Tommy (100 page)

fuses 401–2, 409

Fussell, Paul xxiv

Fussell, Paul,
The Great War and Modern Memory
xvii-xviii

Gaffikin, Maj. George 333–4

Gale, 2nd Lt Richard 532

Gallipoli xix, xx, 14, 35, 43, 97, 128, 145, 194, 198, 585

Gardiner, Corporal 300

Garrod, Private R. G. 109, 110, 162–3, 449

Garvey, Pte Joseph 99, log, 110

gas 35, 36, 52, 247, 256–7, 369, 409, 417, 418–26, 427, 430, 457, 459, 513–550

Gascons 52

Gaskell, 2nd Lt C. H. 141, 327, 590

Gater, Brig. Gen. George 207, 208

Gays, Ernie 299

Gedye, Lt 606

Gee, Gunner 612

Gelliband, Maj. Gen. John 195

general staff 224–42

instituted 224

Army Training Directorate 107

Staff Duties Directorate 107

Military Operations Directorate 107

staff college 224, 225

blue ribbon campaign 224, 225

French on 224–5

chiefs of staff 225

uniform 225–6

headquarters 226, 227–8

corps 226–7, 233–4

messes 228–30

divisional commander 229–30

divisional chief of staff (GSO 1) 230

‘rule of differents' 231–2

brigades 235–8

safe and predictable staff jobs 238–9

working hours 239–40

awareness of front-line conditions 240–42

George, Pte E. 629

George V, King 32, 50, 630

German Army 105

1st Army 28

2nd Army 28

3rd Army 28

54th Division 429

Guard Cavalry Division 438

26th Infantry Regiment 37

44th Infantry Regiment 55

57th Regiment 542

108th Field Artillery Regiment 430

224th Bavarian Reserve Regiment 382

artillery 274, 305, 405, 429–30, 545

atrocities by 550–51

and bayonets 382, 385

‘black day of the German army' (August 8th 1918) 70, 431

blockhouses 261–2

bombardment of communication trenches 255

brigades 176

British attitude towards 536, 538

casualties 47, 55, 69

cavalry 437, 438

conscription 103, 536

defends in ever-increasing depth 278

defensive strategy 34–5

Forward, Battle and Rearward Zones 278

front line at Vimy Ridge 269

gas, use of 35, 36, 52, 247, 418, 419, 423–6

general staff 224

guns 411

Haig on xix

High Wood counterattack 204

horses 163

infantry 385, 448, 537

machine-gun companies 389

mining 457, 462

Neuve Chapelle 34

‘pampered' storm-troops 182

as prisoners 541–2, 550–54

quantitative and qualitative superiority 65

retreat to the Hindenburg Line 50–51, 52, 258

senior NCOs 536–7

size of 103

snipers 295–6

songs 499

spring offensives (1918) 30, 60, 65–9, 93, 213, 215, 274, 279, 405, 413–14, 430, 478

