A
Accroche Wood 657
Acheux 576
Adams, Cliff 616
Adcock, Private Walter 315, 540, 639
Aisne offensive 293, 309, 310, 316, 324, 357–60
Albert 127, 146, 165, 277, 568, 573, 576, 589, 599, 603
battle of 675
Hanging Virgin 127, 129, 133, 573
retaken by allies 678
retaken by Germans 589
Alladyce, Lieutenant 549
Allenby, General Edmund 324–7, 329, 351, 353, 368, 538, 703
Allonville
shell-burst 647
Americans 421, 538, 539, 552, 570
27th Division 710, 711, 712, 714, 716
30th Division 713
American Expeditionary Force 425, 552, 697
Amiens 667
contribution to war 767
‘doughboys’ 552
entering war 286, 319, 320, 538
fighting as independent entity 552, 678, 716, 767
Amiens 7, 551, 566–73, 577, 648–71, 709, 735
Australian troops resting in 434–5, 734
authorship of battle plan 653
cavalry 652
strategic importance 551
Villers-Bretonneux as best approach to 581
Amiens gun 661
Ancre River 110, 112, 120, 568, 575
Anderson, Brigadier-General Robert 252, 260
Angel, Private 159
anti-Semitism 160
Anvil Wood 690
Anzac Corps 9, 185, 329, 344, 369, 391, 392, 531
I 52, 136, 325, 435, 436, 440, 494
end of 531
Arblaster, Captain Charles 68, 81, 86, 87, 88
Archduke Franz Ferdinand 107, 617
Argonne Forest 697, 703, 734, 739, 740
Armentières 52, 110, 129, 130, 405, 593
armistice see peace negotiations; truce Armistice Day 743
Armitage, Gunner James 658
Arras 293, 307, 310, 316, 324, 325, 327, 332, 369, 390
allied attack 1918 679, 680, 686
battle of the Scarpe 680
German attempt to recapture 538, 550, 568, 589
Artois 31
Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis 251
Asprey, Robert 622
Asquith, Herbert 102, 131, 211, 269, 281, 282, 283, 360, 426
Asquith, Lieutenant Raymond 269, 280
Aubers Ridge 17, 31, 46, 48, 53, 112
Auchonvillers 568
Australian army
Anzac Corps see Anzac Corps
Battalions
3rd 157, 221, 222, 275, 384, 779
8th 153, 161, 448, 483, 591, 779
12th 155, 223, 224, 384, 385, 386, 779
13th 198, 213–5, 240, 241, 298, 337, 348
16th 240, 324, 337, 349, 661, 662, 698
21st 173, 230, 699, 725, 728, 779
23rd 171, 194, 230, 378, 688, 689, 779
24th 230, 376–8, 382, 383, 540, 576, 689, 692, 725, 727, 728, 746, 779
26th 779
27th 779
33rd 583, 585, 586, 588, 686, 771, 779
38th 779
39th 779
40th 779
41st 779
43rd 779
44th 779
45th 206
46th 335, 336, 340, 341, 342, 346
47th 342
48th 202, 206, 323, 331, 335, 340, 341, 346, 347, 349, 355, 589
50th 213
57th 59, 60, 64, 462, 465, 610, 612
59th 60, 65, 72–5, 466, 469, 470, 608, 610, 701
60th 60, 64, 65, 72–5, 465, 608, 610, 701, 702
Brigades
1st 146, 156, 159–61, 164, 222, 297, 381, 779
2nd 27, 146, 153, 160, 161, 164, 222, 276, 387, 779
3rd 146, 153, 159, 160, 164, 223, 224, 779
4th 28, 38, 197, 198, 238, 329, 334, 335, 339–43, 345, 349, 641, 642, 643, 660, 780
5th 176–8, 181, 192, 369, 378–81, 495, 682–4, 688, 689, 719, 779
