Douglas vii, ix–xi, xvi; background and character 1–4; planning 10–15, 17–19, 21–29, 31–39, 146, 178, 199, 214, 250, 316, 325–27, 329, 342; preparations 41–43, 49, 57, 60, 72–73; in bombardment 110, 118, 126, 129–31, 135–36; on 1 July and assessed 354–55, 357, 359, 360–65, 370, 372–73, 375–80, 382, 385–87, 389–90

  Haldane, Viscount Richard 3

  Hall, Private Lindsay 190

  Ham 26

  Hamel 144, 195

  Hampshire, HMS 22

  Hanbury-Sparrow, Captain Alan 233–35

  Hannescamps New Military Cemetery 347

  Hardecourt 289, 316–17, 363, 380, 384

  Harr, Unteroffizier Gotthilf 105

  Harris, Rifleman Percy 336

  Hartung, Kanonier Heinrich 105

  Hately, Lieutenant James 230

  Hauff, Vizefeldwebel Albert 240

  Hauschild, Feldwebel Robert 246, 276

  Hawker VC, Major Lanoe 211, 311

  Hawkings, Rifleman Frank 334

  Hawthorn Ridge mine, crater and redoubt: on 1 July 140, 141, 143, 148–50, 167–68, 170–71, 330; assessed 361–62, 365, 368–70

  Headlam, Brigadier-General Hugh 260

  Healey, Private Charles 293

  Heath, Lieutenant Philip 117, 123, 139, 301, 307, 311, 318

  Hébuterne 62–63, 322, 324

  Hébuterne–Bucquoy road 337

  Heidenkopf 116; on 1 July 143, 145, 148–49, 152–55, 160, 163–64, 167–71, 174, 176; assessed 361, 368, 371, 373, 383

  Heizmann, Leutnant-der-Reserve Paul 84

  Henderson, Lance-Corporal James 177, 193, 203

  Henderson, Private Stanley 70, 183, 185, 209

  Heptonstall, Lieutenant Robert 160

  Herbécourt 380

  Herries, Captain William 228–9

  Heyberger, Hauptmann Johann 104–105

  Hibschenberger, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 94

  Hidden Wood 262, 273

  Hieber, Leutnant-der-Reserve Martin 90

  Higgins, Private Thomas 342, 346,

  High Wood 31, 36, 249

  Hill 110 42, 62, 80, 86, 93–94, 96–97; on 1 July 249, 251, 256, 261, 263, 265–66, 270–72, 277–78, 316; assessed 361, 383; see also Fricourt and Mametz

  Hill, Brigadier-General Edward 258

  Hind, Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence 348

  Hindenburg Line 389

  Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von 389–90

  Hinkel, Unteroffizier Friedrich 120–22, 207–208

  Hitler, Adolf 83

  Hodgson, Lieutenant William Noel 265

  Hohenberg, Sophie Duchess of 5

  Hohenzollern Redoubt 354

  Hollond, Brigadier-General Spencer 326

  Holtz, Hauptmann Georg Freiherr von 80

  Home, Brigadier-General Sir Archibald 326

  Hope, Rifleman John 193

  Horne, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry xvi, 72, 135; on 1 July 182, 250–52, 257, 259, 267–70, 276, 278–80; assessed 365–66, 374, 378

  Hosell, Private Alfred 345

  Houle, Rifleman Basil 339

  Houthulst Forest 15

  Howard, Private Alfred 159

  Hubbard, Private Arthur 334

  Hudson, Major-General Havelock 234, 241

  Hull 391

  Hull, Major-General Sir Charles 327, 337–38, 341–42, 353

  Hunter, Private Tom 222

  Hunter-Weston, Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer xvi, 72, 114, 118–19, 135–36; on 1 July 141, 143–47, 154, 161, 165–67, 171, 174–76, 342, 352; assessed 365–66, 378

  I

  Ihlenfeld, Major Otto von 338

  Immelmann, Leutnant Max 48

  India 3–4, 15–16, 250, 284, 324

  Indian Northwest Frontier 141

  Ingham, Private George 184

  Ingles, Brigadier-General John 166

  Ingouville-Williams, Major-General Edward 231–32

  Innes, Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar 155

  Irles 36,

  Irwin, Private Robert 192–93

  J

  Jack, Major James 111, 118, 216, 233, 237

  Jackson, Brigadier-General Thomas 308, 312

  Jacobs, Rifleman Frank 336

  James, Captain David 232

  Janion, Captain Claude 307–308

  Jardine, Brigadier-General James 70, 182

  Jarman, Private Clarrie 44–46, 50, 301, 306–307

  Jena-Auerstedt, Battle of 1–2, 33

  Jenour, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur 123

  Joffre, General Joseph viii, xviii, 10–14, 24–26, 29, 34, 37–39, 380–81, 385, 387

