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Catterick camp 31, 112, 148

Cavalry Training
436

Cavan, Lt. Gen. Lord 234, 564, 602

Cawley, Lord 626

Cecil, George 78

cemeteries 14, 46, 72, 114, 152, 299, 300, 371, 456, 477, 494, 627, 628

Cenotaph, Whitehall 629–30

Central London Recruiting Office (Scotland Yard) 138–9

Central Medical War Committee 467

Centre for First World War Studies, Birmingham University xxii

Ceylon Tea Planters' Rifles 206

Chamberlain, Sgt 283

Chambers, Maj. G. O. 263, 484

Chambers, Corporal Robert 59

Champagne 18, 28, 36, 39, 237

Channel ports 33

Chant, Pte Richard 111, 112, 493

Chantilly 36, 38–9, 48

Chanzy, Gen. Antoine Eugene 135

Chapman, Capt. Guy 15, 176–7, 351–2, 389–90, 468, 514–15, 544, 548–9 551, 563, 575, 587, 614, 618, 620, 621, 625

Chappell, John 131

Charles II, King 77, 112

Charlesworth Pit 149

Charteris, Brig. Gen. John 40, 44, 49, 53, 56–7, 59, 198–9, 214, 232, 239, 240

Chasseaud, Peter 455

Chateau de Beaurepaire 39, 194

Chateau de la Bove 17

Chateau de Querrieu 194

Chattenden (Chatham) 80

Chavasse, Capt. Noel 470

Chemin des Dames 17, 49, 68, 198, 2og, 274, 278, 398, 474

Chester Farm Cemetery 300

Chorley, Lancashire 82

Christian Fellowship Neivs
520

Christian Social Union 506

Christmas truce (1914) 544

Chrystal, Sgtjock 87, 439

Church in France, The
(1917 report) 522

Church of England 503–9, 514–15, 516, 518, 520

Church of Scotland 509

church parades 508

Churchill, Sir Winston 89, 128, 137, 193
The World Crisis
xx

Citadel Camp (Fricourt) 281, 294

Citadel New Military Cemetery 46

Clapham Junction 271, 551

Clark, Alan:
The Donkeys
xxi, xxii

Clark, Revd Andrew 593, 594

class issues 96, 102–3, 307~8, 356–62, 575–6

clay-kicking 457, 459

Clayton, Revd Philip ‘Tubby' 524–5

Cleaver, Lt Hoppy 373

Clingo, CSM 366

Clive, Capt. Percy, MP 78

Clouting, Pte Ben 449, 450

coalition government 35

Cockburn, Lt Col J. B. 204

Cockerill, Pte Cecil 360

Collings, Brig. Gen. W. A. 195

Collins, Capt. Gussy 492

Collins, Lottie 497

Collins, Lt Col Jack 232

Coltman, L/Cpl Bill 471

Committee of Imperial Defence 26, 106, 225

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

cemeteries 114, 456, 477, 494, 627

Communal Cemetery, Ors 72

Compiegne 17

Congreve, Capt. Billy 214, 299–300, 384, 53e. 542

Congreve, Lt. Gen. Sir Walter 214, 233, 384

Connell, Pte 602

conscription 25, 103, 106, 130, 138, 156, l63, 334, 467–8, 536

Conservative government 106

Contagious Diseases Act (1864) 117

Conwy River 91

Cook, Sgt 343

Coppard, Cpl George, 247–8, 316, 320, 361–2, 390, 392, 501, 546, 548, 580, 581, 585, 593, 620

Corbie (Somme) 22, 23, 525–6, 631

Coucy le Chateau 22

Couin casualty clearing station 477

Coulson, Sgt. Leslie 145

County Territorial Associations 130, 136, 137

courts martial 302, 334, 368, 484, 558, 561–4, 569, 571, 598

Craiglockhart Military Hospital, Edinburgh 485

Crawshay, Lt. Col. ‘Tibs' 204

Crecy, battle of (1346) 150, 380

creeping barrages 5, 40, 58, 406–9

Creveld, Martin van 227

Crichton, Maj. the Hon. Hubert 77–8

crime 102, 570

Crimean War (1853–6) 182, 457

Croft, Lt Col 380

Croft, Sgt 111

Croisilles, battle of (1917) 3, 207

Croney, Pte Percy 116, 156, 348

Cropper, 2nd Lt 288

Cross, Sgt Jo 424

Crow, Pte Arthur Arnold 76

Crowther, Pte John Vivian 118

Croydon 79, 82, 132

Crozier, Brig. Gen. Frank 154, 171, 204–7, 235, 237–8, 268–9, 329–30, 333–4' 3H 516, 545, 551–4, 562, 567–70, 576, 577, 595, 597–8, 611–12, 614

