The Great Silence (46 page)

Alexander, King of Greece,
258

Alexandra, Queen of Edward VII,
72
,
82
,
89
,
141
,
163

Allenby, General Edmund Henry Hynman
(later
Field Marshal 1st Viscount),
115
,
118

Amazon
, HMS,
29

Anderson, Sergeant Alfred,
15

Anderson, Jocky,
62

Ann, Douglas,
200
–1

Ann, Drusilla,
200
–1

Annie (Stoke Newington landlady),
199
–200

Anson, Colonel G. E.,
224

Apollinaire, Guillaume,
217

Arlen, Michael:
The Green Hat
,
126
,
237

Armistice (1918): and demobilisation,
3
;

celebrations and reactions to,
32
–43;

first anniversary,
139
–40,
142
,
148
;

and two-minute silence,
142
–7,
149

Ash, Edwin L.:
Nerves and the Nervous
,
207

Ashley, Mrs (party-goer),
149

Asquith, Lady Cynthia,
6
–7,
36
,
181

Asquith, Herbert Henry
(later
1st Earl): loses parliamentary seat,
75
;

recommends Pelmanism,
98

Asquith, Katherine,
135

Asquith, Margot (
later
Countess),
217
-18,
238

Asquith, Raymond,
98
,
100
,
113
,
134
-5

Astor, John Jacob,
46

Astor, John Jacob IV,
46

Astor, Nancy, Viscountess: marriage,
46
;

and T. E. Lawrence’s distaste for the physical,
120
;

wins parliamentary seat,
167
–71,
205
,
258
;

teetotalism,
170
,
185

Astor, Violet (
née
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound),
45
–7

Astor, Waldorf, 2nd Viscount,
46
,
167

Astor, William Waldorf, 1st Viscount,
46
,
167

Astor, William Waldorf
(later
3rd Viscount; Nancy’s son),
169

Athlone, Princess Alice, Countess of,
228

Atkins, Arthur Tommy,
3
,
11
-12,
15
,
198
-200

Atkins, Kitty,
199
-200

Atlantic: Alcock and Brown fly across,
105
-6

Australia: first flight to,
150

Baden-Powell, Sir Robert
(later
1st Baron),
98

Baker, Sir Herbert,
164
-5

Balfour, Arthur James,
162
,
170

ballet,
215
-17

Ballets Russes,
152
,
215
-18

Banting, William,
136

Barnes, Annette,
35

Barrie, Madame (corsetière),
178

Barrie, (Sir) James Matthew,
264

Beadle, Charles and Frank,
213

Beale, Dorothy and Os,
176
–7

Beale, Mary,
49
,
176

Beaton, Cecil,
6

Beaverbrook, Gladys, Lady,
152

Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron,
148

Bedford, Adeline, Duchess of,
103

Beecham, Sir Thomas,
120
,
152

Behind the Door
(film),
84

Beldham, Sydney,
62

Bell, Clive,
36
,
218

Bell, Vanessa,
36
,
218

Belloc, Hilaire,
255

Bemberg, Herman,
215

Bennett, Arnold,
33

Bentley, W. O.,
196

Berlin: Communism in,
83

Bickham, Mr (Boer War veteran),
13
–14

bigamy: increase in,
68

Bill, Charlotte (‘Lalla’),
88
-9

Binyon, Laurence,
25
,
255

Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of,
258

Birth of a Nation, The
(film),
220

Blake, Robert, Baron,
146

Blunden, Edmund,
261

Boston, Mass.: molasses tank accident,
185

Boutique Fantasque, La
(ballet),
216

Bowlby, Sir Anthony,
65

Bragg, J. L.,
18

Brett, Dorothy,
234
-5,
250

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme,
181

Britain: demonstrations and unrest,
121
,
129
-30,
137
,
257

British Medical Council: and influenza epidemic,
93

British West Indian Regiment,
131

Brittain, Edward,
261
–2

Brittain, Vera,
32
–3,
255
,
258
–62

Brock, Dr Arthur J.,
66
-7

Broken Blossoms
(film),
205
–6

Brooke, Rupert,
53

Brooker, Daisy,
40

Brooker, Emily,
48

Brooker, George,
40

Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten: transatlantic flight (with Alcock),
105
,
150

