Filton, Bristol 315
Finney, Tom 291
Finsbury Park, London 44
First World War 9–10, 77, 95, 123, 139, 166, 174, 296, 322, 331
The Fishing Gazette 301–2, 302
Fitzwilliam family 412
Flax Board 23
Fleming, Ian 79
Fleming, Marion 359
Fleming, Peter 79–81, 82, 84–5, 87–8
Brazilian Adventure 79
News from Tartary 79
Fletcher, Ray 34
flying bombs see doodlebugs
Folkestone 379, 384
food and drink
availability 2, 121
beer 148–9
birds 270–1
Dig For Victory campaign 132–7
eccentric suggestions 142–4
fish 303
food production 390–3
game 145
hedgerows and herb collection 136–7
honey 147–8
and Lord Woolton 128–32
preserves 146–7
for prisoners 120–1
production 59, 92, 94–9, 137–42, 305, 329
rabbits 144–5
rationing 123–8
sugar 146
vegetables 135–6, 149–52
venison 309–10
Football League 279
Forces’ Comfort Fund 285
Ford Emergency Food Vans Trust 391
Ford, Henry Snr 93
Ford Motor Company 398
Ford, Sydney 393, 394–5
Forest of Dean 65
Forestry Commission 46, 171, 173
Forestry Training College, Forest of Dean 176
Fort William 346
Fortitude North 364
Fortitude South 364–7
Four Elms, Kent 30
Foxholes, nr Driffield (Yorkshire) 101
Frant, Sussex 383
Fraserburgh 364
Frecknall, Doris 136
French Resistance 369
FUSAG (First United States Army Group) 364–5, 369–70
Fyffe, Will 114
Gallipoli 10
gamekeepers 7, 95, 145, 299–301, 306, 307–8, 395
Gangulee, N. 390–2
The Battle of the Land 133–4
‘Garbo’ see García, Juan Pujol (Agent Garbo)
García, Aracelli 368
García, Juan Pujol (Agent Garbo) 319, 367–70, 375–7, 387–8
Garson, Greer 114
The Garth, Bilting (Kent) 80
Gatwick race course 290
Gayhurst Manor, Buckinghamshire 207, 208
General Strike (1926) 123
George V 333
George VI
appearances on balcony of Buckingham Palace 404
attends Centenary Royal Show 11
fears for his mother 219
furnished with own bodyguard 71–2
given ration book 124
has a successful horse-racing season 288
interest in his farm workers 391
persuaded to join invasion force 371–2
royal retreats 73
shows remarkable resilience 223
visits round the country 48, 114, 223, 366, 381
German Air Force 293
German Army 376
German High Command 205, 376, 377
German Pigeon Federation 274
Geronimo (film) 114
Gestapo 75
ghosts 409–10
Gibbs, Revd Francis 75
Gibson, Wing Commander Guy 242–3
Gindl, Gertie 319
Gindl, John 318
Girl Guides 136
Glaschoille, Loch Nevis 347
Glasgow 32, 34, 109, 346, 368
Gleichen, Lady Helena 67
Glencripesdale, Morvern Peninsula 194, 354–5
Gloucester, Duke of 292
Godalming, Surrey 384
Goddard, Reginald 316
Goebbels, Josef 124, 293
Goering, Hermann 105, 108
Gold Cup 289–90
Golden Miller (race-horse) 289
Goldhangar, Essex 283
Goldsmith, Oliver, The Deserted Village 329
Golf Open Championship 284–5
Gores, Landis 203
Gotham cricket club, Midlands 283
Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) see Bletchley Park
Grace, W. G. 280
Grand National 289
Grand Union Canal 92
Grassholm Island, Pembrokeshire 273
Gray, Thomas, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 9, 46
Great War see First World War
Green, Arthur Frank Umfreville 63, 64
Greenwich, London 80
Grenfell, Joyce 13, 194
Grimsby 125
Grittleton, Wiltshire 173
Gruinard Island 357–9
Guardian 50
Gubbins, Colonel Colin 81, 86
guerrilla warfare 79, 81–7, 88–9
Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire 215–16
Gunnerside (sabotage group) 355
Gypsy Farm, nr Langley (Hertfordshire) 262
Hacon, Ian 66
Haines, Charles 376
Hall, Glenvil 290, 291
Hamilton, Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of 51
Hamilton, Lord Claud 225
Hamilton, Nina Poore, Duchess of 51
Hampden Park, Glasgow 291
Hampstead Heath, London 404
Hanbury Fields Farm, Tutbury (Staffordshire) 186
Handley, Tommy 321
Hankley Common, Godalming (Surrey) 254–5
Hannaford, John 339, 342–3
Hannaford, Reg 339–40, 342–3
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire 229
Harpur Hill, nr Buxton 184, 185
Harris, Christine 38, 39
Harris, Mrs 389
Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ 242, 258
Harris, Tomás 368, 369
Hartington, William Cavendish ‘Billy’, Marquess 229
Hartlepool 303
Harwich, Essex 368
Hastings, Max 240–1
Hastings Pier 302
Hastings, Sussex 59
Hatt, Jack 16, 94
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire 301–2
Hayling Island, Hampshire 80
The Hedgerow Harvest 136
Hedington Camp, Gloucestershire 222
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 92
Henry Duke & Son, auctioneers 337
Henry, Leroy 257
Hess, Myra 194
Hethersett, Norfolk 263
Hever, Kent 128
Heyward, Anne 261
Highworth village post office (Berkshire) 81
Himmler, Heinrich 274
Hinsley, Sir Harry 205
Hiroshima 205
Histon, Cambridgeshire 401
Hitler, Adolf
advance of his armies 68, 118, 189
allied offensive against 249
attempts to starve Britain 123, 413
awards ‘Garbo’ the Iron Cross 377
comments on 152, 165, 280
Directives 53–4, 104–5
hopes for his defeat 146
invasion plan 61
launches attack on London 108–9, 382
orders bombing reprisals 109
panic stories concerning 50, 111
refuses to visit ruined cities 223
sets in motion the Eagle Attack 105
shelves Operation Sealion 89, 108–9
use of V-weapons 202, 379, 387–8
HMS Belfast 371–2
HMS Cricket 373, 374
HMS Glendower 326
HMS Hawkins 340
HMS Lochailort 354
HMS Royal Oak 360
HMS Tern 362
HMS Varbel 355–6
HMS Wolverstone 366
Hoare, Lady Alda 212
Hoare, Sir Henry 212–13
Holland & Holland
304
Home Fleet 356
Home Guard 61–7, 68–70, 88, 107, 108, 221, 274, 283, 326
see also Local Defence Volunteers (LDVs)
Home Office 51, 60
Hoo marshes, Kent 282
Hope-Jones, W. 321
horses
farm horses 4, 11, 171
race-horses 287–90
Horsham, Sussex 330
Horsley, Terence 303
House of Commons 24, 60, 256, 278, 287
Household, Geoffrey, Rogue Male 87–8
Hudson, Robert 26, 174, 400
Hughes, D. M. 30
Hughes, Gwendolyn 101
Hungerford, Berkshire 173, 317
Hunt, Richard 107
Huxley, Gervas 154
Huxley, Julian 273, 314
Hythe, Kent 384
Imber Village, Salisbury Plain 334–5
In Your Garden (radio programme) 149–50
International Brigades 62
invasion
evacuation of cities and towns 54–7
fears of 53–4, 58–60
and German propaganda 73–4
Government posters put up 68
Government suggestions 69–70
Home Guard instigated 60–7, 68–70
parish committees set up 59
removal/covering up of place names 71
road blocks 57
shore defences 70–1
spy mania 57–60, 74–5
women’s defence corps set up 67–8
Inver, Tarbat Peninsula 359
Inverailort Castle, Lochailort 346–7, 348–9
Inverie, Loch Nevis 347
Ipswich, Suffolk 366
Island Farm camp, Bridgend 180
Isle of Bute 356
Isles of Scilly 275
Islip Herb Centre 137
