INDEX

Anti-Aircraft defence

Abyssinia

Admiralty

Afrika Korps

Agnew, Captain W.G.

Air raid precautions/wardens, ARP/ARW

Alanbrooke , Field Marshal Lord, see Brooke, General Alan.

Alexandria

Amato-Gauci, Lieutenant Gerald

Archbishop of Malta

Auchinleck, General Sir Claude

Axis Powers/Treaty

Axisa, Joseph E.

Barla, Sergeant Luigi

Beak, General

Belgium

Benghazi

Beurling, Pilot Officer George Frederick

Birgu

Bir-id-Deheb

Birkikara

Birzebbugia

Bishop of Gozo

Bonello, Major Walter

Bonham-Carter, Sir Charles

Bonham-Carter, Lady

Borg, Dr George

Borg, Sir George

Borghese, Valerio

Boyd, Captain (later Admiral) Denis

Brewster Buffalo

Bristol Beaufighter

Beaufort

Blenheim

Britain, Battle of

British Army

British Expeditionary Force

Brooke, General Sir Alan, later Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke

Broom Air Marshal Sir Ivor

Brueys, Admiral

Burrough, Rear Admiral

Cairo

Camilleri, Constable Carmel

Camilleri, Emanuel

Campioni, Admiral Inigo

Cantieri Cant Z506

Cape Matapan, Battle of

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Milazzio

Cape St Vito

Caruana, Archbishop Dom Maurus

Casino Maltese

Cassar, Gerolamo

Castel Vetrano

casualties, civilian

Cavagnari, Admiral Domenico

Cavallero, Francesco

Cavallero, General

Caylet, Lieutenant Commander C.D.

Cheshire Regiment

Churchill, Winston

Ciano, Count Galeazzo

Collins, William

Comino

Communal Feeding Service

conscription

Convoy GM2

MW10

Stoneage

convoys

Copperwheat, Lieutenant D.A.

Cospicua

Costa, Lieutenant Francesco

Council of Government

Crete

Crete, invasion and evacuation

Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne

curfew

Curtiss, Admiral

Curtiss P – 40

Cyprus

Decima Flottiglia Mas

Deichman, Air Marshal

de Havilland Mosquito

Derna

Devonshire Regiment

de la Penne, Luigi

de Wolf, Colonel

Dingli

District Committees/Commissioners

Dobbie, Lieutenant General Sir William

Dockyard, Malta

Dornier Do17

Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Battalion

Drummond, Lieutenant Commander

E-boats

Eastern British Task Force

Egypt

Eighth Army

Eisenhower, General Dwight

El Alamein

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fairey Albacore

Fulmar

Swordfish

Faith

Farrugia, Very Reverend Canon Paul

Fiat Br20M Cicogna

CR42

CR50

Fighter defences

Filfla

First Coast Regiment

Fleet Air Arm

Fliegerkorps II

Fliegerkorps X

Flint, Capt Anthony

Floriana

Focke-Wulf Fw190

Fw200 Condor

Food and Commerce Control Officer

Food Distribution Office

Force B

Force H

Force K

Force N

Force R

Force T

Force X

Force Z

Ford, Vice Admiral Sir Wilbraham

Fougier

4 Searchlight Regiment

France

France, Battle of

Franco, General

French Creek

Geissler, General

George Cross

Germans/Germany

Gibraltar

gliders

Gloster Gladiator/Sea Gladiator

Goering, Herman

Gonzi, Bishop, later Archbishop

Gort, Lord

Gozo

Graziani, Marshal

Greece, invasion of

Grumman, Martlet/Wildcat

Gudja

Hal Far

Hampshire Regimentt Battalion

Harwood, Admiral

Hastings, Second Lieutenant, later Colonel, Martin

Hamrun

Hawker Hurricane

Sea Hurricane

Heinkel He111

Hewett, Vice Admiral H. Kent

Hitler, Adolf

‘HMS Pepperpot’

Home Defence Force

Home Fleet

Howie, Lieutenant Commander F.D.