6th 177, 178, 181, 192, 315, 369, 373, 379, 381, 382, 392, 495, 641, 643, 684, 688, 690, 691, 779
7th 178, 181, 192, 194, 274, 318, 378, 380, 381, 688, 690, 691, 719, 779
8th 52, 62, 64, 69, 80, 81, 86, 466, 780
9th 407, 577, 581, 586, 686, 779
12th 198, 329, 335, 340, 341, 343, 346, 349, 780
13th 198, 242, 244, 318, 615, 780
14th 29, 52, 62, 64, 67, 80, 81, 86, 88, 463, 466, 467, 470, 688, 690, 780
15th 23, 52, 59–62, 64, 67, 71, 74, 75, 80, 87, 273, 462, 465, 466, 469, 470, 474, 603, 615, 770, 780
conscription see conscription
Divisions
1st 27, 28, 36, 52, 124, 129, 130, 135, 136, 138, 139, 150, 164, 166, 167, 179, 217, 219, 221, 222, 224, 262, 270, 275, 297, 320, 363, 364, 381–3, 388, 389, 434, 444, 448, 451, 461, 474, 481, 591, 629, 667, 678, 679, 696, 697, 698, 700, 708, 779
2nd 28, 36, 52, 164, 171, 176, 179, 182, 188, 191, 194, 198, 201, 224, 227, 229, 230, 270, 272, 278, 296, 297, 318, 363, 363, 366, 368, 392, 434, 444, 448, 451, 461, 474, 479, 481, 495, 588, 599, 629, 662, 669, 679, 681–4, 687, 694, 696, 722, 779
3rd 28, 198, 243, 252, 262, 283, 284, 400, 401, 405, 418, 421, 474, 499, 532, 533, 565, 577, 581, 599, 629, 636, 662, 679, 682, 684, 686, 687, 696, 697, 708, 713–5, 718, 719, 779
4th 28, 52, 140, 166, 194, 197, 203, 209, 217, 231, 237, 238, 270, 292, 297, 318, 323, 328, 349, 353, 354, 368, 407, 412, 420, 421, 434, 435, 461, 466, 474, 499, 527, 533, 558, 565, 575, 588, 630, 636, 647, 675, 679, 696–8, 700, 708, 780
5th 23, 26, 28, 36, 38, 51–3, 55, 71, 73, 94, 139, 140, 167, 270, 273, 296, 297, 311, 384, 386, 388, 434, 461, 463, 466, 474, 489, 498, 558, 565, 588, 599, 661, 667, 679, 681, 682, 687, 691, 696, 697, 708, 714, 718, 719, 780
German view of 589
Light Horse 262
Australian Corps 531–3, 580, 603, 629, 634
Australian National Memorial, Villier-Bretonneux 227, 366, 617
Austria-Hungary 286, 420, 422, 538, 704, 740
Axford, Lance-Corporal Thomas 642
B
bad weather 276–8, 291, 431–4, 436, 438, 492
Bailleul 596
Baker-Carr, Colonel C.D. 438, 439
Baldwin, Sergeant Rupert 746
Bancourt 312
Bapaume 114, 125, 190, 265, 268, 270, 272, 277, 311, 669
allied attack 1918 669, 675, 678, 680
German recapture 546, 567, 589, 596
Bapaume road 148, 149, 156, 161, 173, 178
Barnett, Correlli 589
Barry, Private William 38, 81–3
Barton, Lieutenant John 576, 657, 659
Barwick, Sergeant Archie 148, 163
Bean, Charles 30, 174–6, 296, 773–4
Americans, opinion of 638
background 174
Bullecourt 339, 347, 351, 384, 386–7, 392–3
bullet wound at Gallipoli 176
‘carcase-utilisation establishment’ 717
conscription issue 261
Fromelles 50, 53, 74, 75, 76, 84, 94–6
gas attack 409
Legge, opinion of 172
McCay, defending 94
Messines 411, 412, 413, 414, 418, 419
Monash, opinion of 400, 620, 626, 640, 692, 716
Pozières 139, 148, 158, 165, 166, 173, 176, 177, 216, 220, 292
refusal of knighthood 774
Schuler’s obituary 420
soldier’s view of 292