  John Copse 157, 171

  Johnston, Brigade-Major Alexander 61, 70

  Johnston, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert 259

  Jolley, Private John 275

  Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 350

  Josenhans, Oberstleutnant Adolf 168–69

  July Crisis 5

  K

  Kaiser, Leutnant Wilhelm 340

  Kaisser, Unteroffizier Eugen 104–105

  Karlsruhe 96, 253, 278, 302

  Kassel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Friedrich 101, 109, 115, 122, 186–87

  Keighley, Lieutenant William 271

  Keller, Reservist Wilhelm 104, 106

  Kelly, Captain David 58, 112

  Kelly, Lieutenant Robert 112, 138

  Kenchington, Captain Arthur 309

  Kent, Major Ralph 256

  Kernwerk 322, 327, 333, 335–36

  Kerr, Private John 155

  Kiggell, Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot xvi, 28, 31, 34–36, 380

  Kind, Landsturmann August 306

  King, Corporal Victor 255

  Kirby, Private Thomas 152–53

  Kircher, Unteroffizier Felix 112, 191–92

  Kirkland-Laman, Lieutenant Eric 44–45, 47, 54

  Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord 3, 7, 10–12, 16, 22–23, 29, 35, 41

  Klaus, Major Max 108, 133, 148, 192, 206

  Klinkerfüss, Gefreiter Otto 104

  Klotz, Vizefeldwebel Hermann 99

  Klug, Hauptmann-der-Reserve Ernst 286

  Knies, Oberstleutnant L. 277

  Knowles, Lieutenant Gavin 345

  Koch, Leutnant 334

  Koch, Fliegertruppoffizier Arthur 74–75

  Konstanz, Lake 253

  Kümmel, Leutnant-der-Reserve Adolf 329–30, 344, 347

  Kury, Grenadier Emil 254, 264

  Kuster, Gefreiter Peter 115, 119, 186

  L

  La Boisselle xvii, 20, 29, 42, 48, 53, 61–62, 78–79, 83–84, 91, 96–97; in b
ombardment 117, 127, 134, 137, 139; on 1 July 144, 211–12, 214–19, 221–23, 226–27, 229–30, 232–34, 237, 244–45, 250, 254, 257, 284, 286, 289, 303, 321; assessed 361, 364–65, 367, 369–71, 373, 376, 378, 382–83, 386–87; see also Lochnagar mine and crater, Schwabenhöhe and Y-Sap mine and crater

  La Boisselle Spur 20, 212, 215, 220

  La Briqueterie 25–26, 298

  Laasch, Vizefeldwebel Theodor 219, 230–31, 237

  Lademann, Hauptmann Ulrich 335

  Lais, Unteroffizier Otto 84–86, 172

  Lamb, Lieutenant Walter 229

  Lambourne, Sergeant William 309

  Lambton, Major-General Sir William 165

  Lange, Soldat Wilhelm 121, 186

  Laporte, Second-Lieutenant Archibald 50, 117, 139

  Lazarus, Leutnant-der-Landwehr Max 120

  La Bassée 14

  Le Cateau, Battle of 6, 324

  Le Sars 36, 281–82, 389

  Leetham, Captain Reginald 216

  Leibrock, Oberst Jakob 287, 298

  Leipzig Redoubt xvii, 42, 78, 128; on 1 July 178, 180–83, 185–87, 199, 205–206, 209, 212, 234, 238, 243; assessed 361, 371, 373, 379, 383

  Les Invalides 1

  Leslie, Captain Robert 238

  Lewis, Lieutenant Cecil 112, 118–19, 211–12, 229

  Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel Harold 272

  Lewis, Private Fred 154 155

  Liddle Hart, Captain Basil 257, 275

  Lille 15

  Lind, Private Francis 174

  Liveing, Second-Lieutenant Edward 108, 111, 139, 331–32, 334

  Livens Large Gallery Flame Projectors 304–305, 307, 309

  Lloyd, Corporal George 194

  Lloyd George, David 12, 38

  Loake, Private Harry 345

  Lobel, Private Frank 236–37

  Lochnagar mine and crater 62, 211, 215, 219–20, 223, 226–28, 231, 233, 369 see also La Boisselle, and Schwabenhöhe

  Lockhart, Rifleman Noel 45–47, 51, 60, 321, 333

  Lomax, Lance-Corporal Tommy 307

  London, Londoners 3, 10–11, 15, 34, 38, 242, 260, 302, 305, 308, 333–34, 339–41, 355, 362, 391

