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breaking of, 295–300
defences of, 235–40
May 19 probe of, 215–30, 2
2 CIB attacks, 273–294
Hockin, Lt. Neil, 330–31, 363–66
Hoffmeister, Maj. Gen. Bert, 16, 59–60, 67–68, 71–74, 85, 226, 233, 265, 312, 327–28, 360–61, 381, 383–84, 386–87, 390, 392–93, 402–3, 419–20
Holton, Lt. Col., 266
Homer-Dixon, Lt., 303
Horsey, Maj. Rowland, 217, 296–97
Howe, Capt. Cyril, 116–17
Hurley, Sgt. Ron, 9–14, 356, 359–60, 370–71
Illi, Feldwebel Fritz, 107
International Ridge, 9–11, 13–16, 75, 78
Inverarity, Sgt. T., 412
Irving, Lt. H.D., 174
Isoletta Reservoir, 374, 377, 391
Jackson, Gen. Sir William, 130
Jefferson, Lt. Col. Jim, 67
Jewell, Lt. Ron, 330, 401
Johns, Tpr. A.M., 340
Johnson, Cpl. Charles Monroe, 283–84
Johnson, Lt. D.C., 56
Johnson, Pte. Herbert, 286
Johnston, Lt. Col. Ian, 169, 191–94, 250–59, 309
Johnston, Pte. S., 174
Jones, Cpl. Cecil, 212
Jones, Cpl. Gwilym, 101–2, 121, 163, 166–67
Jones, Lt. Jim, 383
Juin, Marshal Alphonse-Pierre, 86, 405
Kanik, Tpr. Stan, 124–26, 137, 140, 145–46, 158–61
Keirstead, Maj. Howard, 380, 385–86
Kennedy, Capt. Jack, 54
Kennedy, Cpl. Gabe, 418
Kennedy, Lt. Col. A.A. (Bert), 60–61
Kennedy, Maj. Burt, 62, 297
Kenyon, Lt., 268
Kesselring, Generalfeldmarschall
Albert, 17–18, 22–23, 25–27, 57–59, 77–78, 103–6, 108, 134–38, 156–57, 164, 177–78, 240, 259–60, 312, 340, 371–73, 404
Ketcheson, Lt., 355
Keyes, Gen. Geoffrey, 86
Kidd, Pte. Edmund Andrew, 279
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 31, 43
Kingsmill, Capt. H.A. (Tony), xi, 115–20, 126–27, 428
Kingsmill Bridge. See Plymouth Bridge Kinloch, Maj. David, xi, 338–40, 375–76, 394–97, 399–401
Kirkman, Lt. Gen. Sir Sydney, 86, 149, 231
Kitching, Brig. Maj. Gen. George, 46, 48, 50–51, 55–57, 64, 67
Knowles, Lt. R.N., 187
Kreiger, Sgt. Angus, 363
Kurbis, Sgt. William, 331
Lachance, Capt. S.P., 170–71, 234
Lamberti, Federico, 427–28
Landell, Lt. Col. K.D., 336
Lange, Lt. B.P., 279–80
Langston, Lt. W.B., 279
Larsen, Cpl., 363
Lawrence, Lt. D.L., 175
Leask, Capt. F.P.O. “Paddy,” 80
Leese, Gen. Sir Oliver, 16, 24–25, 28, 44–46, 63, 66, 70, 87–88, 102, 133, 155–56, 164, 175–77, 180, 204–5, 227, 231, 234, 256–57, 268, 316, 405–6, 418–19
LePage, Sgt. J.P., 185
Leslie, Sgt. J., 162
Letarte, Lt. Alfred, 185–86
Lind, Lt. Col. J.S., 381, 389
Linnel, Capt. Bert, 116
Liri Appendix, 154–55
Liri River, 93, 97, 136, 154, 158, 164, 171–74, 179, 215, 228, 235–36, 241, 244–45, 256, 260, 311, 315, 328, 360, 377–78, 383–85, 388–92
Liri Valley, ix, 6, 18, 20–21, 24, 27, 72, 76–79, 82, 84–87, 93, 101, 106, 108, 135–36, 143, 149, 151, 156–67, 164, 166, 178, 180, 226, 228, 231, 244–47, 273, 377, 404, 418, 427–31
Lloyd, Lce. Sgt., 268
Logan-Vencta, Chaplain Jock, 207
Lucas, Gen. John P., 25
MacDonald, Maj. Archie, 279–80
MacDougall, Maj. Robert, 54