Villers-Bretonneux 586–7, 588, 606, 616
White, admiration for 94, 176, 392, 393, 498, 619
White’s promotion, campaign for 619–30
Beaumont, Joan 257
Beaumont Hamel 118, 120, 124, 127, 272
Beaurevoir Line 707, 708, 718, 719, 721, 722, 725, 726
Beaverbrook, Lord 282
Beck, Sergeant Cyril 204
Belgium, German atrocities in 108, 211, 309
Bellicourt 696, 714, 715, 723, 735
Bellicourt British Cemetery 731
Below, General Otto von 546
Bennett, Brigadier-General Henry 162, 165, 754
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps 117
Bernard, Colonel D.K. 354
Bertangles Château 624, 633, 641, 655
Bertie, Lord 455
Bertincourt 317
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von 232, 286, 422, 423
Betlhéem Farm 411
Binding, Rudolf 573
Binns, Captain Percy 163
Birdwood, Lieutenant-General Sir William 44, 52, 54, 90, 174, 178, 210, 480, 614, 619–29
I Anzac Corps commander 9, 52, 435, 494
5th Army commander 620, 624, 629, 736
after war 764
Australian Corps commander 531–3, 620
baronetcy 764
Broodseinde 485
Bullecourt, First 328, 329, 332, 333, 343, 349, 351–4
conscription, support for 259, 260, 261, 526, 527
Currie compared 506
disbanding battalions 700, 701
Elliott, opinion of 26
Gellibrand, opinion of 178
Gough compared 574
Gough’s praise of 140
Monash compared 283, 418, 645, 692, 718
Operation Michael 558
Polygon Wood 465
Pozières 138, 150, 172, 182, 186, 188, 193, 194
reinforcements requested by 252, 253
soldiers’ views on 210, 446, 498, 684
Stormy Trench 293
Black, Major Percy 199, 200, 240,
Blackburn, Lieutenant Arthur 149
Blake, Private George 14
Blamey, Colonel Thomas 146, 636, 637, 656, 664, 716, 771
Blankenberg, Private John 729
blockade of Germany 106, 234, 285, 538
Blunden, Edmund 52, 111, 433, 435, 775
Boddington, Captain Frederick 341
Boesinghe 775
Bolsheviks 314, 440, 519, 538, 622, 734
see also Russian Revolution Bony 713, 714, 718
American cemetery 723
Bosisto, Private Russell 18
Bouchavesnes Spur 681, 684, 686–7, 690
Bourke, Private Jack 153
Boursies 364
Bowman, May 414
Boyce, Private William 76
Boyne, Battle of the 119
Boys, Captain Walter 179, 180, 191
Bradby, Private Walter 449
Braithwaite, Major-General Walter 329, 369, 370, 379, 708, 709, 722
Bramley, Harry 616
Brand, General Charles 198, 238, 240, 329, 340, 349
Brest-Litovsk treaty 519, 520, 743
Brewer, Private Roy 530, 576, 688
Briand, Aristide 302, 304, 305
Bridges, Roy 401
Bridges, Major-General William 27, 138, 177
1st Army 46, 54, 57, 324, 550, 679, 680
2nd Army 54, 55, 423, 550, 703
3rd Army 324, 368, 382, 514, 550, 551, 557, 589, 669
4th Army 114, 209, 221, 265, 270, 271, 278, 579, 636, 662
5th (Reserve) Army 124, 136, 140, 141, 221, 316, 325, 327, 382, 550, 551, 557, 566, 579, 589, 620, 629, 736
Battalions
1st Lancaster Fusiliers 595
1st Manchester Pals 562
Bradford Pals 120
Glasgow Boys’ Brigade 119, 121
