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by Lyn Macdonald


  (Royal West Kent Regiment).

  Private F. Rogers, 11th (S)

  Battalion, Royal Sussex

  Regiment (1st South Down).

  Private R. K. Rolfe, 26th (S)

  Battalion (Bankers), Royal

  Fusiliers.

  Private H. B. Rose, 1st Battalion,

  Trench Artillery; 151st Field

  Artillery, 42nd (Rainbow)

  Division. U.S. Army.

  Rifleman W. T. Rowe, MM,

  13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman C. P. J. Ruck, 3rd/2nd

  Battalion, The London Rifle

  Brigade.

  Private E. W. Russell, 5th

  Canadian Battalion (Western

  Cavalry), Canadian

  Expeditionary Force.

  Captain F. C. Russell, 22nd

  Battalion, Australian Imperial

  Forces.

  Private A. Ryland, 13th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Major R. F. J. Sanders, TD, 16th

  Heavy Battery, Royal

  Garrison Artillery.

  Rifleman H. F. Saunders, 16th

  (S) Battalion, King’s Royal

  Rifle Corps.

  Rifleman F. Saville, 21st (S)

  Battalion (Yeoman Rifles),

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps

  (Church Lads Brigade).

  Gunner W. Sayers, 1st/3rd

  London Regiment, Royal

  Fusiliers (TF) Tank Corps.

  Rifleman A. T. Sears, 11th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Corporal W. H. Shaw, 9th (S)

  Battalion, Royal Welsh

  Fusiliers.

  Rifleman H. V. Shawyer, 13th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman C. W. Shepherd, 13th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman, J. Shrimpton, 13th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Signaller A. V. Simpson, 2nd/6th

  Battalion, Duke of

  Wellington’s (West Riding

  Regiment).

  Private J. Simpson, 2nd

  Battalion, Grenadier Guards.

  Sergeant J. Skuce, 2nd Battalion,

  Irish Guards.

  Captain C. M. Slack, MC and

  Bar, 1st/4th Battalion, East

  Yorkshire Regiment (TF)

  (then Lieutenant).

  Private H. J. Smith, 9th (S)

  Battalion (Northumberland

  Hussars Yeomanry),

  Northumberland Fusiliers.

  Corporal H. W. Smith, MM,

  13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman R. W. Smith, 13th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Corporal R. Smith, 21st (S)

  Battalion (Yeoman Rifles),

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

  Warrant Officer S. A. Smith,

  11th (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman E. G. Snell, 5th (City

  of London) Battalion,

  London Regiment (London

  Rifle Brigade) (TF).

  Corporal A. E. Somerset,

  3rd Battalion, Grenadier

  Guards.

  Corporal R. G. Spearman, 19th

  Heavy Battery, Royal Field

  Artillery, Royal Garrison

  Artillery.

  Corporal T. A. Spencer, MM,

  Royal Scots Fusiliers; 108

  Machine Gun Company,

  Machine Gun Corps.

  Rifleman C. Spilsbury, 11th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Private F. G. Staite, MM and

  Bar, 1st/8th Battalion,

  Worcestershire Regiment

  (TF).

  Private C. S. Stevens, 1st

  Battalion, Leicestershire

  Regiment.

  Acting Sergeant-Major W. O.

  Stevenson, DCM, MM, 6th

  (Renfrewshire) Battalion,

  Argyll and Sutherland

  Highlanders.

  Bombardier B. O. Stokes, 3rd

  Brigade, New Zealand Field

  Artillery.

  Private W. T. Stokes, 2nd/4th

  Battalion, Royal Berkshire

  Regiment (TF).

  Corporal H. L. Stride, 13th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Private G. C. Stubbs, Royal

  Army Medical Corps, 12th

  Field Ambulance, 4th

  Division.

  2nd Lieutenant J. A. Talbot, 10th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Reverend E. Tanner, MC and

  Bar, Chaplain 4th Class, 2nd

  Battalion, Worcestershire

  Regiment.

  Corporal J. H. Tansley, 9th (S)

  Battalion, York and Lancaster

  Regiment.

  Corporal R. Tate, 3rd Battalion,

  Tank Corps.

  Private W. Tate, 4th Battalion

  (Pioneers), Coldstream Guards.

  Private W. R. Thomas, 14th (S)

  Battalion, Royal Welsh

  Fusiliers.

  Major A. G. C. Thompson,

  Royal Army Medical Corps.

