Tommy (97 page)

Beadle, 2nd Lt F. W. 440, 441

Bean, Dr Charles 60, 180, 195

Beanell, Nurse 481

Beatty, Admiral Lord 620

Beaumont 24

Beaumont Hamel 40, 181, 290, 458, 513

Becordel 219

Bedford, Earl of 22

Bedson, Sapper 464–5

BEF
see
British Expeditionary Force

BEF Times, The
607, 608

Behrend, Lt Arthur 373, 405, 414–15, 417, 448, 538–9, 588

Bell, Private 471

Belleau Wood (Chateau-Thierry) 68

Bellevue 268

Bennett, Winifred 200

Bergson, Henri 27

Bermondsey, London 98, 133

Bcrnafay Wood 28 1

Bcrrington Park, Herefordshire 626

Berry, Private 295

Bertrancourt 305

Bethell, Maj. Gen. Keppel 211, 229, 236

Bethencourt 614

Bethune 19, 463

Bewsher, Pte 87

Bezonvaux 24

Bickersteth, Lt Burgon 360, 390–91, 447, 506, 542, 615

Bickersteth, Revd Julian 172–3, 400, 476, 502, 504–5, 506–7, 510, 511–12, 513–14, 515, 520, 524, 559, 569

Bickersteth, Lt Ralph 400

Bickersteth, Revd Samuel 505–6

Biefvillers 494

Bigham, Pte Robert 361

Binding, Capt. Rudolf 51, 406

Birdwood, William 209, 210–11

Birley, Pte W.G. 246

Birr Cross-Roads 236

Biscoe, Lt Julian Tyndale 401

Bisley ranges 126, 132

Bisseker, F. D. 356

Black Watch Corner 271

Blacker, Capt. C. P. 284, 292–3, 302, 308–9, 318, 345, 355”6 368 385, 403, 473, 519–20, 525”6‘ 601 602, 605

Blair, Capt. H. 265

Blargies military prison (Amiens) 347

Blighty 495, 530, 631

blitzkrieg
375

blockhouses 261

Bloomfield, Pte George 296–7

Blunden, Lt Edmund 322, 538

Boer War (1899–1902) 26, 27, 33, 48, 79, 83, 89, 98, 101, 104, 105, 108, 113, 116, 119, 125, 127, 134, 161, 182, 190, 192, 194, 208, 214, 246, 266, 356, 377, 380, 390, 394, 435–6, 454, 466, 471, 507, 517, 587

Bois des Buttes, Chemin des Dames 397–8

Bois Grenier 295

Bolton, Pte 288, 289

Boltz, Corporal Clifford de 92

bombardment 404–6, 407

bombers 8–9, 385, 386–7, 389, 394

Bond, Brian:
The Unquiet Western Front
xvii

Bond, Corporal R. W. R. 520

Bongie, E. A. 45

Bonham-Carter, Brig. Gen. Charles 217

Boorer, Pte Herbert 320, 328

Booth, Lt W. M. 45

Bordon, Hampshire 80, 132

Boreham, RSM 289

Boulogne 191, 337, 479, 595, 610

Bourke, Joanna:
A Brief History of Killing
382'

Bourlon Wood 65, 206, 430, 626

Bourne, John xxii

Bout-Deville 308

Bowlby, Sir Anthony 478

Bowring, Maj. E. L. 570

Bowyer, Quartermaster 236

box barrage 409, 549

box respirator 369, 421–2, 425

Boxer Rising (1900) 108

Brabazon, Lt Col Lord 77

Bradford 85, 96, 97

Bradford, George 208

Bradford, Brig. Gen. Roland Boys 208

Brancourt le Grand 448

Bray 316

braziers 318

Breeze, Corporal 578–9

Bretons 52

brevet promotion 201

Brian Born
(Irish tune) 154–5

Bridges, Maj. Gen. Tom 162, 213, 437

British Army

amalgamation of regiments 104–5

armistice 613–18

artillery 57, 106, 110, 175, 183, 233–4, 261, 273, 278, 312, 321, 369, 371, 381, 395–417, 430

bathing 590–92

batmen and servants 359–62, 366, 497, 532

battalion orders 558

battalions 177–8, 275–9,
281

billets 349–54, 600

brigade staff 170, 171

brigades 176, 235–8, 275, 276, 278

brigadier general Royal Artillery (BGRA) 183

brigadiers and generals sacked 218–22

‘bullrings' (base depots) 340–49

camps 336–50

‘Canaries' (bullring staff) 341–2, 348

cavalry 110–11, 112, 121, 127, 163, 375, 379' 435–50

‘chateau generalship' 170

chief of general staff 189–90, 191

colonels 200

commander royal artillery (CRA) 175

commander royal engineers (CRE) 175

commanders 170–74

commissions 140–45, 146, 148, 159, 200–201, 356–8, 420, 580, 605, 606, 621, 622, 627

