by Richard Mead
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Scots Guards
2nd Battalion
Warwickshire Yeomanry
Welsh Guards
3rd Battalion
Other formation or unit
1 Armoured Group
2 AGRA
2 Armoured Group
2 Commando
3 Armoured Group
9 Commando
16 AGRE
22 AGRE
40 (Royal Marine) Commando
41 (Royal Marine) Commando
43 (Royal Marine) Commando
Dismounted Battalion/Company
Hermonforce
Mobile Force, Egypt
Army, Canadian
Army
First
Corps
I
Division
1
2
5 Armoured
Brigade
1 Armoured
11
Army, French
Army
First
Third
Corps
XIX
French Expeditionary (FEC)
Division
2 Division Légère Mécanique
3 Division Cuirassée de Réserve
4 Division Cuirassée de Réserve
4 Division Marocaine de Montagne
Brigade/Regiment
1 Free French
125th Infantry
Army, German
Army Group
C
Army
German-Italian Panzer
Panzerarmee Afrika
Corps
Afrika
XIV Panzer
XXV Cossack Cavalry
Division
1 Parachute
15 Panzer
16 Panzer
21 Panzer
29 Panzer Grenadier
90 Light
90 Panzer Grenadier
Regiment
2nd Prussian Dragoons
Army Greek
Brigade
Mountain
Army, Indian
Division
4
8
10
31 Armoured
Brigade
Nowshera
Peshawar
3 Motor
43 Gurkha
161
252 Armoured
Regiment
1st Cavalry (Skinner’s Horse)
2nd/10th Gurkha Rifles
Nabha Akhal Battalion
Army, Italian
Army
First
Division
Ariete Armoured
Corpo Italiano di Liberazione
Grupo di Combattimento
Cremona
Folgore
Friuli
Army, New Zealand
Corps
New Zealand
Division
2
Brigade
6
9
Battalion
28th Maori
Army, Norwegian
Army, Polish
Corps
II
Division
3 Carpathian
5 Kresowa
Brigade
3 Carpathian
4 Wolynska
Battle Group
Rudforce
Army, South African
Division
1
6 Armoured
Army, Soviet Union
Army, United States
Army Group
12th
15th
Army
First
Fifth
Seventh
Air Force
Fifteenth
Corps
II
IV
VI
Air Force Command
XXII Air Support
Division
1 Armored
3
9
10 Mountain
34
36
45
82 Airborne
88
91
Regiment/Battalion
Rangers
755 Tank Battalion
Army, Yugoslav
Army
Fourth
Arno Valley
Arras
Arrezo
Ashbourne, Vice Admiral Lord
Assisi
Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir Claude
Aumale
Aurunci Mountains
Ausonia
Austria
Avellino
Avalanche, Operation
Bad Oeynhausen
Ballyturin House
Bagot, J.C.
Bank of California
Bardsley, Bishop Cuthbert
Barker, General Sir Evelyn
Barnett, Corelli
Barron, Edward
Bastia
Bastyan, Lieutenant General Sir Edric
Battipaglia
Beaverbrook, Lord
Bellenger, F. J.
Benghazi
Berlin
Bernhardt Line
Berniquet, Major General André
Béthouart, General Antoine
Bevin, Ernest
Bewley Court
Bibbiena
Billotte, Lieutenant General Pierre
Bilton Park
Birdwood, Field Marshal Lord
Bizerta
Blacker, General Sir Cecil
Blackmore Vale Hunt
Blake, Captain and Mrs C.M.
Blakiston-Houston, Major General J.B.
Bland, Lieutenant Colonel J.E.M.
Bleiburg
Boccaleone
Bohusz-Szyszko, Lieutenant General
Boldini, Arrigo
Bologna
Bovington, RAC Centre & Museum
Brann, Major General Donald W.
Bradley, General of the Army Omar N.
Bremen, TS
Bridgeman, Major General Viscount
Briggs, Major General R.
Brinton, Lieutenant Colonel O.W.
British Horse Society
British Legion
Brooke, Alan (see Alanbrooke)
Brooks, Cyrus
Brown, Major A.S.C.
Brown, Major G.G.
Brownjohn, General Sir Nevil
Bryant, Corporal
Buchy
Buckland, Operation
Buckle, Major General D.H.V.
Buckmaster, Walter
Bucknall, Lieutenant General G.C.
Budrio
‘Bulow’ (see Boldini, Arrigo)
Bumper, Exercise
Burns, Lieutenant General E.L.M.
Burrows, Lieutenant General M.B.
Byng, Field Marshal Viscount
Cadogan, Sir Alexander
Cambrai, Battle of
Campbell, Major General J.C.
Campriano
Cancello
Cannon, General John K.