  Corporal R. E. Thompson, 13th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Rifleman A. E. Thorne, MBE,

  13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Lance-Corporal C. Tomlinson,

  King’s Own (Liverpool

  Regiment).

  Corporal F. C. Toogood, 3rd

  Wellington Battalion, 4th

  New Zealand Brigade.

  Private J. F. Tucker, 1st/13th

  (County of London) (Princess

  Louise’s Kensington

  Battalion), London Regiment

  (T F).

  Corporal J. Turnbull, 8th (S)

  Battalion, King’s Own

  Yorkshire Light Infantry.

  Corporal W. B. Turnbull, 12th

  (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Private H. Turner, 50th

  Divisional Machine Gun

  Corps.

  Lance-Corporal Bugler W. S.

  Turner, 15th Battalion,

  Highland Light Infantry (City

  of Glasgow Corporation

  Tramways Battalion).

  Private J. E. Tyson, 3rd

  Battalion, King’s Own (Royal

  Lancaster Regiment).

  Sergeant F. G. Udall, MM and

  two Bars, 4th Battalion,

  London Regiment (Royal

  Fusiliers) (TF).

  Corporal F. G. Vail, MD,

  Machine Gun Corps.

  Private A. Vanpraagh, 253

  Tunnelling Company, Royal

  Engineers.

  Corporal E. C. Vickery, 13th (S)

  Battalion (Forest of Dean)

  (Pioneers), Gloucestershire

  Regiment.

  Major E. H. Wade, MC and Bar,

  South Staffordshire Regiment,

  Machine Gun Corps.

  Able-Seaman J. A. Wade, D

  Company, Hawke Battalion,

  63rd Royal Naval Division.

  Worker C. H. Wagstaff (now

  Mrs Brereton), No. 26178,

  Womens Auxiliary Army

  Corps.

  Company Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Wainwright, 5th

  Battalion, Machine Gun

  Corps.

  Private A. E. Walker, 4th

  Battalion, Northumberland

  Fusiliers.

  Sapper F. E. Waldron, 30th

  Division, Signals, Royal

  Engineers.

  Sergeant R. Walker, 126

  Machine Gun Corps, 42nd

  Division.

  Corporal J. Wallace, Oxfordshire

  and Bu
ckinghamshire Light

  Infantry.

  Sergeant A. B. Walsh, Royal

  Engineers.

  Trooper H. P. Ward, Queen’s

  Own Oxfordshire Hussars

  and Machine Gun Corps.

  Sergeant W. Ward, MM, 2nd

  Battalion, Grenadier Guards.

  Lance-Corporal D. A. M.

  Watson, 9th, 12th and 11th

  Battalions, Royal Scots.

  Private F. Watts, 4th Battalion,

  North Staffordshire Regiment.

  Private H. W. H. Watts, 2nd

  Battalion, Queen’s (Royal

  West Surrey Regiment).

  Acting-Corporal R. Weeber,

  13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle

  Brigade.

  Private A. E. West, Duke of

  Cambridge’s Own

  (Middlesex Regiment).

  Sergeant F. Wheatcroft, Machine

  Gun Corps.

  Rifleman F. C. White, 10th (S)

  Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle

  Corps.

  Private W. E. White,

  Oxfordshire and

  Buckinghamshire Light

  Infantry.

  Lance-Corporal A. J.

  Whitehouse, MM, Lancashire

  Fusiliers.

  Corporal J. E. H. Whittaker, 21st

  (S) Battalion (Yeoman

  Rifles), King’s Royal Rifle

  Corps.

  Private E. Wickens, 12th (S)

  Battalion, Duke of

  Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex

  Regiment).

  Sergeant A. E. Wiffen, 9th

  Battalion, Essex Regiment.

  Corporal H. G. Wild, Royal

  Flying Corps.

  2nd Lieutenant M. C.

  Wilkinson, 25th Battalion,

  Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

  Trooper C. H. Williams, MM,

  Royal Buckinghamshire

  Hussars (TF).

  Corporal E. G. Williams, 19th

  Battalion, King’s (Liverpool

  Regiment).

  Gunner G. A. Williams, MM

  and Bar, 232 Brigade, Royal

  Field Artillery.

  Gunner H. G. R. Williams, 5th

  Battalion, London Regiment

  (London Rifle Brigade).

  Rifleman CQMS H. Willis, 21st

  (S) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles),

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

  Lieutenant A. G. Wilson, MC,

  1st/5th Battalion, Prince of

  Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire

  Regiment) (T F).