‘storm-troop' tactics 65

trench system 277

troops moved westward 50, 65

at Verdun 39, 42, 43

weakened by the Somme 47, 49

German Navy: submarine warfare 49, 54, 69

German Official History 70

Germany

Alsace and Lorraine ceded to 25

Army of Occupation in 617–18

consequence of a German victory 28–9

effects of blockade on 69

and Franco-Russian alliance 27

mobilisation and entry into Belgium (1914) 28

Schlieffen's proposals 27–8

Gheluvelt Plateau 55, 56

Ghissignies 551

GHQ

adjutant general's (A) branch 91

armistice 615

and campaign plans 233

and corps 182

clearing-out of 190

controls British military effort in France 189

general staff (G) branch 191

and generals' sackings 222

intelligence staff 587

medical services 468

military secretary's department (MS) 191–2, 203

moved from St-Omer to Montreuil 39, 193–4

and officer promotion 199

quartermaster general's (Q) branch 191

reports and returns 186–7

tensions with army headquarters 56

Topographical Section (‘Maps GHQ') 453

transfer of brigades 176

Gibbs, Capt. Stormont 537, 585

Gibbs, Philip 50, 240, 465

Gibraltar Farm 527

Giffard, 2nd Lt W. E. 531

Giffard, Maj. Eddie 615

Giles, Pte Reginald 76

Ginchy, battle of (1916) 383

Ginchy crossroads 291

Ginchy Ridge 310

Ginns, Corporal Ronald 321, 419–20

Gittins, 2nd Lt Herbert 196

Givenchy 36

Gladden, Pte Norman 92, 425, 471, 539, 573, 579, 604–5

Glasgow 97, 101, 102, 131, 148, 324, 349

Gleeson, Father Francis 519

Gleichen, Maj. Gen. Count (later Lord Edward Gleichen) 338, 545

Glencorse Wood 271, 377

Gliddon, Gerald 626
Gloucester Castle,
SS (hospital ship) 480

Glubb, 2nd Lt John 267, 452

Godbert's restaurant, Amiens 592

Godsell, 2nd Lt Kenneth 436–7

Goldsmith, Maj. Frank, MP 128

Gommecourt 40, 41, 46, 230, 476

Goodban, Pte Monty 375

Goodlad, Pte Alf 629

Goodwillie, Sgt 574

Gordon, Capt. 157

Gordon, 2nd Lt Huntley 178, 261–2, 271, 301, 374, 493, 522–3, 624

Gordon-Lennox, Maj. Lord Bernard 78

Gore, Gunner J. W. 66–7

Gosling, Brig. Gen. Charles 220

Gough, Lt Gen. Sir Hubert 40, 41, 54, 56–57, 59–69, 152, 209, 210, 215, 233

Gough, Brig. Gen. Johnnie 523

Gouzeaucourt 65, 503, 582

Gowk, Maj. Archie 121

Graham, Pte Stephen 71, 79, 493, 507, 531. 535. 548, 552, 605, 618

Gravelines 21

Graves Registration Commission 628

Graves, Capt. Robert xix, xxiv, 89, 182, 196, 202, 203, 293, 296, 301, 308, 311, 329, 344–5, 355–371, 382, 383, 419, 5l4, 522, 528, 596, 617

Goodbye to All That
179

Gray, Pte Frank 572

Greenwell, Capt. Graham 141, 367, 543, 550, 619, 623

grenades 380–81, 385–9, 394

cricket ball 386–7

gas 423

ignition 387–8

Ball 387

Battye 387

Hand Grenades Nos 7–9

Oval 387

Picher 387

jam-tin 385–6, 387

mechanical 387, 388

Hand Grenade No.12 (‘Hairbrush pattern') 388

Mills Hand Grenade No.5 (‘pineapple') 8, 388, 389

percussion 387

Hand Grenades Nos 1 and 2 387

potato-masher 389

rifle 369, 389

No.3 (Hale's) 389

smoke 427 ‘toffee apple1 369

Grey, Sir Edward 28–g

Grierson, Lt Gen. Sir James 215

Griffin, ex-Sgt, later archbishop of Westminster 506

Griffith, Paddy xxii, 47

Griffith, Pte Watcyn 151

Griffith, Capt. Llewelyn Wyn 151–2, 217–18, 370, 544

Grimshaw, Pte Raymond 372–3

Groom, Pte W. H. A. 380, 524, 526–7, 579–80, 605

Groser, Father John 516

Groves, Capt. P. H. C. 132

Guernsey, Capt. Lord 78

Gueudecourt (Somme) 256, 445

Guillemont 450, 473

battle of (1916) 45, 154, 204

Guinness, Maj. Hon. Walter, MP 128, 193. 233, 235–6, 407, 409, 496, 564

guns

5.9–inch 411, 498

6–pounder 430, 432

8–inch 411

9–inch naval 497

9.2–inch 10, 498

1l-inch 411

13–pounder 399, 438

18–pounder 10, 175, 371, 395, 398, 399, 404, 409, 410, 411, 438

60–pounders 10, 175, 414

75–mm field
(soixante-quinze)
25

77–mm field 9, 283, 429, 444

Gurney, Pte Ivor 268

Guy's Hospital, London 98

Gwynne, H. A. 510

Gwynne, Llewellyn H., bishop of Khartoum 510, 511, 513

Haber, Fritz 425

Haber, Ludwig:
The Poisonous Cloud
425

Habnor Farm 63

Haddock, Pte James 562

Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas xviii, xx, xxi, 178, 188, 189, 198, 448, 469, 523, 580, 596

and Allied counterattack (8 August 1918) 69

battle of the Somme 40, 41, 43, 44

and British Legion 631

and Cambrai 233, 429, 430

and the death sentence 567

and Dominion troops, use of 180

at Doullens conference 67

Flanders offensive 53–4

French intrigues against him 215

French's confidence in him 33

and gas, use of 420

and German submarines on the Flanders coast 49, 54

gives Churchill command of a battalion 193

and Gwynne 510

Haldane's military adviser 107

hands over 1st Army to Monro 209

insistent on the primacy of the Western

Front 38

and Kiggell 190, 191

lavish grant to 620

lends money to French (1899) xxv and Lloyd George 49

meeting with gough 59

meeting with Joffre 39

and night attack on Somme 407

and Nivelle 49, 50

and Rawlinson 216, 222, 227

and tank use 44

and third Ypres 56, 60

opinions on Haig 171, 172

replaces French as G-in-C (1915) xix, 29.38. 215

splits his headquarters 194

Verdun 39

warning to the government 66

Haillicourt 502

Haking, Lt Gen. Sir Richard 88

Haldane, R. B. 79, 107, 128, 129–30, 133–135, 137

Hale, Pte Alfred 96, 362, 492–3, 598, 619

Halifax 99

Hallidav, Sgt Maj. 87

Hamel 46, 69

Hamilton, Capt. 573, 582

Hamilton, Maj. Gen. Hubert 212, 299

Hamilton-Gordon, Lt Gen. Alexander 230

Hanbury-Sparrow, Lt Col Alan 76, 115, 121, 292, 345, 348, 358, 366, 382, 425–6, 512–13, 532, 536, 549. 579–580, 604