Italians 361–2, 392
It’s That Man Again (ITMA) 321–2
James II 284
Jersey, George Child Villiers, 9th Earl 62
Jews 74, 274, 370
Jockey Club 287
Johnson, Celia 79
Johnson, Irene 159–60
Jonasson, Roy 262–3
Jones, Audrey 38–9
Jones, Bernard 38
Jones, Edna 38
Jones, James 38
Jones, Flight Sergeant Mervyn 289
Jones, Reg Chambers 322
Joyce, William (Lord Haw-Haw) 100
Kanalkampf (the Battle of the Channel) 104
‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ 68
Kemsley, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount 60
Kenley airfield 105
Kennedy, Joseph 229
Kennedy, Kathleen ‘Kick’ 229
Kennylands, nr Reading 47–8
Kent Messenger 111
Kenyatta, Jomo 162
Kew Gardens 150
Kidderminster 41, 72
King, Jack (aka John Bingham) 75
Kintyre 34
Kipling, Rudyard 123
The Way Through the Woods 1
Kippen, Doreen 113–16
Kirk Sound 360
The Kitchen Front (radio programme) 129
Knappett, Rachel 153, 158
A Pullet on the Midden 158
Knockholt Women’s Institute 136
Knole House, Sevenoaks 214
Knowles, J. K. 392
Knox, Dillwyn ‘Dilly’ 205
Koringa (female fakir) 318
Kup, Edith 245
Kursaal Zoo, Southend 312
Kyles Hydro Hotel, Isle of Bute 356
Labour Party 395, 407
The Lady magazine 405–6
Lake District 113
Lake Windermere 303
Lamb Holm island 360
Lampern House, Uley (Gloucestershire) 40
Lancashire Cricket Club 282
Land Girls
anecdotes 158–9, 160
at harvest time 163–5
cheerful outlook 161
congratulated by the Queen 163, 164
departure of 402
employed at Windsor Castle 391
food eaten 159–60
founder of 129, 402
Government’s refusal to give any financial reward to 402
hatred of sugar beet 168
hours worked 160–1
joining 154–5
killing, plucking and drawing birds 159
life of 156–8
living conditions 161
numbers involved 153–4
romance 162, 168–9
stoicism of 158
support for 392, 402–3
vermin team 162–3
welcomed by GIs 263
see also women
Landing Craft Assault (LCA) (aka ‘Wetbob’) 366
Landing Craft Tanks (LCTs) (aka ‘Bigbobs’) 366
Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) 340, 341
Landywood, Staffordshire 34
Langsett Reservoir, Yorkshire 307
Lapwings Act (1928) 271
Lascelles, Tommy 371–2, 375, 381, 382
Law, Rosemary Bowman 350–1
LCA see Landing Craft Assault
LCTs see Landing Craft Tanks
LDVs see Local Defence Volunteers
League South Cup Final 291
Leakey, John 45–7
Leakey, Muff 45
Leconfield, Charles, 3rd Earl 296–7
Leeds 159
Lees-Milne, James 211–17
Lefebure, Molly 375, 385, 406
Lehmann, John 389
Leipzig 105
‘Lend a hand on the land’ 68
Lend-Lease agreements 93, 163, 409
Leon, Herbert 203
Leslie-Manville family 86
Letterston, Pembrokeshire 159
Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire 404–5
Life magazine 265–6
Limerick, Angela Trotter, Countess 194
Limerick, Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl 194–5
Lincoln Girls’ High School 244
Lingfield, Surrey 381
Linkenholt, Hampshire 95
Lisbon 218, 367
Liverpool 32, 34, 38, 47, 109, 113, 189, 252
Liverpool FC 291
Llanberis, Snowdonia 185
Llandwrog, Caernarvon 313
Llangollen 285
Lloyd George, David 143–4
Lloyd, Merriam 19
Lloyd, Terry 19
Lloyd-Baker sisters 40
Local Defence Volunteers (LDVs) 60, 61, 119, 221, 305
see also Home Guard
Local Food Offices 132
Loch Arkaig 352
Loch Cairnbawn 356
Loch Linnhe 345–6
Loch Striven 356
