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  Indian Corps 66–8, 490–1, 524–6

  and Neuve Chapelle 82, 84, 88–90, 95–6, 102, 105–8, 110, 130–1, 138–9, 249

  and Ypres 245, 249

  see also Lahore Division, Meerut Division

  Indian Soldiers, Fund 67

  Inns of Court OTC 154–5, 162–6, 397

  Inverness Copse 173n, 266, 283

  Irish Guards 556–7

  1st Battalion 475

  Italy, enters war 262, 324–6

  Jackman, Gdsm. W. 547, 549

  Jackson, Admiral Sir Henry 53

  Jacob, Brig. General 111, 117, 121

  Jaeger, Auguste 185n.

  James, Lt. 70

  Jardine, Sir John 587

  Jelf, Brig. General 561

  Jenkin, Cpl. 171

  Joffre, General Joseph Jacques Césaire 34, 49–50, 173

  and French successes 311

  and Neuve Chapelle 51–2, 54–5, 59

  and western front offensive 61, 239, 405, 557

  and Ypres 217, 259, 265

  Johnston, General 447

  Johnston, Spr. J. 447–8, 449, 481–2

  Jones, Douglas (Aubrey Dexter) 402–3

  Kaiser see Wilhelm II, Kaiser

  Keddie, L/cpl. J. 193–4, 201, 222–3, 224, 233–4, 586–8

  Keighley, Sgt. H. 362–3

  Kemp, Bdr. W. 84–6, 88–9, 101, 115–16, 136, 302–6

  Kenyon, Capt. H., DSO 347–9, 350–2, 353–4

  Kenyon, Capt. Sir F.G. 154–5, 165

  Keyes, Admiral 580

  King’s Liverpool Regiment 545

  10th (Scottish) Battalion 30, 178–9, 241–2, 250, 380, 388–91, 394–5

  King’s Own 289–90

  King’s Own Scottish Borderers 498, 503–4, 555–6

  King’s Regulations 41–2

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps 282

  1st Battalion 545–7, 554

  7th Battalion 423

  16th Battalion 463

  Kipling, John 557

  Kipling, Rudyard 557

  Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Lord 50, 143, 147–8, 270–1, 326, 405–6

  and French offensive 454, 459–61

  and Gallipoli campaign 54, 347, 445, 453–4, 566, 580–1

  and Loos 492–3, 522, 562–3

  and shortage of ammunition 142, 312–15, 318

  ‘Kitchener’s Army’ 169, 318, 579

  in Flanders 399–404, 419–27

  in France 459–61, 466–8, 472–7, 496

  in Gallipoli 442, 451–2

  recruitment and training 152–68

  under-age recruits 402–3, 462–8

  see also Territorial Force

  ‘Kitchener’s Chocolate’ 154

  Kitchener’s Wood 201–5, 221, 224, 240

  Von Kräwel, governor of Brussels 416

  Krithia 346, 356, 361, 363–5, 379

  La Bassée Canal 79

  Lahore Division 90, 245, 249–55

  Laidlaw, Capt. R.F.E. 368, 370–2, 373–4

  Laidlaw, Piper, VC 503–4

  Lamb, Sgt. Tommy 499, 512–13

  Lancashire Fusiliers 148

  Langley, Capt. F.O. 472

  Langley, Lt. 76–7

  Langley, Rfn. Ralph 463

  Law, Andrew Bonar 313, 316

  Layes Brook 111, 113, 116, 119, 130–2

  Leckie, Col. 202

  Lee, Joe 92

  Leicestershire Regiment 94–5, 105–6, 526

  Lens Road Redoubt 487, 501, 503

  Lens village 479, 487, 513, 517, 523

  Letyford, Cpl. A. 19–20, 35, 90

  Lewis, Lt. Donald S. 70–1, 97–8, 140

  Liddell, Col. 13

  ‘Lilliput Lancers’ 40

  Lincolnshire Regiment 94

  1st Battalion 388, 391–2, 395n.