Capua
Carinola
Carinthia
Carr, Lieutenant General L.
Cartwright, Major V.
Casablanca Conference
Caserta
Casey, Richard, Lord
Cassino
Castel di Sangro
Castelforte
Castellammare
Castello di Urio
Castel Volturno
Catroux, General Georges
Cava
Cavalry Benefits Association
Cavalry School
Cavan, Field Marshal The Earl of
CDRCU
Cedric, SS
Celle
Champollion (French liner)
Charrington, Brigadier H.V.S.
Chidlaw, General Benjamin W.
Chiunzi Pass
Christison, General Sir Philip
Churchill, Sir Winston
Citta di Castello
Clark,
General Mark W.
career
character
Dick’s relationship with
in Operation Avalanche
refuses Dick’s proposals for Volturno crossing
disappointment with X Corps performance
and Monte Camino
and Garigliano crossing
appointed Commanding General 15th Army Group
opinion of Eighth Army
and final battle
and German surrender
and Yugoslavs
as US High Commissioner in Austria
Clowes, Captain A.S.207
Colle Cedro
College House
Collier, Major General A.L.
Comacchio, Lake
Combe, Major General J.F.B
Combe, Mrs Helen (see Gosling, Helen)
Compton Castle
Conca
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur
Connell, John
Consandolo
Conselice
Constantine
Control Commission for Germany
Cooke, Brigadier R.B.B.B.
Corbett, Lieutenant General T.W.
Cornwallis, Captain F.
Cothill School
Crankshaw, Colonel J.A.
Craven, Josephine and Rupert
Creagh, Major General Sir Michael O’Moore
Crerar, General H.D.G.
Crittenberger, Lieutenant General Willis D.
Crocker, General Sir John
Crusader, Operation
Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount
Curragh, The
Curtis, Major General H.O.
‘Da’ (see Stay, Catherine)
Danieli Hotel
Darby, Brigadier General William O.
Davy, Brigadier G.M.O.
Dawley, Lieutenant General Ernest J.
De Gaulle, General (later President) Charles
De Guingand, Major General Sir Francis
De Havilland, Hugh
De Madre, Comte Jean
Dempsey, General Sir Miles
Deverell, Field Marshal Sir Cyril
Diadem, Operation
Dickson, Marshal of the RAF Sir William
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John
Divers, Brigadier J.
Dorman-Smith, Brigadier E.E.
Douglas of Kirtleside, Marshal of the RAF Lord
Dowler, Lieutenant General Sir Arthur
Dragonea
Drapsin, Lieutenant General Petar
Dreuil
Dublin
Dufosee, Harry
Dulles, Allen W.
Dunkirk
Eden, Anthony (Earl of Avon)
Edward VIII, HM The King (later Duke of Windsor)
Eisenhower, President (also General of the Army) Dwight D.
El Alamein
Elbeuf
Eldred, Corporal
Elizabeth, HM The Queen
Elizabeth, HM The Queen Mother
Enfidaville
Erskine, General Sir George
Este
Eton College
Evans, Major General R.
Evelegh, Major General V.
Faenza
Fane, Lieutenant Colonel C.
Fanshawe, Brigadier G.H.
Fere, Dr
Ferrara
Festing, Field Marshal Sir Francis
ffrench-Blake, Lieutenant Colonel R.L.V.
Field, Stephen J. and Sue
Figl, Chancellor Leopold
Finale
Fisher, Brigadier A.F.
Fisher, Lieutenant General Sir Bertie Drew
Fitzalan-Howard, Lady Rachel
Floyd, Brigadier Sir Henry
Foch, Marshal of France Ferdinand
Forli
Fossa Benvignante
Fossa Marina
Foster, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert
Foulkes, General C.
Franklyn, General Sir Harold
Freake, Sir Frederick
Fredendall, Lieutenant General Lloyd R.
Freyberg, Lieutenant General Lord
Friend, Major General A.L.I.
Gairdner, General Sir Charles
Gale, Lieutenant General Sir Humphrey
Galloway, Lieutenant General Sir Alexander
Gamelin, General Maurice
Garigliano, River
Gascoigne, Major General Sir Julian
Gatehouse, Major General A.H.
Gazala
Gemmell, Lieutenant Colonel A.S.
George VI, HM The King
Giffard, General Sir George
Gigg, Miss (‘Giggums’)
Gloucester, HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of
Gloucester, HRH Prince Henry, Duke of
Glover, Sir Harold
Gorizia
Gort, Field Marshal Viscount
Gosling, Major E.
Gosling, Major G.
Gosling, Helen, née St Maur, later Combe (Lettice’s sister)
Gosling, Lucia, née St Maur (Lettice’s sister)
Gothic Line
Gott, Lieutenant General W.H.E.