  Londonderry 196

  Longueval 80, 113, 249, 288, 297, 299, 311, 314–18, 374–75, 383 see also Pozières–Longueval ridge

  Lonsdale Cemetery 209

  Loop, The 286, 306, 309

  Loos, Battle of 7, 10, 17–19, 23, 33, 41

  Losch, Vizefeldwebel Karl 208–209

  Lossberg, Oberst Fritz von xvii, 384–86

  Loudoun-Shand VC, Temporary Major Stewart 260–61

  Louvencourt Military Cemetery 164

  Lowery, Corporal George 222

  Lozenge Alley 259, 276

  Lucas, Brigadier-General Cuthbert 149

  Ludendorff, General-der-Infanterie Erich von 389–90

  Ludlow, Captain Stratford 176

  Ludlow, Brigadier-General Walter 176

  Luke Copse 157, 171

  Lushington, Lieutenant Frank 108–109, 111–12, 119, 161

  Luttgers, Unteroffizier Gustav 303

  Luxembourg 6

  M

  McAllister, Private Donald 347

  McCauley, Private James 263

  McCullock, Private Derek 151

  McDiarmid, Captain James 131

  McDonnell, Private John 152

  McEvoy, Private Jimmy 211

  McFadzean VC, Rifleman Billy 210

  McInnes, Second-Lieutenant John 349

  McIntosh, Lieutenant William 229

  Mack, Oberst Robert 74, 92–93

  McKeever, Sergeant Sam 187

  Mackenzie, Second-Lieutenant Noel 336–37

  Macnaghten, Second-Lieutenant Sir Edward (6th Baronet) 210

  Mailly Maillet 165

  Malins, Lieutenant Geoffrey 16, 57–58, 141, 173

  Mametz xvi–xvii, 25–26, 29, 42, 48, 61–62, 71, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 96, 101, 105–106; in bombardment 122, 125, 127–28, 134, 137; on 1 July, 233, 246–47, 249–55, 262–68, 271–74, 277–79, 281, 287–88, 297–98, 302–303, 314–16, 319, 357; assessed 361, 363–64, 367, 369–71, 373–76, 378, 381–83, 387; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge and Fricourt–Mametz salient

  Mametz Spur 20–21

  Mametz Wood 91, 247, 266, 276, 297, 314, 378

  Mametz–Bazentin-le-Petit road 278, 318

  Mametz–Carnoy valley see Carnoy Valley

  Mametz–Montauban ridge 20–21, 80, 247, 261, 284, 288–89, 303–304, 308, 316, 374

  Mametz–Montauban–La Briqueterie ridge 25–26

  Mametz–Montauban road 284, 309 310

  Manley, Private Michael 219

  Mansel Copse 262–63, 265, 273

  Maricourt 23, 26, 62–63, 112, 284, 286, 289, 301

  Maricourt Ridge 289

  Maricourt Wood 288

  Maricourt–Longueval road 288

  Mark Copse 157, 171

  Marne, Battle of 6, 324

  Martin, Captain Duncan 71, 265

  Martin, Private Patrick 240

  Martinpuich 31

  Martinsart 63, 195

  Martinsart British Cemetery 195

  Mary Redan 150

  Mash Valley 83, 212, 214–15, 220, 229, 231, 233–35, 237

  Mason, Rifleman Reg 331

  Maultsaid, Sergeant Jim 207

  Maurepas 289

  Mauss, Reservist Gottlob 187–88

  Maute, Fahrer Otto 94, 102, 113, 121, 242–43

  Mawbey, Private Cyril 51, 59

  Maxse, Major-General Sir Ivor 289, 299, 309, 312–13

  May, Captain Charlie 40

  Maycock, Lance-Corporal Jack 346

  Maze, Sous-officier Paul 371

  Maze, The (Gommecourt) 322

  Meaulte 63, 270

  Mecklenburgers 78

  Megaw, Rifleman James 193

  Menzies, Corporal Norman 68, 283, 296

  Mesopotamia 16

  Messines, Battle of ix, 15

  Messines–Wytschaete ridge 15

  Middlebrook, Martin ix–x

  Mill Road Cemetery 189, 195

  Miller, Private Ralph 154

  Minshull-Ford, Brigadier-General John 268

  Miraumont 25, 113, 144

  Moakler, Private Frank 41, 47

  Monchy-au-Bois 29, 76, 324–25

  Monchy-le-Preux 33, 36

  Money, Captain Robin 261

  Mons, Battle of 6

  Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Major-General Edward 328, 350–55