communications problems 34

company orders 557

compulsory transfers 91–3

concert parties 602–3

confined to barracks (CB) 557–8, 560

conscription 90, 106, 138, 156, 163, 334, 467–8

cooking 314–17

corps 182–4, 188, 226–7, 233–4

cyclist units 298–9

Daily Fighting Strength Returns 186, 187

decline in shooting standards 380

demobilisation 617–22

diversity in 75–6, 85–6, 222

divisional staff 170, 171

divisions 176–82, 188, 274–5, 276> 279

drunkenness, brawling and women 115–18

Effective Strength Returns 187

Field General Court Martial 561, 564

field punishments 87, 348, 558–61, 595

fines xxvii, 556–7

formation headquarters 169–70

gambling 599–601

gas, use of 419, 420, 423, 424–5

‘Geddes axe' of army reductions 622

general officer commanding Royal

Artillery (GOC RA) 183

general staff
see
separate entry

GHQ
see
separate entry

Haldane's reforms 107–8, 128–9

humour 533–5

importance of the Somme 47, 48

infantry 55, 90, 91, 94, 104, 111, 112, 121, 130, 156, 163, 174, 177, 230, 231, 264, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 299, 310, 311, 367, 368, 369, 371, 375, 379, 382, 393–6, 405, 407, 414, 420, 429, 431, 438, 441, 462–3, 570, 577

iron rations 318–ig language 491–503

leave 610–12

Lewis-gunners 8, 92

lice 589–90

machine-gunners 389–94

major general Royal Artillery (MGRA) 189

marksmanship 377–81

messes 354–6

militia and volunteers

Channel Islands 103

Ceylon Planters Corps 103

moustaches 355, 365, 366, 368–g, 394

mutinies 347–8

myth that generals remote from their men 211–17

NCOs 537, 538

nicknames 496–8

non-combatant element 273

officer corps 119–24

officers 572–82

officers brought out of retirement/rapidly promoted 194–8

pay xxvi-xxvii, 5, 82, 91, 136–7, 139, 156, 203, 310–11, 330, 419, 560, 593–4, 624

promotion 119, 199–208, 357

ration parties 288–g, 290, 322, 323

Ration Strength Returns 186

recruits' training 109–12, 129, 158–9

reduction to the ranks 334, 558, 563

regimental medical officers 273, 467, 469–71, 475, 485, 567

regimental pride 112–15

reports and returns 184–8

sappers 245–6, 310, 451–65

sentry duty 301–3

sick parades 469

signalese 184, 494

signallers 410, 415, 534–5

singing 498–503, 602, 603

size of British Army 103–4, 106, 138, 194. 376

‘sleeping at post' 302

smoking 326–8

stand-down 292, 293, 294

stand-to 284–5, 292, 293, 294, 295

statistics 90, 103, 104, 191

strikes (1918–ig) 347, 617

tactics xxi, xxii, 278

Trench Strength Returns 186, 187

trench warfare
see
separate entry

uniforms xxvi, 8, 106, 108–9, 112‘ 124, 147, 148, 157–8, 160, 225–6, 349, 365–8, 411, 436–7

venereal disease 483

war plan 26

wastage per annum 130

British Army units

Higher formations:

Northern Command 620

Western Command 196

1st Army 33, 37, 193, 209, 222, 226, 420, 511

2nd Army xxi, 33, 54–5, 56, 59, 60–61, 155, 209, 214, 233, 236, 269, 369, 453, 458–9, 567

3rd Army 6, 21, 36, 40, 52, 64, 65, 67, 188, 198, 199, 209, 210, 231

4th Army 39–43, 45, 56, 69, 84, 188, 189, 209, 227, 238, 431

5th Army (previously Reserve Army) 40. 54, 55, 59, 61, 66, 67, 69, 189, 209, 215, 278, 414, 442, 604

