by Mark Zuehlke
Biezelinge, 400
Biezen, 264–66
Bingham, Pte. Robert E., 131–32
Black, Lt., 458
Black, Lt. George, 217–18
Blackburn, Capt. George, 36–37, 63, 66, 147–48, 167, 178, 460
Blake, Tpr. Robert, 127
Blaker, Capt. Peter, 355
Blue, Pte. L., 230
Boekhoute, 261
Boerenhol, 340
Bomber Command, 82, 89–91, 124, 133–36, 162, 445
Bonnallie, Lt. D.A., 322
Booker, Sgt. Gordon, 68
Boos, Lt. Jack, 342–43
Bordeleau, Gdsm. Joseph, 381
Boulogne, 51, 53, 59, 61–62, 74, 77, 79, 87, 235, 459
Boulton, Sgt. Douglas A., 356
Bourgébus Ridge, 109–10
Bowling, Pte., 345
Bowron, Pte. John, 197–98
Braakman Inlet, 57, 76, 100, 205, 208, 234, 241–42, 246, 260, 270–71, 277, 280, 462
Brabant Wall, 176–77, 180, 192, 195, 200, 351, 461
Bradburn, Lt. Col. Robert, 14–15, 22, 25, 271, 360, 410
Bradley, Gen. Omar N., 38, 254–55
Brady, L. Cpl. E.F., 24
Brasschaat, 139, 154, 196
Brecht, 125, 130, 133, 139–43, 151, 186, 196, 289–90, 465
Breda, 54, 171, 179, 289, 364, 414
Brennan, Lt. Col. M.L., 51–52
Brereton, Lt. Gen. Lewis H., 89
Breskens, 12–13, 16, 20–21, 41–42, 47, 56–57, 73, 77, 82, 101, 205, 260–61, 277, 429, 444–46, 448
capture of, 327–38
Brochu, Maj. Armand, 105
Brook, Lt. Ed, 355–56
Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan, 253–55
Brown, Lt. D.R., 320
Brown, Lt. J.A., 412
Brown, Lt. James Kallethe, 388
Brown, Lt. W.L., 292–94
Brown, Pte. William C., 377–78
Brownridge, Capt. Bob, 228
Bruges, 57, 60–61, 71, 262, 446
Bruges–Ghent Canal, 57, 59–60, 362
Bruges–Sluis Canal, 205, 328, 348
Brussels, 44, 64, 254
Buch, Capt. Nick, 303–04
Buffalo, described, 235–37
Bull, Rfn. Leslie Frank, 340
Bulmer, Pte. J.R., 323
Burch, Cpl. Lee, 243
Burgess, Maj. J.W., 147
Burns, CSM E., 409
Burns, Gdsm. R.R., 420
Burns, Lt. Gen. E.L.M. “Tommy,” 166, 169–70
Butler, Lt. K.E., 21
Butters, Capt. Thomas William
Lowell, 224
Byron, Sgt. T., 267
Cabeldu, Brig. Fred, 65, 70, 144, 148, 176, 201, 292, 299, 302–03, 310, 321, 323–24, 403
Cadzand, 77, 234, 327–28, 334, 338, 344–47
Caen, 32, 65, 135
Cairns, Lt. Arthur, 320
Calais, 53–54, 59, 61–62, 74, 79–80, 87, 204, 210, 235, 263, 459
Caldwell, Maj. Hank, 392
Callander, Cpl. Wes, 455
Campbell, CSM, 358
Campbell, Maj. Dave, 264
Campbell, Cpl. “Frosty,” 332
Campbell, Capt. J.W., 279
Canal de Dérivation de la Lys, 12, 15, 23, 27, 60–61, 76, 80, 204, 231
Canavan, Lt. E.J., 381, 384
Cannon, Sgt. Andy, 272
Cantinieaux, Jacques, 441
Cap Gris Nez, 80, 235
Carrière, Pte. J.C., 440
Carson, Gen. James, 67
Carvell, Maj. J.T., 225
Casey, Lt. Leaman, 409–10
Cassidy, Maj. George L., 13–17, 19–20, 22–25, 27, 208, 362, 365–67, 455–56
Caters Polder, 302
Cavanagh, Maj. Art, 376
Centrum, 407, 409
Chambers, Capt. S.L., 268