  2nd Battalion 304

  Liverpool Scottish see King’s

  Liverpool Regiment Livingston, Capt. 107, 108

  Lloyd George, David 31, 34, 50, 313, 315, 405, 472, 510, 566–7

  2nd London Heavy Battery 201–2

  London Irish Regiment 481

  London Rangers, 12th Battalion 290, 293

  London Regiment

  l/7th (City of London) Battalion 106–7, 468–70, 482, 504–5

  14th (County of London) Battalion 509–10

  19th (County of London) Battalion 480, 486

  23rd Battalion 547–8

  Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion 38–48, 55–8

  2nd Battalion 55–7

  3rd Battalion 55–7, 66, 69–70, 90–1, 93–4, 125–7, 239, 526, 527

  4th Battalion 249–50, 252

  London Rifle Brigade 6, 211

  5th (City of London) Battalion 171, 243–4

  Lone Pine 432, 440, 444

  Lone Tree Ridge 542, 544

  Loos 470–1, 479–95, 496–511, 512–31, 532–63, 571–2, 589

  Loos Road Redoubt 487–8

  looting 249–50, 380–3

  HMS Louis 580

  Loutit, Lt. 352–3

  Lowe, Cpl. W.F. 419–20, 425–7

  Lyell, 2nd Lt. D. 367

  MacGill, Patrick 457

  Machine Gun Company, 12th 381

  machine-gun 9, 11, 13–15, 47, 159

  Maclagen, Col. 348, 350–2, 353

  Macleod, Betty 324–5

  Macleod, 2nd Lt. J. 173–6, 182, 266–7, 283, 324–5, 568

  Macleod, Lt. R. 20

  Mahon, Major General 445

  Maling, Capt., VC 525

  Malthouse, Walter 298–9, 307–8

  Manchester Regiment 148, 250, 252–3

  marching 154–5, 244

  Marrin, Pte. G. 519, 551

  Marshall, A. 338

  Mascall, Capt. Maurice 67

  Mason, Tpr. P. 179–80, 183–5

  Mathieson, Bertie 58, 106

  Matthews, Col. 364

  Mauquissart, British attack 86, 87, 109–10, 121–3, 127, 131–2, 526

  Mauser Ridge 250, 252, 255

  Maze, Paul 501, 506

  McCracken, Major General 534–5

  McDougall, Major 193, 196, 236

  McFie, CQMS R.S. 30, 388–9, 394–5, 396–7, 574–6

  McGurk, L/cpl. G. 333, 334

  McHoul, Capt. 56

  McKenna, Pte. W.J. 200, 203–5

  McKinnell, Capt. B. 178–9, 242, 380, 388–910, 395

  McKinnon, Capt. Lachlan 385

  Meakin, 332–3, 338n.

  Meerut Division 66, 69–70, 81, 107, 116–19, 249, 297

  Bareilly Brigade 83–4, 89–90, 91–2, 93, 97–8, 135, 526 7

  Dehra Dun Brigade 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 111–12, 117–20, 123–5, 127, 137

  Garwhal Brigade 68–9, 82, 93–4, 102–3, 124, 127, 138–9, 302, 306–8, 485–6, 526, 527–9

  Menin Gate 226–7, 263, 293n.