  Private C. A. Wilson, MM, 1st

  Battalion, Grenadier Guards.

  Lance-Sergeant G. E.

  Winterbourne, 16th (County

  of London) Battalion, London

  Regiment (Queen’s

  Westminster Rifles) (TF).

  Lieutenant T. H. Witherow, 8th

  (S) Battalion (East Belfast),

  Royal Irish Rifles.

  Acting-Corporal L. Wolfe, MM,

  6th Battalion, King’s Own

  Scottish Borderers.

  Sergeant A. Wolfman, A

  Company, A Battalion, Heavy

  Branch Machine Gun Corps

  (Tanks).

  Private C. T. Wood, Royal

  Army Medical Corps.

  Corporal H. C. Wood, MM,

  East Surrey Regiment and

  Royal Flying Corps.

  Lance-Corporal J. D. Woodside,

  16th (S) Battalion, Highland

  Light Infantry.

  Private F. Woolley, 2nd/4th

  Battalion, South Lancashire

  Regiment.

  Private J. H. Worker, ist

  Battalion, Scots Guards.

  Rifleman W.J. Worrell, 12th (S)

  Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.

  Gunner G. Worsley, 276

  Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

  Lance-Corporal G. Worth, 6th

  Battalion, Prince of Wales’

  Own (North Staffordshire

  Regiment) (TF).

  Gunner E. C. Wright, 62nd

  Brigade, Royal Field

  Artillery.

  Lance-Corporal F. Wright,

  Royal Warwickshire

  Regiment.

  Corporal G. Wright, Machine

  Gun Corps.

  Platoon Sergeant G. S. W.

  Yarnall, 14th Battalion,

  London Regiment (London

  Scottish).

  Corporal J. H. Yeoman, 21st (S)

  Battalion ( Yeoman Rifles),

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

  Corporal R. Zealley, 18th (S)

  Battalion (1st Public Schools)

  Royal Fusiliers, City of

  London Regiment.

  Index

  Abbeville, 186

  Acklom, Major, 76, 77, 97

  Adams, Rifleman, 24

  Agius, Arthur, 32, 34–5, 57, 68–9, 203–4, 269–70, 304–5, 332

  Ainger, Mr, 205, 206

  Albert, 7, 80, 108–9, 111, 114, 131, 267

  Ale trench, 279, 284, 286, 287

  Alexandra, Queen, 217

  Amiens, 8, 80–83, 267

  Anzac, 115, 164–72, 173–8, 255

  Archer-Shee, Colonel, 258

  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 321, 341–2, 343

  Armistead, Lieutenant, 253

  Army School of Instruction, 22

  Army Service Corps, 191–3

  Arras, 35, 40

  Artillery Observation Post, 63

  Artists’ Rifles, 216

  Aubers ridge, 32, 167–9

  Australian Divisions, 115, 164–72, 173–83, 255, 261, 339

  Australian Division, 1st, 177, 178, 182, 255

  Australian Division, 2nd, 177, 182, 183

  Australian Division, 5th, 167

  Authuille, 6, 8, 38, 66

  Authuille Wood, 74

  Auxi-le-Chateau, 22, 23, 25–7, 203

  Aveluy, 7

  Aveluy Wood, 7, 52, 65, 251, 346

  Bailieul, 174

  Baird, Brigadier General, 142, 149, 150

  Balfourier, General, 136–7

  Banks, Billy, 283, 294, 298

  Bapaume, 3, 37, 267, 332

  Barrington, Sir Eric, 24

  Barter, Sir Charles, 296

  Barton, Pipe-Sergeant, 17

  Barton-Smith, Charles, 146

  Basin Wood, 71

  Bath, Ethel, 303–4, 30

  Bath, Reg, 304

  Bavestock, Harry, 267, 271–2, 280, 298

  Bavincourt, 90–92

  Bazentin, 142, 213

  Bazentin Le Grand, 137

  Bazentin Le Petit, 137, 142, 145, 161

  Bazentin ridge, 177

  Bazentin Wood, 162

  Beadle, Fred, 140–41, 142

  Bealing, Roy, 97–100, 103, 211

  Beament, Jack, 144, 148–8, 151–5, 158, 159–60

  Beament, Stanley, 159–60

  Beaucourt, 38, 339, 351, 352

  Beaucourt Trench, 351

  Beaumont Hamel, 37–9, 59, 72, 73, 113, 265, 339–48, 352, 355

  Beauquesne, 41, 42–3

  Beaurepaire, 40

  Bécordel, 271

  Bécourt, 173

  Bécourt Château, 77

  Bell, Frank, 26

  Bell, W. G., 301–2

  Bennett, Tommy, 333–4

  Bentham, Jeremy, 336, 345

  Benton, Lieutenant, 295, 322, 323

  Bernafay Wood, 120, 290

  Bienvillers, 111

  Birdwood, General, 165, 183

  Birkett, Sid, 26

  Biss, 271, 298

  Bissell, Corporal, 350

  ‘Black Buttoned Bastards’, 28

  Boisselle, la, 38, 39, 62, 76, 77, 78, 84, 88, 97, 98, 100–104, 113, 114, 116, 121, 176, 211