Mace, Capt. O.H., 413–14
Macey, Sgt. Clifford, 343–46, 409–10
Mackenzie, Maj. Don, 252, 254
MacKinnon, Lt. Angus, 346
MacKinnon, Lt. Jock, 361, 368
MacLachlan, Maj. Tony, 374
Maclean, Capt. A.H., 302
MacLean, Tpr. George, 117–20, 126–27
Macmillan, Harold, 405
Mahony, Maj. John, 347, 349–60, 362, 364, 430
Malkin, Capt. Bill, 395, 400
Malone, Maj. Richard, 36–37, 41–42
Mancini Farm, 328–29, 331–32, 338, 341–42, 357
Marchant, Sgt. Rolly, 124–25, 158–60
Massey, Vincent, 31
Mathers, Lt. Col. Bill, 69, 171–72, 174, 241, 248–49, 414
Matthews, Brig. Bill, 67
Matthews, Cpl. J.B., 410
Mayne, Lt. Jock, 175
McBride, Maj. L.M., 286–87
McCarter, Brig. G.A. “Nick,” 315–16, 392, 419
McCord, Lt. Keith D., 211
McCowan, Sgt. Norman, 292
McCrae, Tpr. R.K., 416
McCusker, Brig. Emmet, 92
McDonald, Pte. H.A., 413
McDougall, Maj. F.H., 280
McGowan, Sgt. Rod, 285
McGrath, Lt. William, 296
McGregor, Sgt. Gordon, 335–37
McIndoe, Maj. D.H., 209
McKinnon, Sgt., 153
McLaughlin, Lt. Don S., 282–83
McLean, Maj. John, 285
McNaughton, Lt. Gen. Andrew, 29–33, 43
McRorie, Sgt. Pete, 380
McWithey, Cpl. Bill, 122–24, 128
Melfa River, 136, 156, 311, 319, 327–30, 334, 337, 340, 383–84, 418, 430
Battle for, 341–375
Michaud, CSM. B., 185–86
Millard, Maj. John, 301–2, 305–7
Millen, Maj. Harry, 210–12
Miller, Lt. Art, 356, 359
Milroy, Maj. Bill, 348
Mitchell, Capt. Howard, 293
Mitchell, Maj. George, 307
Mitchell, Maj. Sandy, 248–49, 416
Moffett, Lt. Donald W., 296
Monte Cairo, 10, 79–80, 83, 86, 92–93, 164, 427
Monte Cassino, 5–6, 9–10, 18–21, 24, 27, 75, 78–80, 83–84, 86, 92–93, 106, 131, 133, 149, 156, 163–64, 176–78, 196, 205–7, 425–26, 429
Monte Cifalco, 10, 13
Monte Majo, 27, 149
Monte Radicino, 414–15
Monte Trocchio, 72, 80, 85, 92–93
Montgomery, Gen. Bernard Law, 33–37, 41–43, 45, 63, 88
Moore, Lloyd, 109
Morgan, Lt. Jack, 174
Mortenson, Lt. Gordon Lyle, 396
Moser, Maj. A.H.S., 252–53
Mulcaster, Lt. R., 155
Munro, Sgt. Hamish, 389
Murphy, Brig. Bill, 65, 142
Murphy, Lt., 333–34
Murphy, Pte. Frank, 175
Nayler, Lt. J.J., 173
Needham, Sgt. Jim, 283
Neroutsos, Lt. Col. Cyril H., 61, 115–17
Newell, Capt. Peter, 131–32
Nichol, Capt. J.I., 211
Nikiforuk, Pte. Dan, 39–40, 90, 350–52, 356
Nostrand, Dr. Fred Van, 41–42
O’Brien, Cpl., 303
O’Dell, Lt. J.M., 162
Ogilvie, Maj. W.W., 56
O’Grady, Co. Sgt. Maj. M. A., 56
Olsen, Tpr. A.E., 339
Operation Chesterfield, 234, 240–41, 247, 251, 256–57, 262, 265–66, 269, 296–97, 300, 318, 327
Operation Diadem, 22, 24–25, 27, 74, 86–87, 135, 164, 404, 418
Oxford Bridge, 113, 115, 117, 120, 122–24, 150–51
Panaccioni, 93, 123, 127–28, 138–39, 141–43, 151, 154
Pasfield, Tpr. Bill, 311
Patterson, Cpl., 363–64
Payne, Capt. L.S., 346
Peach, Pte. Walter, 306
Peebles, Cpl. Bob, 284
Perkins, Capt. Edward J., 341–47, 350, 354, 369, 408
Phillips, Tpr. Jack, 211
Piché, Lt. Roger, 222