Chapman, Maj. Douglas, 129, 304
Cherbourg, 254
Chill, Gen. Lt. Kurt, 172
Chisamore, Rfn. Murray Hector Robert “Bob,” 340–42
Chisholm, Rfn. Denis, 232
Chisholm, Pte. Edward Dalton, 360
Chisholm, Martin, 448
Choquette, Rfn. Elmond Joseph, 342
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 166, 330
Clarke, Maj. Francis H. “Nobby,” 431–35, 437
Clarke, Lt. Ken, 360
Clements, Lt., 129
Collins, Lt., 363
Colman, Pte. P., 267
Colson, Eugene, 46–48, 64–65
Combined Chiefs of Staff, 61
Corbett, Maj. O., 211
Cosens, Pte. William John, 359
Cosgrove, Pte. W.P., 214–15
Coté, Pte. Albert Joseph, 26
Cox, L. Cpl., 346
Craddock, Sgt. W., 212–15
Creelman, Lt. Gordon Ross, 336
Crerar, Lt. Gen. Henry Duncan Graham
“Harry,” 37–42, 59–61, 71, 73–76, 80, 82, 87–91, 93, 115, 121–24, 134, 162, 459
Crocker, Lt. Dan, 389
Crocker, Lt. Gen. John, 40, 53, 179, 288–89
Crockett, Sgt. Ken, 95–98, 198, 378, 465
Crofton, Lt. Col. Desmond, 282–83
Cromb, Lt. Col. W.T. “Bill,” 356–58, 366, 415, 424
Crowe, Pte. Fred, 248
Currie, Maj. Dave, 388, 412
Dandy, Maj. J.L., 357– 58, 386
Danielson, Tpr. Melvin, 410
Daser, Gen. Lt. Wilhelm, 102, 260, 326–27, 405, 452–53
Davies, Capt., 24–25
Davies, Lt. R.W., 147
Dearden, Sgt. Ernie, 319
de Guingand, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis “Freddie,” 87–88, 164
de Merlis, Lt. Guy, 438–39
Dempsey, Gen. Miles, 38, 74
de Munck, Ad, 415
Des Grosseilliers, Lt. G.P.J., 321
de Stacpoole, Maj. Derek, 450
Destelbergen, 206
Desteldonk, 235
Devitt, Lt. J.W., 416
de Winde, Peter, 241
Dextraze, Maj. Jacques “Jimmy,” 373, 397
Dickens, a/c. L.W., 133, 135
Dickie, Capt. R.F., 16, 454
Dieppe, 34, 37–39, 41, 43, 52, 90, 106, 110, 148, 313, 464
Diestel, Gen. Lt. Erich, 103, 114–15
Dinteloord, 457
Dionne, Spr. Roger Charles, 143
Dirassar, Lt. L.G., 362
Dobell, Lt. Col. E.H., 304
Domburg, 443, 450–51
Donitz, Grosseadmiral Karl, 451
Douglas, Capt. Mel, 216–17, 226
Draper, Gdsm. A., 420
Drewery, Maj. Jack, 149–51, 318
Driewegen, 272, 276, 279–80
Drill, Maj. Herman, 26
Dubetz, Cpl. John, 303–06
Duff, Pte. Roy, 359
Dunkirk, 53, 59–62, 74–75, 88
Dunning, Capt. Bill, 146
Dunstan, Rfn. Bob, 286–87
Dutcher, Lt. Thomas Clair, 17
Easser, Capt. Percy, 411
East Scheldt, 87, 327, 352, 376
Eastwood, Capt. Doug, 279
Eberding, Gen. Maj. Knut, 101–02, 256–57, 260, 270, 281, 327, 338, 347, 350
Ecclestone, Lt., 379
Edwards, Gen. Frederick “Eddie,” 179–80
Edwards, Maj. G.A.M., 242, 277
Edwards, Sgt. Maj. Wally, 218–19
Edwards, Lt. W.E., 386
Eede, 77, 264, 266–69, 282–83, 327
Eeklo, 60, 80
Eindhoven, 131–33, 139, 142
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., 49–51, 53, 59, 61, 89, 120, 136, 162–64, 253–55, 289