  Bottomley, Horatio, 179

  Bouch, John, 289, 328–9

  Bouleaux Wood, 268

  Bouzincourt, 43, 65
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  Bradley, Corporal, 260

  Bréda, Comtesse de, 7–8

  Bréda, Monsieur le Compte de, 7

  Bresle, 96, 106, 131

  Brown, Captain, 298

  Brown, Jack, 143, 144, 145–8, 150–54, 158

  Burrows, Charles E., 47

  Burrows, Lieutenant, 58

  Butler, George, 327–8

  Butler, Harry, 73

  Butte de Warlencourt, 339

  Buxton, Mr & Mrs, 148

  Calonne, 333

  Cameron, General, 62

  Cameron, Jack, 91

  Campbell, Colonel, 288–9

  Canadian Divisions, 297, 319

  Canterbury Battalion, 267, 270

  Cantlon, T., 86

  Carmichael, Norman, 294–5, 298

  Chantilly Conference, 12, 13, 340, 351, 352

  Chapman, Harry, 148

  Chaulnes, 8

  Chell, Robert, 62, 79

  Chiltern, Sergeant, 313

  Chinese Labour Corps, 196–9

  Church Lads Brigade, 143–8, 150–55, 158–60, 209–11

  Churchill, Winston, 217–18

  Clegg, Bill, 64

  Coates, Harry, 57–8, 69–71

  Coates, Lieutenant, 324

  Cochrane Alley, 216, 217

  Coldstream Guards, 272–4, 288–9, 328–9

  Coles, Charles, 288

  Combles, 319

  Comer, A. E., 181

  Contalmaison, 118, 120–24, 128, 171, 213, 325

  Contay, 183

  Cooban, Major, 151, 152

  Corbie, 6, 259

  Courcelette, 293, 297, 319

  Crease, Fred, 110

  Crècy, 197, 202

  Cross, Jack, 24, 109–10, 111–12, 117, 123–4, 127, 129

  Crosse, Captain, 287

  Croucher, Sergeant-Major, 129

  Cuffley, 311

  Cunliffe, Sir Foster, 110, 111, 129–30

  Cunnington, Clem, 75

  Curtis, Charlie, 314

  Darby, Fred, 100–102

  Darling, Dick, 117

  Daynes, Sid, 94–5

  Deccan Horse, 141

  Deighton, Ernest, 61, 74–6, 86–7, 96, 321, 323, 325

  Delve, Professor, 202

  Delville Wood, 79, 137, 138, 143, 156, 173, 177, 213, 214, 220, 231, 232, 234, 255, 268, 277, 278, 281, 284, 286–7, 291, 295

  Denham, 146, 147–8

  Destremont Farm, 325

  Dillsen, Telly, 90–92

  Divisional Artillery, 7th, 47

  Division, 3rd, 137, 341

  Division, 4th, 37

  Division, 6th, 277, 288

  Division, 7th, 137, 138, 139, 142, 149, 150

  Division, 8th, 28, 321

  Division, 11th, 320

  Division, 14th, 288, 289, 293

  Division, 16th, 248

  Division, 18th, 62, 240

  Division, 19th, 96–7, 105, 113

  Division, 21st, 28, 140, 142

  Division, 23rd, 121, 124–5, 126, 321

  Division, 25th, 121, 125, 126

  Division, 29th, 37

  Division, 30th, 62

  Division, 31st, 36–7, 60, 165

  Division, 32nd, 52

  Division, 33rd, 139–40, 142, 149, 232, 234

  Division, 34th, 16–18, 62, 89, 106, 107, 112–13, 116, 160–61

  Division, 36th, 60

  Division, 37th, 22, 32, 90, 92, 106–7

  Division, 38th, 121

  Division, 39th, 250, 254

  Division 41st, 293

  Division, 46th, 32, 34, 36, 68

 

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