  Menin Road 173, 178, 207, 220–1, 294, 379, 387, 390, 392, 398, 400

  Messines Ridge 180

  Middlesex Regiment

  2nd Battalion 101–2, 104, 297

  4th Battalion 413

  13th Battalion 519, 551

  Milne, General 405–6

  Milner, Lt. E. 78

  Minchin, 117

  Mitchell, Pte. L. 309–10

  Moated Grange 87, 103–5, 116

  Monmouth Regiment, 3rd

  Battalion 293

  Monro, General Sir Charles 580, 585

  Moore, Capt. 107, 108

  Moore, Harold 44

  Motor Transport Service 237–8

  Mouse Trap Farm 199, 201–2, 221, 290, 293

  Moylan, Cpl. F. 468–70, 482, 504–5

  Mudros, and Dardanelles campaign 53–4, 344–6, 375

  munitions see ammunition, shortage

  Murdoch, Keith 566

  music 28–9

  Nameless Cottages 110, 122–3, 128

  names, Anglicisation 27

  Napier, Brig. General 359–60

  Naylor, Tmptr. J. 95–6, 136–7

  Nek, attack on 446–7 />
  Neuralia 43

  Neuve Chapelle attack planned 51–2, 57, 79–81

  British capture 79–86, 87–98, 99–113, 217

  costs 148–9

  failure to advance beyond 130–42, 148, 187

  German counter-attack 114–29, 530

  troop build-up 77–9

  Nichols, Robert 377

  Nicholson, 92, 97, 98, 135

  Nickalls, Brig. General 541–2

  Van Nieuwenhove, Aimé 189–90, 263, 275–7, 406–8

  Niven, Lt. 294

  Noel, Capt. E.V. 57–8, 106

  Nonnebosschen Wood 17, 283

  Norfolk Regiment, 9th Battalion 156–7, 160–1, 588, 590–1, 593

  Northamptonshire Regiment 121–3, 127, 129, 496, 532

  Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 1st Battalion 242

  Northumberland Fusiliers 290, 293

  1st Battalion 395n.

  7th Battalion 219, 223–4, 265

  12th Battalion 73, 478–9, 515–16, 518–20, 535–7, 544–5

  13th Battalion 535

  Novello, Ivor 231

  Novello-Davies, Clara 231

  Nugent, Brig. General 424–5, 427

  Officer Training Corps 162–6

  officers, commissioning and training 160–6, 385–6

  Ogilvie, Col. Thomas 384–5, 398

  O’Gowan, General Wanless 213–14

  Owen, Major 225–7

  Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 169–70, 420

  Packham, Sgt. F.M. 506–7

  Page-Croft, Col. 476–7

  Pankhurst, Gnr. (later Cpl.) D.A. 404, 592–3

  Patricia of Connaught, HRH Princess 270

  Peake, Capt. 94

  Peebles, Col. 339

  Pepper, Pte. Joseph William 560

  Perceval, Major General 256

  Petrie, Major Paul 300–1

  photography, aerial 70, 90, 98

  Pickford, Lt. 169–70

  Pilckem Ridge 202, 398

  Plenderleith, William 332, 335

  ‘Plugstreet’ (Ploegsteert) Wood 6, 33, 169, 171–2, 592

  Plumer, General Herbert 186, 218, 257, 258–9, 265, 267–8, 279, 405–6

  Poelcapelle 192–3, 195, 197, 225–6

  Pole, Capt. D. G. (later Col.) 478–9, 493–5, 515, 518–20, 535–7, 544–5, 552–3, 560

  Polygon Wood 176, 266–7, 269, 271–2

  Ponsonby, Lt. Col. J. 429–30

  Post Office Rifles 479

  Pratt, Lt. J.D. 381–2, 384–5

  Prettor-Pinney, Col. 402–3

  Prichard, Col. 122–3

  Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 269–73, 280–3, 285–94, 390

  prisoners of war 595–6

  propaganda war 260–2

  Prussian Guard 17

  Pulman, Harry 44, 57–8, 106, 139

  Putz, General 199, 214, 217–18, 248, 253–5

  Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

  1st Battalion 591–2

  2nd Battalion 173–6, 182, 266–7

  6th Battalion 496–8, 503, 532, 538–40, 543, 553–4

  7th Battalion 499, 512–13, 558–9, 571–2

  Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 211–13

  Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regt), 7th Battalion 461–2, 573–4