Pignataro, 98, 136, 151, 155, 157–58, 161–65, 171–73, 177–79, 183, 191
Plow, Brig
. E.C. “Johnny,” 228, 281
Plymouth Bridge, 117, 120–22, 124–26, 128, 138, 428
Pofi, 393, 395, 397–99, 402–3, 406
Point 106, 250, 254–55, 259, 310–11
Poitras, Sgt. Gérard, 221
Pontecorvo, 136, 175, 191, 215, 226, 228, 233, 235, 239–41, 248–50, 256, 260–61, 296, 304, 311–12, 315, 317, 330–32, 335–36, 428
Pope, Lt. Harry, 223
Potts, Lt. Gordon, 170, 416
Potvin, Capt. Pierre, 182–86, 191–201, 217–21, 223–26, 229–30, 241–43, 421
Price, Tpr., 122
Prieur, Charles, 246
Purves, Lt. Col. Bob, 209
Quebec Bridge, 169
Quinn, Lt. Jim, Calgary Tank Reg., 125–28, 137, 158–59, 208
Ralston, Col. James Layton, 43
Ramsay, Lt. D.P., 408–9
Range, Sgt. W.J., 339
Rankin, Maj. G., 278
Rankin, Sgt. Harry, 282
Rapido River, 10
Rawlings, Maj. Ed, 191–93, 255, 257–58
Rennison, Maj. George, 166, 169
Rhodes, Capt. J.K. “Dusty,” 188, 305
Riccio River, 48, 52–53, 55–58, 64
Rice, Capt. D.I., 187–88
Rich, Lt. Bill, 317–18, 416
Richardson, Pte. E.M., 289
Ridge, Capt. Sam, 47, 51–52, 55, 378
Riley, Cpl. Richard A., 258
Ritchie, Lt. Col. Jim, 414, 416–17
Ritchie, Maj. Frederick, 114–15, 138–39, 142
Robb, Pte. Douglas, 279
Roberts, Maj., 145
Robinson, Capt., 224
Robinson, Lt. Col. George, 385
Robitaille, C.A., 224
Rochon, Lt. Laurent, 54
Romanica, Gunner J., 131
Rose, Capt. D.W., 248, 416
Rosser, Maj. D.H., 293
Russell, Maj. Gen. Dudley “Pasha,” 14–15, 47, 51, 53–56
Russell, Maj. G.P., 286
Sacco River, 383, 391, 393, 396
St.-Onge, Lt. R.L., 186, 220–21
San Angelo, 93, 112–13, 120–22, 129, 139–42, 149, 151, 155, 164, 178–79, 427–28
San Apollinare, 121, 127
San Giorgio a Liri, 171–72, 179, 191
San Martino River, 244, 297, 304, 330, 332
San Michelle, 79
Saunders, Capt. Keith, 221
Schachter, Pte. Lou, 359–60, 371
Schoolhouse, Lt. Col., 116
Scislowski, Pte. Stan, 14–15, 47, 51, 53–56, 58–59, 378–79, 383, 386–87, 403–4
Scott, Lance Cpl., 175
Scott, Tpr. A., 408–9
Secord, Maj. Ira, 396
Seibert, Pte. T., 284
Senger Riegel. See Hitler Line Sewel, Sgt., 333–34
Seymour, Tpr. Ian, 116, 118–20, 126–27
Shaw, Sgt. Robert James, 194–95
Shears, Tpr. Cecil D., 338
Shelton, Capt. R., 278
Sherman, Lt. G.L., 279
Shumaker, Cpl. E.D., 339
Sidenberg, Capt., 160
Simard, Capt. F.W., 161
Simms, Lt. E.M., 412
Simonds, Lt. Gen. Guy, 33–34, 36, 38, 40–43, 46, 59, 67
Singbeil, Sgt. Edmund, 363, 366
Singh, Maj. Gudari, 129
Singh, Maj. Sujohn, 113
Slessor, Air Marshal Sir John Cotesworth, 104–5
Smith, Brig. Desmond, 327–29, 340, 361, 392, 394, 410
Smith, Capt. Don, 61–62, 295–96
Smith, Chaplain Waldo, 207–8, 213–14
Smith, Lt. C.H., 188, 307
Smith, Lt. Heber, 349, 352
Smith, Lt. J., 346
Smith, Maj. George Carrington, 375–76
Smith, Maj. Herschell A., 67
Smitheram, Sgt. H.A. (Butch), 361, 366–68, 375, 399
Snelgrove, Maj. Harold, 385, 387