Loch Sunart 194
Lochaber 345, 351
Lochailort 346–7
Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire 34
Lock, Bert 282
Lockley, Ronald 273
Lockwood, Margaret 114
London 32, 47, 49, 55, 92, 105, 107, 108, 252, 379–82, 384–6, 404
London Zoo 312, 313–14
London Zoological Society 313
Longford Castle, Wiltshire 213–14
Longhorsley, Northumberland 83
Longleat House, Wiltshire 48, 212
Lord’s Cricket ground 280, 281–2
lost villages
Imber village 334–5
Stanford 331
Tottington 331, 332
Tyneham village 335–8
West Tofts 331, 332, 333
Lothian, Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess 216
Louth Rural District Council, Lincolnshire 96
Lowther family 306
Lübeck 109
Lucas, Peter 66
Ludham, Norfolk 223
Luftwaffe 30, 42, 76, 77, 89, 104–5, 109, 111, 112–13, 118–19, 189, 209, 222, 239, 244, 259, 283–4, 307, 313
Lune Fishery Board 303
Lygon Arms, Broadway (Cotswolds) 132
; Lygon, Coote 72
Lygon, Hugh 72
Lygon, Lettice 72
Lygon, Maimie 72
Lygon, Sibell 72
Lyme Park, nr Stockport 211–12
Lympne, Kent 274
Lynn, Vera 41, 110
Lyons, Alex 365
McBryde, Gwen 140, 298–9
McCamley, Neil 188
McCullough, Derek ‘Uncle Mac’ 99–100
Macintyre, Ben 74
Mackenzie King, William Lyon 224
McLennan, Simon 350–1
Macquis 86
Madresfield Court, Worcestershire 72, 73
Madrid 367, 376
Magee, Pilot Officer John Gillespie 235
Maillart, Ella 79
Mallaig 346, 347, 350, 351
Malmesbury, Wiltshire 224
Malvern College, Worcestershire 48
Manchester 32, 109, 189, 408
Manchester Airport 134
Manchester Grammar School 128
Manchester High School 26
Manod Quarry, Snowdonia 190–3, 322
Maple, Grace 240
Margaret, Princess 224
Margate, Kent 34, 55–6
Markington, Yorkshire 176
Marlborough House, London 219
Marlborough, John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke 48
Marten, Henry 224
Martin, John 371
Mary, Duchess of Beaufort 219
Mary, Queen 173–4, 219–25, 316
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 279
Mass Observation 256
The Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA) 295
Masterman, J. C. 367, 368, 388
Matthews, Stanley 291
Mau Mau 162
Mauduit de Kervern, Georges, le Vicomte de 142–4
Private View 142
They Can’t Ration These 142
Maxwell, Captain Eustace 86, 87
Maxwell, Gavin 86, 349–50
Ring of Bright Water 349–50
Medoc II (race-horse) 290
Mee, Frank 101, 241–2
Melville, Flight Lieutenant Richard 274–5
Melville House, Monimail (East Fife) 86–7
Merritt, Betty 162
Merseyside 34
Merton Hall, Norfolk 333
Meteorological Office 374–5
Metropolitan Police piggery, Hyde Park 139
MI5 75, 274, 277, 319, 368
MI6 204, 369
Microbiological Research Centre, Porton Down 357
Middleton, Cecil Henry 149–52
Midhope Moor, Yorkshire 307, 396
Midwinter, Eric 281
Mildenhall hoard 393–5
military training 321, 323–7
in East Anglia 330–4
on farm-land 329–30
local reactions to 331–4
requisitioning land for 329–43
Sutton Hoo 334
Millais, Raoul 297
Miller, C. H. 336
Miller, Glen 265
Mills, Bernard 318–19
Mills, Bertram 318
Mills, Cyril 318, 318–19
Mills, John 264
Milton, John, Paradise Lost 379
Ministry of Agriculture 17, 20, 22, 23, 70, 135, 140, 287, 296, 305, 308–9, 395, 398, 410
Ministry of Defence 185
Ministry of Food 112, 130, 132–5, 138
Ministry of Health 397
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