I Corps 37, 438

II Corps 33, 371, 438

III Corps 216, 221, 222, 233, 442

IV Corps 36, 37, 216, 442, 443

V Corps 241

VI Corps 184

VIII Corps 234

IX Corps 221, 230

X Corps 226

XI Corps 37

XIII Corps 189, 232–3, 442, 446

XIV Corps 234, 450

XV Corps 442

1st Cavalry Division 443

3rd Cavalry Division 446

5th Cavalry Division 443

1st Division 439, 570

2nd Division 182

3rd Division 396

4th Division 174, 602

5th Division 177, 396

6th Division 174, 524

7th Division 10, 182, 205, 240, 439

8th Division 178, 216, 281, 439

9th Scottish Division 64, 148, 180, 181, 233, 256, 409

10th Division 153, 154, 195

11th Division 178

12th Division 181, 390

14th Division 193

15th Division 179

16th Irish Division 153, 154, 155, 178, 204

17th Division 221, 229, 232, 602

18th Division 180, 197, 393

19th Division 178, 181, 571

20th Division 57, 197

21st Division 6, 171, 176, 178, 197–8, 201, 207, 267, 274–5, 278

23rd Division 195, 607

24th Division 47, 176, 267, 606

25th Division 178, 221

27th Division 192

29th Division 180, 545, 586, 603

31st Division 84, 149, 305

32nd Division 205, 222, 602

33rd Division 146, 177, 178, 219, 440

34th Division 174, 176, 195, 197

36th (Ulster) Division 154, 155, 177, 178

38th (Welsh) Division 150–52, 217, 226, 241, 275, 347, 628

46th (North Midland) Division 230, 231

47th (London) Division 216

48th (South Midland) Division 276

51st (Highland) Division 136, 178, 180, 181–2, 184, 212, 227–8, 229, 290, 429, 478

55th (West Lancashire) Division 196

56th (London) Division 41, 145, 230, 607

58th (2/is[ London) Division 607

66th Division 194, 208

Guards Division 37, 65, 86, 180, 181, 182, 308, 391, 557, 626

Household Division 78

Cavalry:

2nd Dragoon Guards (Royal Scots Greys) 108, 438

3rd Dragoon Guards 446

4th Dragoon Guards 162, 197, 437–8, 443, 449

5th Dragoon Guards 111, 493

7th Dragoon Guards 440, 441, 443

Household Cavalry 77, 161

3rd Hussars 450, 628

10th Hussars 445

11th Hussars 115–16, 161

13th Hussars 179

14th Hussars 379

18th Hussars 76, 118

19th Hussars 447, 448

20th Hussars 449

King Edward's Horse 78, 142

9th Lancers 197, 437–8,
₄₄
g

12th Lancers 436, 438

17th Lancers 194

19th Lancers 445

Life Guards, 1st Battalion 263

Northumberland Hussars 87, 128, 135, 625

1st Battalion 439

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 128

Royal Horse Guards 114–15

South Irish Horse 445

Yeomanry:

Bedfordshire Yeomanry 164, 356

Berkshire Yeomanry 105, 128

Essex Yeomanry 161

Hampshire Yeomanry 62, 91

Hertfordshire Yeomanry 127

Imperial Yeomanry 105, 127

Kent Yeomanry 46

Middlesex Yeomanry 127–8

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 18

Shropshire Yeomanry 91

Suffolk Yeomanry 128, 136, 193

Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry 46

Artillery:

Royal Artillery 47, 64, 121, 122, 131, 229, 396, 411, 417, 452, 615

Royal Horse Artillery xxvi, 109, 157, 396, 438, 441, 625

Royal Field Artillery 23, 86, 156, 157, 158, 296, 396, 398, 405, 417, 524, 564, 565, 574, 615–16

4th North Riding Howitzer Brigade 133–134

Royal Garrison Artillery 10, 156, 370, 371.396

21st Siege Battery 159

108th Heavy Battery 77

156th Heavy Battery 164

Royal Marine Artillery 156

Engineers:

Royal Engineers 20, 91, 122, 156, 162, 180, 245, 247, 282, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 336, 419, 456, 461, 4633

20th Fortress Company 457

171st Tunnelling Company 457, 459

175th Tunnelling Company 458

250th Company 419

Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners 456

No. 3 Field Survey Company 453

Railway Operating Division 311

Signal Service 452

Special Brigade 419, 422, 425

Special Companies 419

Infantry:

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 76, 148, 247

1st Battalion 136, 279

10th Battalion 179

Bedfordshire Regiment 15, 59, 86, 116

1st Battalion 607

3rd Battalion 123

4th Battalion 242

Border Regiment, 11th Battalion 470

Brigade of Guards 124, 587, 617

Cameron Highlanders 349

1st Battalion 159, 279

5th Battalion 148, 149

6th Battalion 147

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) xxvi, 123, 159, 161, 207, 239, 281, 349, 366, 629

1st Battalion 257, 281, 291, 358

2nd Battalion 366–7, 575

5th Battalion 76, 131, 148, 520

Cheshire Regiment 91

11th Battalion 193, 566

Coldstream Guards 77, 78, 133, 184, 204, 226, 280, 338, 496

2nd Battalion 284, 355, 356

3rd Battalion 366

4th Battalion 19, 308, 310, 355

Connaught Rangers 115, 153, 392, 519–520

6th Battalion 204, 586

Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 281, 282–3, 397–8

Dorsetshire Regiment 46, 310, 418–19, 627