Ekeren, 68, 173
Elbeuf, 36
Ellis, Maj. Ross, 180, 195, 199, 378, 431–32, 434–37
English, Maj. Earl, 222, 224, 267
Eno, Sgt. Gregory John, 183–84
Erebus, HMS, 445, 449
Essen, 187, 288, 298, 352, 362, 364, 366–68, 371, 379
Ewing, Capt. William, 308–09, 430<
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Exchange, Rfn. Ted, 293, 295–97
Falaise, 32, 35, 135, 257
Falkins, Lt. O.N., 224
Farmer, Maj. John, 356, 379
Fearn, Cpl. Chuck. 409
Fedun, Cpl. William, 98
Fergusson, Lt. J.R., 380
Fernand, Maj. Robert, 363
Findlay, Cpl. G.W., 213–14
Fisher, Lt. H.C., 248
Fitch, Lt., 279
Flushing. See Vlissingen
Forbes, Lt. Charles, 189, 438–40
Forbes, Lt. Col. Don, 239, 276, 336–37
Forbes, Capt. Jack, 410–11
Forêt de la Londe, 36, 106
Fort Frederik Hendrik, 12, 334, 335–37
Fort Hazegras, 347
Fortier, Pte. Paul Emile, 441
Foster, Maj. Gen. Harry, 12–13, 25, 27, 60, 100, 123, 352–53, 364–65, 380, 388, 414, 421
Foster, Sgt. H.E., 201
Foster, Tpr. James, 408
Foulkes, Maj. Gen. Charles, 37, 65, 69, 93, 95, 113, 122–23, 127, 196, 240, 291, 301, 330, 405–06, 437–40, 446
Fox, Capt. B.G., 273
Foxemaat, 361
Franks, Lt. Cmdr. Robert, 240, 242, 246, 394
Fraser, Capt., 182
Fraser, Capt. E., 211
French, Lt. William, 383
Freve, Cpl. Ernest, 23
Friyia, Cpl. Joe, 321, 323
Froggett, Maj. E. Louis, 312, 314, 316–17, 320–23
Fulton, Lt. Col. Lockhart Ross “Lochie,” 263–66, 339
Gabrielse, Willem, 155
Gagnon, Maj. J.J., 396–97, 399
Galatizine, Lt. T., 280
Gallagher, Lt. Jack, 266–67
Gamelin, Lt., 213
Gass, Maj. Leonard, 217
Gauvin, Maj. Michel, 344
Gauvreau, Brig. J.G. “Guy,” 108, 113, 125, 130, 186–87, 376, 396
Gawege, 394–95
Geel, 58
Gendron, Sgt. Lawrence Arthur, 324
Ghent, 3, 15, 44, 56–57, 60, 62, 71, 73, 102, 115, 123, 205–06, 235, 237, 350
Ghent–Terneuzen Canal, 71–73, 76, 80, 240
Gilday, Lt. Col. G.H., 263
Gillan, Maj. J.D.M., 268
Goepel, Lt. R.H., 458
Goes, 395, 401–02
Goodall, Pte. J., 230
Goodman, Pte. Charles “Chic,” 109–11, 113, 169–70, 293, 295–97
Göring, Hermann, 55
Gosselin, Lt. Col. A.N., 394
Graaf Jan, 264, 266
Grafton, Capt. W.F., 209
Gram, Pte. Harry, 318
Grandbois, Cpl. George, 375
Grant, Rfn. Hank, 339
Grave, 49, 79
Gravel, Lt. Johnny, 423
Gravel, Capt. Maurice, 396
Gravenpolder, 400–01
Graves, Capt. J., 243
Graves, Rfn. Raymond, 217
Gray, Lt. Bob, 233, 261–62
Greenleaf, Maj. C.A., 416–17
Gri, Sgt. Armando, 227, 230
Grieve, Capt. Jock, 279
Groede, 340–41
Groenendaallaan Bridge, 46–47, 144, 147
Groote Heide, 357–58
Groote Meer, 298
Grote Markt, 415
Grout, Lt. Bob, 179
Guyot, Lt. Marc Jean “Johnny,” 410
Hageland, 177
Hailey, Lt. Joseph David Trail, 399
Hakewill Smith, Maj. Gen. Edmund, 439–40
Halladay, Maj. Jack B., 177, 312–13
