by Robin Prior
and Haig's October plans (i)
and Asquith (i)
Ancre, River (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
armour-piercing bullets (i), (ii)
Arras (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
artillery, British
on 1 July (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)
on 2-13 July (i)
and planning for 14 July (i)
on 14 July (i), (ii)
from 15 July-12 September (i), (ii), (iii) passim
planning for 15 September (i), (ii)
on 15 September (i), (ii), (iii)
on 25 September (i), (ii), (iii)
on 26 September (i), (ii), (iii)
in October battles (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
at Beaumont Hamel (i), (ii)
and cavalry (i)
and change in German defensive tactics (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
counter battery (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
creeping barrage (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv)
defects in (i), (ii)
failure to cut wire and destroy trenches (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) passim, (vii) passim, (viii) passim, (ix), (x)
Howitzers, heavy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Howitzers, light (i), (ii), (iii)
and Somme planning (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
and tanks (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
and War Committee (i), (ii), (iii)
weather, effects of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix)
weight of bombardment: 1 July (i); 14 July (i); 22/23 July (i), (ii); 27 July (i); 18 August (i); 15 September (i); 25 September (i); 26 September (i)
artillery, German (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx)
Asquith, H. H.
on cavalry (i)
on French strategy (i)
on munitions (i)
on Haig (i)
on Balkan strategy (i)
visits Western Front (i)
and Battle of Beaumont Hamel (i)
as War Leader (i)
effect of Battle of the Somme on (i)
Authuille Wood (i), (ii)
Bacon, Admiral R.: and 15 September plan (i)
Balfour, A. J.
and planning for the Somme (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
and the Somme campaign (i), (ii), (iii)
Balfourier, General (i)
Bapaume (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Bazentins (i)
Beaucourt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Beaumetz (i)
Beaumont Hamel (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Bernafay Wood (i)
Bickersteth, Morris (i)
Birdwood, General W. (i), (ii)
British Army units
First Army (i), (ii)
Second Army (i)
Third Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Fourth Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv)
Reserve Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv)
II Corps (i), (ii)
III Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)
V Corps (i)
VII Corps (i)
VIII Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
X Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
XIII Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)
XIV Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
XV Corps (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii)
1 Anzac Corps (i), (ii), (iii)
Canadian Corps (i), (ii)
Cavalry Corps (i), (ii), (iii)
Guards Division (i), (ii)
1 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
passim, (i)
2 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
3 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
4 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
5 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
6 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
7 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
8 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
9 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
11 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
12 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
14 Division (i), (ii)
15 Division (i), (ii)
16 (Irish) Division (i)
17 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
18 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
19 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
20 Division (i)
21 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
23 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
24 Division (i)
25 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
29 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
30 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
31 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
32 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
33 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
35 (Bantam) Division (i)
34 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
36 (Ulster) Division (i), (ii), (iii)
38 (Welsh) Division (i)
39 Division (i), (ii)
41 Division (i)
46 Division (i)
47 Division (i)
48 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
49 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
50 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
51 (Highland) Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
55 Division (i), (ii)
56 Division (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
63 Division (i)
1 Australian Division (i), (ii)
2 Australian Division (i), (ii)
4 Australian Division (i), (ii), (iii)
2 Canadian Division (i)
3 Canadian Division (i)
4 Canadian Division (i)
New Zealand Division (i), (ii)