Hozzel. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Werner

human torpedoes

Hyeres de la Palyvestre

Iachino, Admiral

Imtarfa

invasion, fears, plans

Italian Army

Jackson, Paymaster Lieutenant Robert, RAN

Jackson, Sir Edward

Junkers Ju52

Ju87 Stuka

Ju88

Ju290

Kalafrana

Kalkara

karozzin

Keighley-Peach, Commander C. L.

Kerkenah Bank

Kesselring, Field Marshal

King George VI

King’s Own Malta Regiment

Kingsway

Knights of St John

Laferla, Dr A.V.

Laparelli, Francesco

Lascaris

La Spezzia

Lavington, Second Lieutenant Richard

Lazaretto Creek

League of Nations

Leatham, Vice Admiral Sir Ralph

Lee, Queenie

Lepanto, Battle of

Libya

Lieutenant Governor

Light Division, 5th

Lija

Lloyd, Air Vice Marshal Hugh

Lorzer, General

Lucas, ‘Laddie’

Luftwaffe

Luqa

Lynch, Squadron Leader J.J.

Lyster, Captain, later Rear Admiral, Lumley

Macchi C200

Maiale

Malaya

Malta Chronicle

Malta Artisan Section, RAOC

Malta Auxiliary Corps

Malta Night Fighter Unit

Malta Relief Fund

Malta Volunteer Defence Force

Manchester Regiment

Manoel Island

Marceglia

Marfa

Marine Nationale

Marsa

Marsamxett Harbour

Marsaxlokk

Marsa Scirocco Bay

Martellotta

Martin, Lieutenant Commander ‘Pincher’

Martin Baltimore

Mason, Captain Dudley

Mater Boni Consilii School

Maynard, Air Vice Marshal

Mdina

Mediterranean Fleet

Mellieha/Mellieha Bay

Merchant vessels:

Breconshire

Brisbane Star

Capo Vita

City of Calcutta

Clan Campbell

Clan Chatten

Clan Ferguson

Deucalion

Elizabeth Bakki

Empire Hope

Essex

Fenicia

Galilea

Glenorchy

Heraklia

Imperial Star

Kentucky

Leinster

Melbourne Star

Ohio

Oronsay

Pampas

Picchiatelli

Port Chalmers

Rochester Castle

Ruhr

Sagona

Sydney Star

Talabot

Mercieca, Sir Arturo

Messerschmitt Bf109

Bf110

Me323

Mgarr

mines/minesweeping

Mizzi, Fortunato

Moccagatta, Commander

Montgomery, General, later Field Marshal

Mosta

Motorbomba FF

Msida

Naples

Naval Air Squadron Malta

Naxxar

Nicholl, Captain

Norman, Lieutenant E.D.

Norman, Mrs Kathleen

North Africa

Operations:

Barbarossa

Excess

Harpoon

Hercules

Husky

Pedestal

Substance

Tiger

Torch

Vigorous

Operazione C3: Malta

Oran

Pagliano, Franco

Pantellaria

Panzer Division, 15th

Paola

paratroops

Park, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith

Parlatorio Wharf

Pedretti, Chief Diver

Petain, Marshal

Pieta/ Pieta Creek

Pisani, Carmelo Borg

Police

Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley

price controls

Pridham-Whippell, Vice Admiral

Pro-Italian Maltese

Protection Officers

Public Works Department

Qormi

Qrendi

Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Rabat

radar

Raeder, Grand Admiral

Royal Air Force

RAF Observer Corps

Ramsay, Vice Admiral Sir Bertram

Refugee Central Office

Regia Aeronautica

Regia Navale

relationships, British and Maltese

Republic Street

Ricasoli, Fort

Riccardi, Admiral

Roger the Norman

Roman Catholic Church

Rommel, General (later Field Marshal) Erwin

Roosevelt, President

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Royal Artillery

Royal Engineers

Royal Malta Artillery

Royal Naval Dockyard School

Royal Navy

Royal Opera House

Royal West Kent Regiment

Safi

St Angelo, Fort

St Elmo, Fort

St George’s barracks

St George’s Bay

St Juliens

St Paul’s Bay/St Paul’s Island

St Peter Battery

Santa Marija Convoy

Sarbelloni, Gabrio

Sardinia

Saumarez, Captain

Savoia-Marchetti SM79

Sceberras, Monte/Peninsula

Schembri, Fredu

Scobell, Major General S.J.