Halpenny, Lt. Col. W.W., 417
Hansen, Pte. T., 23
Hansweert, 397, 399
Hanway, Lt., 363
Harold, Sgt. Raymond A., 96–97, 198
Harris, Sir Arthur T., 136
Harrison, Capt. Del, 198
Harrison, Maj. W.E.C., 460
Hayman, Lt. James F., 376,
Hayward, Sgt. C.S., 213–14
Hayward, Rfn. John, 339–42
Hazelaar, 418
Heerle, 416–19
Hees, Brig. Maj. George, 432, 436–37
Hegelheimer, Capt. H. Lyn, 313–14, 317–18, 322
Heist, 348, 350
Henry, Pte. Joseph, 359
Herbert, Capt. A.R., 18, 455
Herbert, Brig. E.O., 289
Het Eiland, 291–92, 294, 298
Hewitt, Gdsm. Donald George, 380
Heyland, Capt. Dalt, 378
Hillsman, Lt. Col. J.B., 449
Hitler, Adolf, 13, 32, 54–56, 115, 260, 306, 326
Hobart, Maj. Gen. Percy, 328
Hobden, Lt. L., 221–22, 228–29
Hodges, Lt. Gen. Courtenay, 254
Hodgkinson, Bmdr. Ernie, 174–75
Hoedekenskerke, 82, 88, 390, 394
Holm, Pte. Frank, 433–35
Holt, Lt., 177
Honey, L. Sgt. Hedley Arthur, 456
Hoofdplaat, 205–06, 240–41, 247–49, 256, 260, 270, 272–74, 276, 278, 328
Hoogerheide, 172, 176–77, 203, 290–92, 294, 302–03, 310, 312, 321, 383
battle for, 180–200
Hoogerwaardpolder, 376
Hooke, Lt. J.C., 455–56
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. Sir Brian, 43–44, 48, 58, 74, 78
Hossack, Bmdr. Ken, 63, 66–67, 173–75, 179
Howarth, Sgt. Fred, 247, 249
Hubert, Sgt., 417
Hughes, Pte. L.V. “Shorty,”214
Huijbergen, 176, 291, 299, 352, 383, 388–89
Huijbergseweg, 290, 292, 298
Hulst, 72
Hulst Canal, 72
Humphrey, Sgt.451
Hunter, Lt. Geoffrey John, 21, 26
Hurwitz, Sgt. Samuel, 385
Ijzendijke, 285–87, 329, 337
In de Vijf Wegen, 346
Innes, Lt. Donald, 438, 441
Irvine, Sgt. W.M., 417
Janisse, Cornelia, 159
Janisse, Joost, 159
Jefferson, Brig. Jim, 100, 353, 360, 365, 408, 421–23
Jennett, L. Cpl. Lloyd Arthur, 363
Jewell, Capt. J.M. “Johnny,” 455
Jodl, Generaloberst Alfred, 414
Jodoin, Lt. J.P., 430–31
Johnson, Cpl. A.G., 354
Johnston, Maj. R.H.B., 452
Johnston, Maj. W.A., 18–19
Jones, Lt. Stewart, 393
Jorgenson, Sgt. Gerald, 153
Kalmthout, 186–87, 352, 356, 371
Kamperland, 405
Kamp van Brasschaat, 105, 131, 152–54, 171, 351, 353–54, 356, 359
Kapelle, 400–01, 403
Kapellen, 154, 174–75, 186, 376
Kapellenbosch, 356
Kaprijke, 246
Kazimir, Pte. Philip, 422–23
Kearns, Maj. Del, 131, 140, 194–95
Keefler, Brig. R.H. “Holly,” 122, 126, 131–32, 143, 185–87, 188, 196, 199, 203, 290–92, 384, 386, 391, 393, 395–96, 398, 400, 402–03, 406, 427, 437–38
Kehoe, Rfn. Drew, 286–87
Keilty, Sgt. Francis, 332
Keller, Lt. Alexander, 182
Kelly, Pte. Gerald Reginald, 26
Kelly, Cpl. J.P., 265, 360
Kidd, Rfn. Fred, 210
Kijkuit, 72
King, Maj. J.C., 274
King, Lt. Kerrigan Milne, 271
King, Prime Minister Mackenzie, 38–39
Kingsmill,HMS, 446, 448