Crozier, Rifleman James 568

Crucifix Alley 17

Crucifix Corner 204

Cuckle, Pte Louis 629

Cuinchy 240–41, 543

cuirassiers 436, 437

Culme-Seymour, Capt. 573

Cumeries 24

Cumming, Brig. Gen. Hanway 6, 205, 207, 229, 236–7, 278

Cuninghame, Capt. A. K. S. 46–7

Cunningham, Revd B. K. 511

Cupola huts 349

Curragh Mutiny (1914) 102, 152

Curragh of Kildare 112, 117, 118, 153

Currie, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur 198

Cusack, Pte John 97~8, 108, in, 584, 585

Custer, General George 83

Cyril's restaurant, Poperinghe 592

Dagger, or London in the Line, The
607, 608

Daglish, Pte 439
Daily Mail
414

Dalmeny, Capt. 231–2

Daours 229

Davidson, Archbishop Randall 506

Davidson, Lt. Gen. Tavish 189

Davies, Revd Harold 242, 300–301, 503,

Davies, Maj. Gen. Joseph 216

Davies, Maj. Gen. R. H. 197

Dawes, CSM 332–3

Dawson, Lt Col 392

de Boltz, Corporal Clifford 157, 338–9, 345, 357

de Lisle, Brig. Gen. 585

de Miremont, Maj. Count 203–4

de Wiart, Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian Carton 76, 211, 285–6, 360, 374, 623–4

Dead Horse Corner Gazette
608

Dead Mule Corner 24

Dean, Corporal 262

Dean, Lt Col 582

Dearden, Harold 473

death

accidental 296–7

avoidance humour 300

burials 297–301

death penalty 302, 558–9, 562–70

death rate 625–6

funerals in peacetime 101–2

decorations 582–8, 630

Delville Wood (Somme) 17, 42, 145, 256, 472

demobilisation 617–22

Denmark, Sgt 411, 416

Deolali (Bombay) 495

Derby, Lord 196

Dernancourt (Somme) 254

Desborough, Billy 626

Desborough, Ivo 626

Desborough, Julian 626

desertion 271, 504–5, 545–6, 562, 564, 565. 566

Dewing, Col. R. E. 572

Dickebush 491

Dickebush Huts 254

Dickens, Maj. 573

Direct Hit, The
607

Division in Attack, The
408

Dixon Pte (Bernard Adams' servant) 360

Docherty, Pte John 566

Dolby, Pte Harold 479

Dolby, Capt. Robert 455, 467, 499, 540–41

Dolden, Pte Stuart 146–7, 286–7, 298, 313. 315. 325, 340, 38–7, 508, 589, 604, 614

Dominions

casualties 13

friction with British contingent 14

divisions 180–81

and Lloyd George 198

Doolan, CSM 93

Douaumont 24

Doudney, Revd Charles 164, 512, 520

Douie, Capt. Charles 252, 341, 357, 521, 526, 527, 605, 613, 614, 620–21, 630

Doullens 21

Doullens agreement (1918) 67

Doullens church 19

Doust, Driver Len 524

Dove, Capt. T. 58

Downs, Capt. W.O., 606

Doyle, Father Willie 155, 506

Drapeau Blanc, Le,
Rouen 596

Draycott, L/Cpl 601

Dreyfus affair 25

Drinkwater, Father Francis 513, 516

Driver, Arthur 612

drunkenness 102, 115–16, 329, 330, 332–4, 420, 563, 570

Drury, Lt W. 421–2

Dublin 117, 153, 538
Dump, The
607, 609

Dunbar, Pte William 565

Dunham, Frank 254, 256, 262, 296, 299, 300, 349, 459, 469, 471–2, 475, 496, 545, 620

Dunham, Pte (Lt. Vaughan's batman) 62, 360

Dunn, Capt. James 19, 87, 88, 91, 177, 203–4, 307, 313, 318, 358, 374, 375, 387, 392–3, 402, 403, 422, 423, 426, 498, 527, 584, 592