  Queen’s Westminster Rifles

  l/16th Battalion 172

  2/16th Battalion 594–5, 596

  Rawlinson, Sir Henry 103–5, 108–9, 130, 132, 445

  recruiting 147–9, 160, 166–7, 314, 318, 322, 326–7, 579

  Reeves, Capt. 106

  Reid, Joe 521, 523

  Repington, Col. Tim 312–13

  Rettie, Lt. Col. W.J.K. 451–3

  Rickwood, Edgell 569

  Riddell, Lt. 340

  Rifle Brigade

  2nd Battalion 96, 99, 104, 111, 118–19, 130, 132–4, 304–5, 308

  4th Battalion 287–8, 291

  7th Battalion 421

  8th Battalion 421–3, 424, 427n.

  9th Battalion 400

  12th Battalion 157, 466–8, 484, 498–9, 523–6, 554–5

  13th Battalion 401–2, 403–4 rifles, shortage 153–4, 405

  Ritchie, Col. 106–7

  River Clyde 355–61

  Roach, Pte. William 340–1

  Robartes, Capt. the Hon. Thomas 429–32, 501

  Roberts, Lt. 30

  Robertson, Major A.F. 251–3

  Robertson, Sir William 254, 256, 258, 264, 563, 567

  Roehampton, Queen Mary’s Hospital 587–8

  Ross, Pipe-Major 333, 337

  Royal Artillery 362–3

  7 (Indian) Mountain Artillery Brigade 347–9, 350–2, 353–4

  Royal Dublin Fusiliers 76

  2nd Battalion 293

  Royal Engineers 70–1, 91, 97–8, 140, 460–1, 481–2, 485, 526, 553

  5th Field Coy 17–18, 19–20, 35

  15th Field Coy 33

  44th (Welsh) Field Coy 581–2

  175th Tunnelling Coy 382–3, 408–12, 423–4

  186th Coy 501–3

  Royal Field Artillery 451–3, 592

  23rd Brigade 95–6

  104 Battery 297, 304, 308

  A Battery 488–9, 501–2, 517–18

  Stokes Mortar Battery 404

  Royal Flying Corps 70, 291

  Royal Fusiliers

  1st London Infantry Brigade 38–48, 55–8

  2 London Infantry Brigade 55–7

  3 London Infantry Brigade 55–7, 66, 69–70, 90–1, 93–4, 106–7, 125–7, 139, 526, 527

  4 London Infantry Brigade 249–50, 252

  10 Battalion 168

  Royal Garrison Artillery

  9 Heavy Brigade 225–7

  13 Siege Battery 489–90, 530–1

  59 Siege Battery 84–6, 88–9, 101, 115–16, 136, 302–6

  Royal Horse Artillery, 2 Indian Cavalry Div. 20

  Royal Hussars, 10th Battalion 13–14

  Royal Irish Rifles 130

  Royal Marines, and Gallipoli campaign 53

  Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1st Battalion 368, 370–2, 373–4

  Royal Naval Division 354, 595–6

  Benbow Battalion 318–24

  Royal Navy, and Gallipoli campaign 53–4, 317–18, 345, 353, 355–70, 433

  Royal Scots 429, 564–5

  7th Battalion 331–41, 355, 361, 363–9, 371, 374–5, 392

  9th Battalion 188–9, 206–9, 235–6, 266

  Royal Scots Fusiliers, 7th Battalion 577–8

  Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion 506–7

  Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st Battalion 293

  Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9th Battalion 508–9

  Rule, Sgt. A. 383–4, 387, 392–3, 398–400, 413–14, 417–18, 491–3, 521–3

  Rumania 54, 262

  Russell, Pte. C.H. 509–10

  Russia 6, 59–60, 453, 589

  St Julien, battle of 199–203, 226–7, 240–1, 251–3, 255, 260

  Sanctuary Wood 209, 254, 521, 523

  sandbags, making 31

  Von Sanders, Liman 354

  Sandilands, Col. 499, 513–14, 559

  Sari Bair Ridge 442, 446–7

  Saunders, Sgt. A.F. 543, 553–4

  von Schlieffen, Count 59

  Scinde Rifles, 59th Battalion 251–3

  Scots Guards 553, 556

  1st Battalion 599

  2nd Battalion 599

  Scott, Pte. N. 349, 437–8

  Scott-Moncrieff, Charles 229

  Scottish Rifles

  2nd Battalion 102–3, 126, 135

  8th Battalion 369

  Seaforth Highlanders, 1/4 Battalion 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 106–7, 111–12, 117, 119–20, 123–5, 137–8, 306–7