Graham, Major General D.A.H.
Grand Military Gold Cup
Grand Military Race Committee
Graz
Grazzanise
Green, Dr Celia
Greenhill House
Gregory, Mrs Margaret
Gregson-Ellis, Major General P.G.S.
Grigg, Sir James
Grosvenor, Colonel Gerald (later Duke of Westminster)
Gruenther, General Alfred M.
Guillaume, General Augustin-Léon
Gurney, Sir Henry
Gustav Line
Gwynn, Major General Sir Charles
Haig, Field Marshal Earl
Hamburg
Harding of Petherton, Field Marshal Lord
Hare, John (later Viscount Blakenham)
Harmon, Lieutenant General Hubert R.
Hartigan, Captain J.
Hawker, Victor
Hawkesworth, Lieutenant General Sir John
Hawtrey, Edward
Hawtrey, The Rev. John
Hazelgrove School
Heath & Co., A.M.
Heazell, Paddy
Helmieh
Hewetson, General Sir Reginald
Hewitt, Admiral H. Kent
Hilary, HMS
Hindenburg Line
Hitler, Adolf
Hobart, Major General Sir Percy
Hobson, Brigadier R.W.
Hoffmeister, Major General B.M.
Holworthy, Major General A.W.W.
Hore-Belisha, Lord
Horrocks, Lieutenant General Sir Brian
Hornby, Colonel J.W.
Horsburgh-Porter, Colonel Sir Andrew
Hounslow
Houston (see Blakiston-Houston)
Hull, Field Marshal Sir Richard
Hunn, Major F.
Hunt, Sir David
Huppy
Hurlingham Polo Association
Hurndall, Brigadier F.B.
Hutton, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas
Hynd, J.B.
Idice, River
Imola
IRA
Isernia
Ismay, General Lord
Istria
Jackson, General Sir Henry
Jakeman, Emma
Johnson, Bryony
Jones, Major Walter
Juin, Marshal of France Alphonse
Kaiser-i-Hind, SS
Kasserine
Keightley, General Sir Charles
Kenchington, Brigadier A.G.
Kesselring, Field Marshal Albert
Kidston-Montgomerie, Colonel G.J.
King’s School, Bruton
Kirkman, General Sir Sydney
Klagenfurt
Konev, Marshal Ivan
Kostedt
Lackham House
Lamone, River
Lampson, The Hon. G.C. (late
r Lord Killearn)
Langtry, Lily
Lawson, Lord (J.J.)
Laycock, Major General Sir Robert
Leese, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver
Le Kef
Lemnitzer, General Lyman L.
Liardet, Major General H.M.
Liddell Hart, Sir Basil
Lightfoot, Operation
Lindsell, Lieutenant General Sir Wilfred
Linney Head
Liri, River and Valley
Little, Brigadier A.G.
Loewen, General Sir Charles
Longbridge Deverill
Longastrino
Longford Castle
Lucas, Major General John
Ludendorff, General Erich
Lugo
Lumsden, Lieutenant General H.
joins 12th Lancers
in Grand Military Gold Cup
with Dick at Staff College
succeeds Dick as CO of 12th Lancers
wins DSO in France
in Operation Bumper
commandsArmoured Division
recommended by Dick for corps command
at El Alamein
sacked by Montgomery
relieved by Dick at VIII Corps
Lyde, Colonel W.
Lyne, Major General L.O.
McAdam, Frances, née Monck (Dick’s grandmother)
McAdam, James John Loudon (Dick’s grandfather)
McAdam, James Nicholl (Dick’s great, great-grandfather)
McAdam, John Loudon (Dick’s great, great, great-grandfather)
MacArthur, General of the Army Douglas
McBean, Lieutenant Colonel A.A.
McCreery, Andrew (Dick’s grandfather)
McCreery, Charles (Dick’s son)
McCreery, Emilia (‘Minnie’), née McAdam (Dick’s mother)
McCreery, Honoria (‘Stevie’), née Nugent (Dick’s daughter-in-law)
McCreery, Isabelle (‘Belle’), née Swearingen (Dick’s grandmother)
McCreery, Jack (Dick’s brother)
McCreery, James (Dick’s great-uncle)
McCreery, Jeanette, née Wright (Dick’s daughter-in-law)
McCreery, Jonathan (‘Jon’) (Dick’s son)
McCreery, Josephine, née Grant (Dick’s sister-in-law)
McCreery, Laura Selby (Dick’s granddaughter)
McCreery, Lawrence (Dick’s uncle)
McCreery, Lettice, Lady
personal
family background
character
marriage
meets Dick
marriage
differences with Minnie
as Army wife
births of children
in Egypt