Snell, Cpl. Frederick William, 276
Snell, Lt. Herb, 406–7
Snively, Lt. Doug, 192, 254, 309
Snow, Brig. Eric, 68, 74, 327, 360–61, 374, 377, 381–85, 388–90, 393, 402–3, 410, 419–20
Somerville, Maj. Boyd, 388, 408, 410
Spalla Bassa, 179–80, 187, 189–90, 191, 195
Spry, Brig. Dan, 60, 68–69, 168–70, 191, 195, 203, 234–35, 241, 247–51, 253, 310, 414, 417
Stanyer, Gunner A., 255
Stobbart, Sgt. John, 141
Stone, Maj. Jim, 265, 411–12, 414
Street, Pte. Lou, 321
Stursberg, Peter, 109–10, 141, 205–6
Sullivan, Lt. C. Malcolm, 208–10
Swinton, Lt. R.K., 290–91
Symms, Maj. G.L., 345
Symons, Lt. J., 211
Szeler, Tpr. Tony, 160
Taylor, Lt. Nigel, 338–39
Taylor, Maj. Don, 123–24, 128–29, 160
Tellier, Capt. Henri, 183–86, 222, 307–8
Thompson, Sgt. G., 340
Thomson, Lt. Col. Sydney, 262–65, 285, 287–88, 290–92, 320–21, 413
Thrasher, Cpl. J.A., 351
Tollo, 60, 66
Toye, Cpl. Lawrence, 140–41
Trembley, Sgt. Fernand, 221
Trudeau, Maj. Fernand, 200, 308
Truscott, Maj. Gen. Lucien, 87–88
Tuck, Lt. Don, 284
Tuker, Maj. Gen. F. S., 21
Turcott, Tpr. Kelly, 212
Turnley, Maj. Jack, 340, 361–64, 366–69, 375, 399
Upton, Co. Sgt. Maj. Earle, 297
Usher, Capt. Jock, 408
Vallerotonda, 12
Valmontone, 24–25, 87–88, 373, 404, 406
Vanier, Georges-Philéas, 421
Vaugeois, Capt., 308
Veitch, Maj., 336–37
Velletri, 312
Venafro, 20
Viau, L/Cpl. F.T.D., 185
Vokes, Lt. Col. Fred, 328, 330, 340, 361, 375, 394–97, 400–401
Vokes, Maj. Gen. Chris, 35–38, 41, 43–44, 48–50, 57, 58–59, 61–62, 64–66, 71–72, 88, 92–93, 165–66, 179, 195, 203–4, 223, 227–28, 231–35, 240–41, 248–49, 251–52, 256–57, 263–64, 269–71, 281, 296, 299, 312, 314–17, 323, 334–35, 418–19
von Lüttwitz, Generalleutnant Smilo, Baron, 389
von Mackensen, Generaloberst Eberhard, 260, 318
von Senger und Etterlein, Gen. Der Infanterie Frido, 20, 106
von Vietinghoff, Generaloberst Heinrich, 58–59, 106, 137, 177, 259, 318, 340, 371–72, 389
von Zangen, General der Infanterie Gustav, 139
Wallace, Pte. John, 430
Walsh, Lt. Col. Geoff, 67
Walsh, Maj. Gen. George, 233–34
Ward, L/Cpl. Aubrey, 296
Ware, Lt. Col. Cameron, 262–67, 276–77, 280, 292–93, 412
Warner, Pte. Vic (Pop), 286
Waterman, Lt. Col. Ron, 187–88, 301–2, 304–7
Watling, Capt. L.A., 298
Watson, Maj. W. (Bucko), 274–75, 280, 293
Wattsford, Maj. George J., 349
Weeks, Brig. Ted, 89
Weir, Lt. Col. Jim B., 56–57, 381–82, 388
Wells, Lt. Al, 124, 137, 158–60
Wentzell, Generalmajor Friedrich (Fritz), 106, 134, 156, 240, 312, 319, 373
Weston, Cpl. E.S., 284–85
Westover, Tpr. C., 213
Westphal, General der Kavallerie Siegfried, 372
White, Maj. T.H., 387–88
White, Sgt. S.R., 352–53, 355
Whiteford, Capt. D.C., 161, 303–4
Whittle, Capt., 346
Wilkes, Sgt. Jack, 82
Williams, Lt. Howard, 338
Williams, Maj. “Badgy,” 81–82
Williamson, Lt. G.L., 390–91
Wilson, Capt. Jack, 193, 253, 309
Wilson, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland, 23