Selmunett

Senglea

shelters

shipping losses, Axis

Short Sunderland

Sicily

Sicily, Kingdom of

Sidi Barani

siege rations

Siggiewi

Siluro a Lenta Corsa

Sirte, Second Battle of

Skerki Channel

Sliema/Sliema Creek

Smith, Petty Officer Francis

smokescreen

Somalia

Somerville, Vice Admiral Sir James

Soviet Union

Special Constabulary

Spellman, Archbishop

Spooner, A.J.

Squadrons:

Fleet Air Arm:

Nos: 767

806

812

823

825

828

830

RAF:

Nos: 21

26

37

82

105

107

126

185

217

249

261

601

603

Starkey, Sir Oliver

Storace, J.

Strever, Ted

Strickland, Hon Mabel

Strickland, Lord

Student, General Kurt

submarines

submarine base

Suez Canal

Supermarina

Supermarine Seafire

Spitfire,

Syfret, Vice Admiral

Ta’Qali, RAF

Taranto

Tarxien

Ten Year Rule

Tesei, Major Teseo

Three Cities

Times of Malta

Tobruk

Tonna, Emmanuel

Townson, Reginald

Travett, Norman

Tripoli

Tunis

Turkey

Turner, Squadron Leader, later Group Captain, Stanley

U-boats

United States Army Air Force

Valletta

Vian, Rear Admiral

Vickers Wellington

Victory Kitchens

Victoria Lines

Vittoriosa

Wanklyn, Lieutenant Commander Malcolm

Warburton, Wing Commander A.

Warships:

British:

HMS Ajax

Aphis

Arathusa

Argus

Ark Royal

Aurora

Avondale

Barham

Birmingham

Cachelot

Cairo

Calcutta

Carlisle

Charybdis

Cleopatra

Clyde

Coventry

Dido

Eagle

Euryalus

Fiji

Foresight

Formidable

Furious

Galatea

Gloucester

Grampus

Glorious

Hermione

Illustrious

Indomitable

Janus

Jervis

Kenya

Ladybird

Lance

Lively

Liverpool

Malaya

Manchester

Manxman

Maori

Mohawk

Naiad

Nelson

Neptune

Nigeria

Nubian

Odin

Olympus

Orpheus

Pandora

Penelope

Perth

Phoebe

Porpoise

Prince of Wales

Queen Elizabeth

Renown

Rodney

Rorqual

Royal Sovereign

Safari

Saracen

Sealion

Sirius

Southampton

Southwold

Talisman

Tartar

Terror

Truant

Umbra

Unbending

Unbroken

Undaunted

Unique

United

Upholder

Upright

Urge

Ursula

Usk

Utmost

Valiant

Victorious

Warspite

Welshman

Westgate

French:

Surcouf

Italian:

Armando Diaz

Caio Duilio

Conte di Cavour

Diana

Duca degli Abruzzi

Giovanni delle Bande Nerre

Gorizia

Guilio Cesare

Littorio

MAS451

MAS462

Tarigo

Trento

Trieste

Vittorio Veneto

German:

Hipper

E – 31

U – 73

U – 81

U – 331

Polish:

Sokol

United States:

USS Wasp

Washington Naval Treaty

Wavell, General

Wembley Ice Cream Factory

Wilson, Woodrow

Woodhall, Woody

Young, Lieutenant, later Captain, Edward

Yugoslavia

Zabbar

Zebbug

Zejtun