Brown, Jack,
122

Buchan, John (1st Baron Tweedsmuir),
115

Buckingham Palace: garden parties,
104

Buckmaster, Herbert,
35
,
45
,
193

Buck’s Club, London,
193

Bullock, John,
13
,
15
,
42

Bullock, Mrs (John’s mother),
42

Burke, Roland,
224
–7,
229
-32

Burton, Percy,
117
–18,
120

Cambridge University: resistance to women students,
259

Campbell, Roy,
261

Canada: Prince of Wales tours and buys ranch in,
162
,
164

Canterbury Cathedral: stained-glass windows returned,
102

Capel, Arthur,
174
,
180

Capel, Lady Diana
(formerly
Wyndham),
148
,
180

Cardiff: racial tensions,
129

Carleton, Billie,
133
–4

Carnegy, Mildred:
A Little Book for Those Who Mourn
,
207

Carrington, Dora,
36
–7,
238

Cartland, (Dame) Barbara,
4
,
19
,
83
,
97
,
183
,
189
,
193

Caruso, Enrico,
215

Cavell, Edith,
104
,
268

Cecil, Lord David,
238

Cecil, Hugh (photographer),
139

Cenotaph: designed,
109
,
265
;

made permanent,
121
;

and act of remembrance,
145
,
147
;

meaning,
263
–4,
266
;

unveiling,
267
,
271
–4

censorship: in wartime,
20

Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco),
34
,
148
,
158
,
173
-5,
180
,
251

Change, William,
160

Channon, Sir Henry (‘Chips’),
104

Chaplin, Charlie,
8
,
85
,
205

Chapman, Thomas,
114

Charteris, Ivo,
113

Chase, Harry,
115
,
117
,
119

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire: conservatory demolished,
223
–5,
229
,
231
-2

childbirth,
124

children: independence,
214

Chinese workers: clear battlefields,
101

Christian Science,
240

Christianity: decline in popularity and observance,
96

Christmas (1919),
176
–82

Church of England: Conference (1920),
239
-40

Churchill, Clementine (Lady): and daughter Marigold,
92
;

interest in buying Peelings (house),
222
;

marriage,
228

Churchill, Lady Randolph (
née
Jenny Jerome),
189

Churchill, (Sir) Winston: attacked by suffragette,
2
;

hastens demobilisation,
76
–7;

and daughter Marigold,
92
;

presents prize money to Alcock and Brown,
106
;

and T. E. Lawrence’s arrogance,
116
;

sees Lowell Thomas’s T. E. Lawrence show,
119
;

welcomes Prince of Wales back from overseas tour,
162
;

opposes women in Parliament,
170

cinema: as entertainment,
151
,
205
–6

cinemas: as refuges,
94

Clarke Hall, Denis,
244
-8

Clarke Hall, Edna
(née
Waugh),
58
,
240
-8;

‘Peace Night’ (poem),
41

Clarke Hall, Justin,
244
–5,
247

Clarke Hall, William,
241
-4,
246
,
248

class (social): and effect of war,
2
–3,
9

Clemenceau, Georges,
106
–7

Cliveden, Berkshire,
46
,
167
,
185

coal miners: disaffection,
77
–80

Coalition Government: returned (December 1918),
75

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire,
80

Cobb, Professor (of Leeds),
78

Cocteau, Jean,
217

Cohen, Stanley,
63

Collins, Michael,
75
,
130

Communism: in Germany,
83
;

seen as threat,
86
;

demonstrations in Europe,
106

conscription (wartime),
13

Constructive Birth Control Society,
173

contraception,
124
–5,
161
,
173

Cooper, Lady Diana
(earlier
Manners): on reaction to war horrors,
20
;

studies under Tonks,
58
;

marriage,
111
–14;

and peace celebrations,
111
;

social life,
111
–12,
152
;

accident and temporary disablement,
113
,
134
–5,:
4
–8;

at Victory Day Ball,
133
;

takes drugs,
134
–6,
251
;

concern for looks,
251

Cooper, Duff: returns from France at war’s end,
31
;