Kingsmill, Lt. Col. Nicol, 235, 241
Kirker, Gdsm. L.R., 420
Kitching, Lt. R., 113
Klaehn, Lt. Col. P.C., 285
Knight, Lt. Donald Trumpour, 68
Knokke-aan-zee, 205, 347–50
Korteven, 172, 181, 189–92, 199, 291, 302, 308, 372, 376, 383
Kozar, Gdsm. Dan Alexander, 363
Krabbendijke, 393–94
Kreewin, Lt. Harold, 389
Kruiningen, 397
Kruisdijk, 339
Kruisschanssluis, 46, 70
Kruisstraat, 358, 360–61
Kunzelman, Pte. Wilbert
Jacob Ludwig, 322–23
Kurtz, Meester W.F.P., 160
Lacey, Lt. Iler, 130
Lafroy, Lt. Walter, 433
Laloge, Sgt. Emile John “Blackie,” 434, 436–37
Lalonde, Cec, 248
Lalonde, L. Cpl. Lionel, 381
Lamb, Capt. H.S., 429–31
Lambert, Capt. Herbert, 357–58, 388, 423–24
Lange, Oscar, 124
Lapscheure, 20
Larson, CSM Harold, 191
Lasher, Maj. Wynn, 184, 377, 434–36
Lashkivich, Pte. T., 323
Law, Lt. Cecil, 105–12, 114, 126, 299, 374–75, 396
Lee, Capt. Fraser, 292–93, 295–98
Le Havre, 35, 51–52, 59–60, 71, 79, 115
Leicester, Brig. B.W., 446, 448
Leigh-Mallory, a/m Trafford, 163
Lendrum, Lt. Col. R.M., 144, 146, 200–01, 391, 403–04
Leopold Canal, 12, 15, 20, 25, 27, 57, 60–61, 71, 76, 80, 83, 87, 178, 240, 246, 249, 256, 258, 260–61, 268, 271, 281–82, 284, 288, 327–28, 346, 348, 362, 459, 462
Algonquin assault, 17–27
CIB assault, 204–34
Leopold III, King, 64–65
Lepelstraat, 420
Levasseur, Gdsm. J.M., 364
Lewis, Lt., 191, 309
Lewis, Maj. G.C., 420
Lewis, Lt. Col. Thomas Cripps, 260, 284–85
Liboiron, Lt. Réal, 372
Liddell, Lt., 418–19
Lidonk, 383–84
Liège, 45
Lier, 48
Lilla, 103
Lijnkamp, Burgomeister, 413
Lindal, Lt. Harold, 393
Lingen, CSM K.C. “Casey,” 321
Little, Capt. Bill, 181
Livingstone, Lt., 181
Locht, 142–43, 152
Lochtenberg, 104–05, 108–09, 112, 114, 116, 125, 130–31, 139, 143, 152–54
Logie, Maj. Alexander Chisholm, 355–56
Logie, Maj. Gen. W.A., 356
Lowe, Maj. A.H., 210
Lowe, Spr. Frank Arnold, 143
Lucas, Capt. P.B., 133, 135
Maagd-van-Gent, 100
Maas River, 74, 78, 179, 254, 289–90, 325–26, 352, 364, 371, 383, 414, 453, 457
Maastricht, 54
MacDonald, Sgt., 346
MacDonald, Cpl. A.E., 282–83
MacDonald, Pte. I.P., 97
MacDonald, Pte. M.S., 248
MacDonald, Capt. W.D., 356
MacDonnel, Lt. Peter, 229–30, 266
MacKay, Capt. C.D., 68
MacKenzie, Maj. Bruce, 98, 131, 194, 197, 434–35
Mackenzie, Capt. W.F., 22
MacLauchlan, Lt. Col. Donald, 95, 132, 140–42, 191, 193, 195–99
Maclean, Padre Charlie, 408
Maclean, Capt. Hugh, 422–23
MacMillan, Gdsm. Evan Cameron, 363
Maczek, Gen. Stanislaw, 72–73
Major, Maj. Robert Fernand, 382
Malach, Maj., 380, 387
Maldegem, 204–05, 249, 261, 266, 282
Maloney, Gdsm. B.A., 420
Mann, Brig. Gen. Churchill, 38, 164
Mann, Sgt. Victor John, 425
Marcellus, Cpl., 248
Mariabaan, 380
Maria-ter-Heide Château, 359