Windsor, Capt. J.B., 345
Winning, L/Cpl. Gordie, 321
Wood, Capt. A.E., 152–53
Wood, Lt. G.J., 384
Woolley
, Lt. T.E., 285, 289–90
Worton, Sgt. Bill, 320–21, 417–18
Wright, Capt. P.G., 279
Wright, Lt. Geoff, 174
Wyman, Brig. Robert Andrew, 64–65
Yelland, Maj. R.C., 303
Yelle, Maj. Rolly, 225
Young, Lt. Y., 384
Zeal, Sgt. A., 408–9
Ziegler, Brig. Bill, 68, 269–71, 281, 316–17
INDEX OF FORMATIONS, UNITS, AND CORPS
CANADIAN
(RCA – Royal Canadian Artillery;
RCE – Royal Canadian Engineers)
I Canadian Corps, 5, 16, 27–28, 36–38, 40, 44–45, 49, 59, 63, 67, 74–76, 78–80, 86, 88, 91, 105, 112, 136, 157, 164–65, 169, 176–77, 202, 205, 226–27, 249, 256, 261, 314, 327, 335, 404, 418
II Canadian Corps, 59, 67
First Canadian Army, 43, 59, 66–67
Divisions
1st Canadian Infantry Division, 3, 5, 28, 32–33, 35, 38, 48, 50, 52, 58–59, 61, 63, 67, 75–76, 82, 92, 114, 148, 165, 170, 179, 195–96, 202, 204, 215, 227, 232, 261, 269, 274, 311–14, 316, 322, 328, 334, 374, 391, 399, 403, 418
3rd Canadian Infantry Division, 421
4th Canadian Armoured Division, 67
5th Canadian Armoured Division, 5, 14, 16, 28, 32–34, 36, 38, 41, 45–46, 58, 67–68, 75–76, 85, 148, 165, 226, 233, 265, 294, 299, 312–13, 327, 334, 360, 374, 377, 390–92, 399, 418–19, 431
Ad Hoc Forces
Adams Force, 335, 337, 383
Griffin Force, 328–29, 340–42, 344, 360
Vokes Force, 328, 330, 341
Brigades
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, 3, 5, 32, 38, 60, 63–65, 85, 101, 120, 142–45, 148, 154, 166, 207, 300, 335
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 68, 165, 168, 175, 179–80, 189, 202–3, 215, 226, 228, 234–35, 240–41, 245, 247–49, 256–57, 263, 295, 300, 304, 309, 311–12, 314, 414
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 58, 68, 165, 195, 204, 228, 233–35, 251, 259, 262, 266–67, 269, 295, 297, 299–300, 311, 313–15, 403, 411, 414, 418, 429
assault on Hitler Line, 273–94
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 46, 68, 165, 170, 178–80, 183, 188–89, 199, 201–2, 215, 217, 222–23, 225–26, 235, 240, 251, 259, 290, 296–97, 299–300, 308–9, 311, 327, 335, 383
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade, 150
5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, 46, 327, 361, 363, 390, 392–94, 402, 406
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 14, 16, 45–46, 48–50, 58–59, 64, 68, 70, 75, 78, 327–29, 360, 377, 381, 389, 392–93, 398, 402–3
Armoured Units
8th Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars, 46, 329, 360, 374, 377–83, 385–86, 406
British Columbia Dragoons, 46, 226, 328, 330–32, 334, 338–42, 360–69, 374–76, 392–98, 403, 406
Calgary Tank Regiment, 60–61, 67, 101, 103, 113–15, 122–29, 137–40, 142–43, 144, 154, 157–61, 207–8, 375
Lord Strathcona’s Horse, 39, 46, 328, 361, 407–10
Battle for Melfa bridgehead, 341–57