  Montauban xvi, xvii, 25, 27–29, 31, 42, 72, 78, 80, 86–87, 92, 106; in bombardment 115–16, 125, 127–28, 130, 134, 137–38; on 1 July 247, 267, 283 286–89, 292, 294–99, 309–310, 313–19, 330, 357; assessed 359, 361, 366–68, 370–71, 373–77, 379, 381–83, 386–87; see also Mametz–Montauban ridge

  Montauban Alley 284, 288–89, 296–99, 304, 309–312, 314

  Montauban–Bazentin-le-Grand road 297

  Montgomery, Field-Marshal Viscount Bernard 325

  Montgomery, Major-General Archibald 22, 25, 31

  Montigny 241

  Montreuil 37

  Moore, Captain Arthur 337

  Moore, Lieutenant Aubrey 44, 58, 68, 118, 124, 327, 342, 345, 352

  Moos, Leutnant-der-Reserve Ernst 133–34

  More-Molyneux, Major Frank 262

  Moritz and Arend intercept stations 83, 101, 217, 254, 370

  Morland, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas xvii, 72, 112, 135; on 1 July 177–78, 180–83, 197–201, 204–206; assessed 365–66, 373–74, 378

  Mortimer, Private John 261

  Moss, Corporal Charles 159

  Mouquet Farm and Redoubt 180, 212, 234

  Mouquet Switch Trench 180, 200

  Mowatt, Sergeant Jerry 224

  Munich 277

  Munich Trench 143, 157, 165, 169

  Munz, Unteroffizier Albrecht 103

  Munz, Unteroffizier Wilhelm 89, 94–95, 98, 101

  Murphy, Corporal Peter 349

  Murray, Corporal Don 239, 245

  Murray,
General Sir Archibald 11

  N

  Nab Valley 212, 215, 235, 238, 240, 243, 368

  Nab Valley–Thiepval road 240

  Nameless Farm 322, 335

  Nanson, Major Musard 124, 260, 276

  Napoleon (I) Bonaparte 1–2, 33, 39, 146

  Naylor, Captain Arthur 349

  Netherlands 4

  Neuve Chapelle, Battle of 7, 17–18, 33, 41

  Neuville-St Vaast Kriegsgräberstatte 334

  Nevill, Captain Wilfred ‘Billie’ 68, 232, 308

  New Army 7, 10

  New Zealand 391

  Newfoundland, Newfoundlanders vii 164, 174, 359

  Newfoundland Memorial Park 42–43, 141, 150, 160, 164, 174, 367

  Newman, Private Sydney 337

  Nicholas II, Tsar 4–5

  Niedenthal, Oberstabsarzt 95–96

  Niemeyer, Gefreiter August 334

  Nieuport 15

  Nordwerk 180, 183, 187, 212, 234, 238, 240

  Norfolk Cemetery 261

  Norman, Lieutenant-Colonel William 273, 378

  North Sea 6, 22

  Norton, Private Norman 301, 306, 311, 317

  Nourrisson, General Antoine 317

  Nugent, Private George 228

  Nugent, Major-General Sir Oliver 188, 196–200

  O

  Omdurman 16 see also Sudan

  Opielka, Musketier August 105–106

  Orchard trench 273

  Orkney Islands 22

  Osborn, Sergeant George 43, 56, 151

  Öschle, Musketier Gustav 106

  Ostende 15

  Oughton, Private Tommy 159

  Ounsworth, Bombardier Leonard 50

  Ovillers vii, xvii, 20, 29, 42, 75, 78–79, 88, 94–95, 99, 105–106; in bombardment 119, 127, 129, 134, 138; on 1 July 144, 167, 186, 203, 211–12, 214–16, 218, 229–30, 233–37, 241, 243–45, 284, 289, 303; assessed 361, 363, 365, 367, 370–71, 373, 376, 378

  Ovillers Military Cemetery 212, 228, 236

  Ovillers Spur 20, 212, 215, 234–35, 240

  P

  Packe, Major Edward 152

  Page, Second-Lieutenant William 155

  Palmer, Private George 355

  Palmer-Cook, Sapper Francis 280

  Pals battalions (various) 7, 10, 71, 157–58, 183, 185, 262, 271, 274, 290, 294–95, 300

  Pannewitz, General-der-Infanterie Günther von 381–83

  Paris 1, 6, 14, 22, 37, 63, 361

  Parker, Gunner Victor 45

  Patrol Wood 335

  Paxton, Captain George 165

  Peake Wood 221–22, 371

  Peeck, Grenadier Walter 115

  Pforzheim 276

  Pigeon Woods 322

  Pellé, Major-General Maurice 11

  Pendant Copse 157

  Perceval, Major-General Sir Edward 196–99

  Péronne 25–26, 32, 363, 382, 384

  Péronne Road Cemetery 301

  Perry, Private Fred 237

 

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