Dunnington-Jefferson, Lt Col 587

Durrant, Sgt A.S. 83

Dyett, Sub-Lt Edwin 566

Eagle and Child public house, Oxford 596

Eachus, Spr Stapleton Tench 20

Easter Rising (1916) 629

Eastern Front 55

Easterners school of strategic policy xix-xx

Easton, Corporal Harry 449

Eastwood, Pte 508

Eberle, Lt V. F. 349–50, 428, 545

Edge, Pte 289, 307

Edmonds, Sir James xxiv, 47, 180, 182–3, 209, 210, 218, 457, 496

Edward VII, King 118, 130, 215, 280

Edward VIII, King, later Duke of Windsor (as Prince of Wales) 78

Edwards, Lt Col F. M. 436

Edwards, Lionel 216

Egypt 84, 560

El Kantara 87

Eldridge, Lady 79

Elison, Lt 263

Ellenberger, Lt G. F. 16

Elles, Brig. Gen. Hugh 64, 428

Ellison, Gen. Sir Gerald 107

Elouges, battle of (1914) 197, 438

English Channel 479

Epagnette 20

Epehy 414

Equihen, Boulogne 604

Eric, Maj. 577

Errard de Bar le Due, Jean 194

Esher, Lord 53, 106, 107, 137

Essex Farm (Ypres) 300, 477

estaminets 594–5, 600

Etaples xxiv, 4, 7, 90, 91, 191, 194, 207, 336, 340, 346, 390, 481

mutiny (1917) 347–8, 571

Eton College 86, 134

Etonians 601–2

Evans, 2nd Lt (later Capt. )Lloyd 88, 625

Excellent,
HMS (naval gunnery school, Whale Island) 114

Fagan, Brig. Gen. 279

Falkenhayn, Gen. Erich von 39, 48

Falls, Capt. Cyril xvii, xviii

Fampoux 456

Fanshawe, Lt. Gen. E. A. 222

Fanshawe, Lt Gen. G. D. H. 222, 234

Farmer, Pte Sidney 76–7

Farrer, Reginald 271

Faulks, Sebastian xvii

Fawcett, Col. Percy 184

Feetham, Edward 213

Feilding, Capt. the Hon. Henry 78

Feilding, Rollo (later Lt Col Viscount Feilding) 78

Feilding, Lt. Col. Rowland 16, 78, 92, 184–6, 187, 204, 211, 222, 257, 279, 354, 382, 392, 408, 519, 547, 559, 560–61, 565, 579, 585, 586, 600–601, 604

Festubert 35–6, 95, 247–8, 400, 457, 498

Feuerbach, Sergeant 411

Feversham, Lt Col Charles, Earl of 627

Field Service Pocket Book
245

Field Service Regulations
245, 379, 404

Fielder, Sgt Bert 528

Fielding, Maj. Gen. G. 505

Fields, Fanny 497

Fifth Gloster Gazette, The
605–8, 610

Fisher, Acting L/Bdr. 417

Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord 35

Fisher, Corporal (later Sgt) Will 95–7, 452, 617

FitzGerald, Captain 445

Flanders 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 39, 49, 53–4, 56, 64, 213, 227, 228, 246, 249, 274, 325, 426

flash-spotting 64, 184, 452

Flat Iron Copse Cemetery 46, 152

Flers 256, 445, 627

Flers-Courcelette, battle of (1916) 44–5, 582

Flesquieres 65

Fleury 24

Flook, Private 359–60

Foakes, L/Cpl H. 53

Foch, General Ferdinand

and Allied counterattack (8 August 1918) 69

becomes Allied supreme commander (1918) 30

at Doullens conference (1918) 67

French divisions replace exhausted British ones 68

personality 67

Tout le monde a la bataille
71

Folkestone 123, 610

food 314–26, 493, 601

parcels 323–6

prices xxv, 323, 594–5

Fort Douaumont 49

Fortnum and Mason 325

Fortune, Pte George 99, 319, 573

Foulkes, Brig. Gen., Charles 419, 420, 425

Fovant camp (Salisbury) 619

Fowke, Brig. Gen. George 457

France

British, Dominion and Empire

casualties 13–14

defensive plans 26–7

French attitude to the British troops 337–8, 339

Kitchener on the German lines xix

military accord with Russia (1892) 25–6, 27

offensive plans 27

Schlieffen's proposals 27–8

territorials in 136

Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) 22, 25, 27. 135

Franglais 495–6

Frankau, Capt. Gilbert 606

Franks, Lt Col George 447–8

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 28

Fraser, Pte Evan 454

fraternisation 544–5

French, Pte Anthony 147, 312, 341–2, 352, 472–3, 515, 534–5, 589–90

French, Field Marshal Sir John 146, 212

adjutant of the Northumberland Hussars 128

battle of Aubers Ridge 35

battle of Loos 36

borrows money from Haig (1899) xxv

British G-in-C on the Western Front xix, 183

considers sacking Rawlinson 216

at first Ypres 279

and general staff 224–5

intrigues against Haig 215

Kitchener's instructions 29

meeting with Joffre 36

meeting with Kitchener 32

and Le Cateau 33–4

at Mons 31

opinion of Smith-Dorrien 214–15

proposes to regroup 31–2

relationship with Winifred Bennett ao(

replaced by Haig (1915) xix, 29, 38, 215

route into the army 123

in St-Omer 193

French Army 105

1st Army 55, 56

5th Army 19o

6th Army 43, 68, 278

‘Plan 17' 27, 28, 30

attacks in the last months of the war 71

bands and colour parties 498

battle of Loos 36

and bayonets 385

cavalry 436–7

conscription 25, 103

forward trenches 278

horses 163

major losses 30

modernised 25, 26

mutiny in (1917) 30, 53

organisation 182–3, l94

and religion 519

size of 103

songs 499

Freshwater, Gunner 417

Fricourt (Somme) 40, 45, 46, 274, 281, 282, 370, 521, 549, 584

Friedensturm
(Peace Offensive) 68

Fromelles 544

Fryell, Brig. Gen. 237

Fuller, Maj. Gen. J. F. C. 64, 233

Fuller, J. G.:
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