  Sedd-el-Bahr village 346, 356, 361, 364

  Serbia 6, 453–4, 567, 589

  Service, Robert 1

  Shaw, Pte. W.H. 508–9

  shell-shock 417, 419, 476, 597

  Sherwood Foresters 305

  8th Battalio
n 12, 78, 98, 121, 124, 128–9

  Shropshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion 271, 273–5, 282

  Siege Batteries

  69th 284

  81st 84–6

  see also Royal Garrison Artillery Simpson, Pte. A. 156

  ‘Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers’ 29, 600

  Smale, Nellie 63

  Smith, Ella 332–3, 335

  Smith family 26–7

  Smith, George 231

  Smith, R.E. 577–8

  Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace forced resignation 256–7, 258–9, 264–5, 279

  and Neuve Chapelle 199

  and Ypres 218, 219–20, 241, 245, 246–8, 250, 253–7

  snipers German 81–2, 94–5, 169, 479

  Turkish 350, 352, 437

  Snow, General 199

  songs 28–9, 155

  South Staffordshire Regiment 594

  6th Battalion 75–8, 471, 472

  South Wales Borderers 364

  Southin, Bob 318–20

  Southport steamer 21–6

  Special Reservists 66

  Spencer, Pte. W. 548, 550

  spies 20–1, 26

  Stacke, Lt. 99

  Stephens, Col. 99, 103, 118–19, 121, 130, 132–4, 308

  Stevens, 106

  Stewart, Pte. C. 558–9, 571–2

  Stopford, General Sir Frederick 445–6, 448–50, 452–3, 566

  stretcher-bearers 117, 135, 233, 241, 308–9, 371

  Stuart, Lt. Col. B.F.B. 395n.

  Suffolk Regiment 543

  1st Battalion 283–6, 288–92, 293

  2nd Battalion 164–5

  Sutcliffe, Johnnie 91, 125

  Sutton, Sgnr. J.E. 192–3, 196–7, 235, 236

  Suvla Bay 432, 440, 442–52, 564–6, 580, 582, 585, 589

  Swan, the Rev. William 338–40

  swords, superfluous 16–17, 46

  Sydenham, Lord 598–9

  Tannenberg (battle) 60

  Taylor, Lt. 526–7

  Taylor, Major 68–9

  Tennant, Gnr. N. 299–302

  Tennant, Lt. C. 18, 34–5, 37, 91–5, 111–12, 117, 119–20, 123–5, 137–40, 307

  Territorial Force Dardanelles campaign 54, 363–9, 371, 374–5

  in Flanders 66–7, 77, 579, 589

  in France 36–7, 75

  and Indian Corps 66–7

  kindness of public to 155–8

  in Malta 38–43

  and Neuve Chapelle 78–9, 89–90, 141

  shortage of equipment 152–4

  training 38–9, 46–7

  see also ‘Kitchener’s Army’

  Thomson, Pte. A. 334, 336, 339–40

  Thuillier, Lt. Col. H.F. (later Major General) 555–6

  Times, The 141–2, 312–13

  Tinsley, James 332–3, 338n.

  Tower Bridge 487, 501, 512, 535, 550

  Trading with the Enemy Act 28

  training 38–9, 46–7, 154–5, 158–60, 161–6, 271, 594

  Treffry, Lt. Col. R.G. 395n.

  Tsintau steamer 23–4

  Turner, Brig. General 199–200

 

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