Hangard 630

Hankey, Maurice 26, 45, 215, 225

Happy Valley 152

Harding, Corporal 447

Harding of Petherton, Field Marshal the Lord 131

Hardwidge, L/Cpl H. 46

Hardwidge, Corporal T. 46

Hardy, Revd Theodore Bayley 515, 518

Harfleur 182, 337, 342–3, 344–5, 579

Harington, Maj. Gen. Sir Charles ‘Tim' 55–232

Harkness, Revd James 509

Harper, Maj. Gen. George ‘Uncle 181, 182, 228, 429

Harrison, E. G. W. 121

Harrods department store, London 141, 229

Harrowby Camp, Grantham 390

Harvey, Will 605, 610

Haspres 72

Hatton, Trooper S. F. 127–8, 135

Haumont 24

Havrincourt 237

Hawkings, Pte Frank 172, 177, 248–9, 253, 270, 285, 304, 317, 353–4, 372, 421, 463, 477, 484, 546, 573

Hawthorn Ridge 46, 458

Hay, Maj. Ian (real name Ian Hay Beith) 179, 296

Hazebrouck 68, 242

Headlam, Brig. Gen. Tommy 207–8

Heardman, L/Cpl F. 383

Hearn, Pte 298

Heath, Maj. 123

Heathcote, Brig. Gen. Charles 221

Hebuterne 253, 315, 477

Heenan, Cardinal John 506

Helfaut 350

Hellfire Corner (Ypres) 522

Helm, Revd G. F. 605

Helm, Lt Cyril 264, 387, 400, 475

Henderson, Arthur 45

Henderson, Lt Col the Hon. H. C, 128

Henencourt 521

Henriques, Lt Basil 433

Henry V, King 22

Henry, G. A. 108

Heppenstall, Walter xxvi-xxvii

Herbert, Aubrey, 338

Hermaville 228

Hertig, Capt. von 47

Heytesbury, Lt. Col. Lord 141

High Wood (Somme) 42, 91, 204, 217, 383, 440–42, 455, 456, 537

Hill 60 (Ypres) 386, 418, 457, 459, 465

Hinchcliffe, Quartermaster 291

Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von Beneckendorff und

replaces Falkenhayn 48

supposed ‘Lions led by Donkeys' conversation xxi

Hindenburg Line 11, 28, 30, 50, 52, 64, 65, 70, 71, 258, 267, 537–553

Hinges Chateau 226

Hiscock, Pte Eric 171, 268, 286, 492, 530–31‘ 596 599

Hisloriale de la Grande Guerre
51

Hodges, Corporal Frederick 93–4, 119, 262, 322, 327, 501, 527, 538, 549, 572–3, 582

Hog's Back (Guildford) 4, 23

Hohenzollern Redoubt 38

Holland, Lt Col 83

Holmes, Pte 360

Holmes, Richard:
Redcoat
490

Holmes, Maj. Gen. William 213

Holyrood 154

Home, Brig. Gen. Archibald ‘Sally' 230, 231, 436, 439, 442, 496

homosexuality 598–9

Honnechy 446

Hood, Pte 601

Hood, Pte Tom 111

Hooge (Ypres) 384, 525

Hooge Chateau (Ypres) 236

Hooge Ridge (Ypres) 458

Hooke, Enid A. 456

Hooke, Lt Col Utten Lamont 199, 456

Hornby, Capt. Charles 437, 585

Home, Gen. Sir Henry 209, 218

horses 161–5, 237, 273–4, 338, 350, 371, 396, 422, 436, 437, 440, 442, 446, 449, 450, 466, 548, 579, 603, 604, 624, 625

Horsley, Sir Victor 331

hospitals 164, 468, 478–81, 485, 509, 605, 616

Hotel du Rhin (Amiens) 592

Hotel Lion d'Or (Rheims) 190

Houplines 195, 361

House of Commons 106, 128, 155

House of Lords 102, 106, 125, 128

Howard, Pte Hon. M. F. S. 76

Howe, Lord 114

howitzers

4.5–inch 10, 175, 371, 395, 409, 410 6–inch 404

9.2–inch 371, 404, 410

Hubback, Brig. Gen. Arthur 208

Hubbard, Pte Arthur 552

Hughes, Col. Sam 216

Huguet, Col. Victor 26

Hulluch 325

Humbercamps (Arras) 493–4

Hundred Days 72, 180–81, 213, 234, 237, 273, 274, 275, 394, 434, 605, 615, 627

Hunt, Carew 619

Hunter, Charley 128

Hunter-Weston, Lt Gen. Sir Aylmer, MP 234, 496

Hurrah for the CRE!
(sappers' song) 175

Hurtgen forest 14

Husey, Brig. Gen. Ralph 208–9