1 Cavalry Division (i)
3 Cavalry Division (i)
2 Indian Cavalry Division (i), (ii)
1 Brigade 203 passim
2 Brigade 203 passim
3 Brigade 203 passim
8 Brigade (i)
21 Brigade (i)
25 Brigade (i), (ii)
32 Brigade (i)
33 Brigade (i)
34 Brigade (i)
50 Brigade (i)
53 Brigade (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
54 Brigade (i), (ii)
55 Brigade (i)
63 Brigade (i), (ii)
64 Brigade (i), (ii)
89 Brigade (i)
90 Brigade (i)
93 Brigade (i)
94 Brigade (i)
95 Brigade (i)
103 Brigade (Tyneside Irish) (i)
110 Brigade (i)
118 Brigade (i)
South African Brigade (i)
Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade (i)
Grenadier Guards (i), (ii)
Irish Guards (i)
Anson Battalion (i)
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (i)
Bedfordshire Regiment (i), (ii)
Berkshire Regiment, Royal (i), (ii), (iii)
Black Watch (i), (ii)
Border Regiment (i)
Buffs (i)
Cameron Highlanders (i), (ii)
Devonshire Regiment (i)
Dorsetshire Regiment (i), (ii)
Drake Battalion (i)
Dublin Fusiliers, Royal (i), (ii), (iii)
Durham Light Infantry (i), (ii), (iii)
East Lancashire Regiment (i), (ii)
East Surrey Regiment (i), (ii), (iii)
East Yorkshire Regiment (i)
Essex Regiment (i), (ii)
Gloucestershire Regiment (i), (ii)
Hampshire Regiment (i)
Hood Battalion (i)
Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal (i)
Irish Rifles, Royal (i), (ii)
King's Own Regiment (i), (ii), (iii)
King's Own Scottish Borderers (i)
King's Regiment (i)
King's Royal Rifle Corps (i), (ii)
Lancashire Fusiliers (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Leicestershire Regiment (i)
Lincolnshire Regiment (i)
London Regiment (i)
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (i), (ii)
Manchester Regiment (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Middlesex Regiment (i), (ii)
Munster Fusiliers (i), (ii)
Newfoundland Regiment (i)
Norfolk Regiment (i), (ii), (iii)
Northamptonshire Regiment (i)
Northumberland Fusiliers (i)
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) (i)
Royal Irish Fusiliers (i)
Royal Scots (i)
Royal Sussex (i), (ii), (iii)
Seaforth Highlanders (i), (ii)
South Wales Borderers (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Suffolk Regiment (i), (ii)
Warwickshire, Royal (i), (ii)
Welch Regiment (i), (ii), (iii)
Welsh Fusiliers (i)
West Yorkshire Regiment (i), (ii)
York and Lancaster Regiment (i), (ii)
13 Australian Battalion (i)
50 Australian Battalion (i)
51 Australian Battalion (i)
Budworth, General C. (i), (ii)
Cambrai (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Cassel, Lt F. (i)
casualties, British
by British Army Division (i)
War Committee and (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
see also entries for British Army units casualties, German (i)
Caterpillar Wood (i), (ii)
Cavan, Earl
replaces Congreve (i)
and October battles (i)
recommends stopping battle (i)
as commander (i)
Churchill W. S.
and Dardanelles (i)
and Somme defences (i)
and August memorandum (i), (ii), (iii)
on British infantry (i)
on Somme casualties (i)
Congreve, General W.
and planning for 1 July (i)
and plan for 14 July (i)
and plan for 22/23 July (i)
illness (i)
at Battle of Beaumont Hamel (i)
as commander (i)
Contalmaison (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Courcelette (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Curzon, Lord (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Cussins, Sergeant Major (i)
Davidson, General J. H. (i), (ii)
Delville Wood (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)
Douai (i)
Du Cane, General J. P.: on optimism of the command in October (i)
Eaucourt l'Abbaye (i), (ii)
Falfemont Farm (i), (ii)
Falkenhayn, General E. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Fayolle, General E.
and attack of 22/23 July (i)
and attack of 18 August (i)
Flers (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Foch, Marshal F.
suggests strategy to Haig (i)
and attack of 22/23 July (i)
and tanks (i)
and September plans (i)
French, Field Marshal Sir John (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
French, the: and Salonika (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
French Army
artillery of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
difficulty of coordination with the British 143-4, 146, 148, 154 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
and Somme campaign (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)
and Somme plans (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
and Verdun (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Freyburg, Lt-Col. B.297
Fricourt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
German Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
attacks Verdun (i), (ii), (iii)
Bavarians (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
defences at the Somme (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii)
tactics (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Units: Second Army (i), (ii); 56 Division (i); 12 Reserve Division (i); (i)
Reserve Division (i); 28 Reserve
Division (i), (ii); 4 Bavarian Division (i); 86 Reserve Regiment (i)
Ginchy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Gommecourt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Gort, Lord (i)
Gough, General H.
