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The Last Great Cavalryman

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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

 

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