in 1 July plan (i)
commands Reserve Army (i), (ii)
and Pozières campaign (i)
and Mouquet Farm (i), (ii)
and Haig's September plans (i), (ii)
and Thiepval attack (i), (ii)
and Haig's October plans (i)
blames troops for failure (i)
and Battle of Beaumont Hamel (i)
as commander (i)
Grandcourt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Grey, Sir Edward (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Gueudecourt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Guillemont (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Haig, General Sir Douglas
Commander-in-Chief BEF (i)
and planning for 1916 (i)
and the War Committee (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
and planning for the Somme (i), (ii), (iii)
relationship with Rawlinson (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
relationship with Joffre (i), (ii), (iii)
concept of battle (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
and historians (i), (ii)
reactions to 1 July (i)
and planning for 2-13 July (i), (ii)
and planning for 14 July (i), (ii)
and German morale (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
and planning for July (i)
and planning for August (i), (ii), (iii)
and Pozières (i), (ii)
relationship with Robertson (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
and planning for 15 September (i), (ii)
and planning for 25 September (i)
and planning for October (i), (ii), (iii)
and planning for Beaumont Hamel (i), (ii)
as commander at the Somme (i)
and technology (i)
Hankey, Sir Maurice (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hawthorn Ridge and Redoubt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
High Wood (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix)
Higginson, Brigadier-General H. W. and operations at Delville Wood July (i)
at capture of Thiepval (i)
as commander (i)
Hindenburg, General (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) Horne, General Sir H.
and plan for 14 July (i)
reflections on the battle in July (i)
and planning for 15 September (i), (ii)
as commander (i), (ii)
Hunter-Weston, General Sir A.
advocates limited attack for 1 July (i)
and Hawthorn mine (i)
and
impact on operations on 1 July (i)
Intermediate Trench (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Irles (i)
Jacob, General C. (i), (ii), (iii)
Joffre, Marshal J.
at Chantilly Conference (i)
strategy for Somme campaign (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
on Verdun (i), (ii)
strategy after 1 July (i)
on British contribution to battle (i)
on British tactical failures (i)
Kavanagh, General C. T. (i)
Kiggell, General Sir L.
on preliminary bombardment (i)
Training of Divisions for Offensive Action (i)
on 14 July operation (i), (ii)
on failure at Guillemont (i)
on 15 September plan (i)
on Beaumont Hamel attack (i)
Kitchener, Lord
Minister of War (i), (ii)
and horses on the Western Front (i)
on German strategy (i)
on British artillery (i)
on Somme offensive (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
on Verdun (i)
death (i)
La Boisselle (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Le Sars (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Le Transloy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Leipzig Redoubt (i), (ii)
Lesboeufs (i), (ii), (iii)
Leuze Wood (i), (ii), (iii)
Lloyd George, David
Balkan strategy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
attitude to Western Front (i), (ii)
as Minister of Munitions (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
and horses in the BEF (i)
and Haig (i), (ii)
and Russia (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
attitude to Somme offensive (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
attitude to Somme campaign (i), (ii)
as Minister for War (i)
and Robertson (i)
Longueval (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Loupart Wood (i), (ii)
Ludendorff, General E. (i), (ii)
machine-guns (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv), (xxvi), (xxvii), (xxviii), (xxix), (xxx), (xxxi), (xxxii), (xxxiii), (xxxiv), (xxxv), (xxxvi), (xxxvii), (xxxviii), (xxxix), (xl), (xli)
Mametz (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Mametz Wood (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Maricourt (i), (ii), (iii)
Martinpuich (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Maxse, General I.
on training for Somme (i)
as commander of 18 Division (i), (ii), (iii)
Millencourt (i)
Miraumont (i), (ii),
Monchy (i), (ii)
Montauban (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Montgomery, General A. (i), (ii), (iii)
Morland, General T.:Commanding X
Corps on 1 July (i)
Mouquet Farm (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Mouquet Farm Switch Line (i), (ii)
Nieuport (i)