Gordon Highlanders 387
Liverpool Pals 116
Newcastle Commercials 119
Royal Scots 432
Royal Welch Fusiliers 469, 470, 471
Sussex 51
Tyneside Scots 116, 119, 121, 126
Brigades
5th Tank 636
13th 608
Corps
III 603, 615, 655, 661, 666, 697, 699, 705, 707, 708, 709, 710, 712
Tank 356, 438, 513–5, 636, 645, 661
Divisions 1st 46
4th 120
8th 119, 603, 604, 606, 607, 609, 615
18th 504
21st 572
25th 407
29th 117, 120, 127, 593, 594, 595
31st 120
32nd 119, 120, 666, 674, 675, 678, 681, 682, 696
34th 119
36th (Ulster) 116, 117, 119, 410, 437
46th (North Midland) 709, 714, 715, 722
49th 494
58th 391
74th 691
Regiments
7th Buffs 585
12th Lancers 583
17th Lancers 339, 343, 557, 588
British Expeditionary Force 110, 537
British generals 42–3, 104, 266
British view of Australian soldiers 6, 30, 197
Broodseinde 7, 423, 465, 476–89
Brown, Lieutenant Arnold 180, 181, 193
Bruchmüller, Colonel Georg 544–5, 553, 589
Brusilov, General Alexei 35, 123
Bryce, Lord 211
Buckingham, Corporal T.A. 386
Bugden, Private Patrick 469
Buie, Gunner Bob 605
Bullecourt 7, 8, 307, 320–394, 485, 550, 754
allied attack 1918 679
Australian memorial 354
Lone Pine compared 342
museum 393
tanks 327, 338–40, 355, 514, 645
truce 348
Burton, Alex 459
Bussy-les-Daours 640, 646, 647
Butler, Arthur 75
Butler, Lieutenant Edward 225
Butler, Lieutenant-General Richard 56, 603, 608, 614, 616, 655, 660, 662, 667, 699, 705, 707, 710
Buttes New British Cemetery 489
Byng, General Sir Julian 514, 516, 551, 560, 561, 563, 565, 567, 569, 674, 675, 678, 679
C
Calderwood, Captain Stanley 450
Calvaire Cemetery, Montbrehain 731
Cambrai 326, 328, 369, 510, 513–7, 520, 539, 545, 546, 703, 734
Campbell, Jack 472
Amiens 650, 652, 653, 656, 660, 666–9
Arras 686
contribution to 1918 victories 735
Courcelette 265
German view of 589
Haig’s opinion of 553, 596, 665
mutinies 419
Pozières 127, 129–244, 270, 277, 296, 370, 485
Valenciennes 739
‘carcase-utilisation establishment’ story 717
Carey, Sergeant 503
Carrington, Lieutenant Charles 129, 134–5, 150, 484
Carson, Lieutenant George 418
Carter, Brigadier-General Charles 72, 73, 74
Cartright, Private George 686–7
Cass, Angela 90
Cass, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter 68, 70, 81, 86–90, 162
casualties 16, 31, 167, 209, 248, 539, 752–3
Aubers Ridge 46
Epéhy 699
Great War total 761
Jutland 106
Le Hamel 645
Loos 47
Mont St Quentin 692
Operation Michael 563, 564, 590, 606, 622
Polygon Wood 474
Pozières 167, 181, 182, 194, 206, 217, 224, 244
Somme 17, 118, 119, 120, 125, 207, 228, 279
Verdun 35
Villers-Bretonneux 588, 614, 735
Cavell, Edith 309
Ceannt, Eamonn 102
Bellicourt British 731
Bony American 723
Buttes New British 489
Langemarck German 458
Le Trou Aid Post 99
Lijssenthoek 457
Menin Road South 457
Poelcappelle British 511
Puchevillers 225
Tincourt New British 731
Trois Arbres, Steenwerck 19, 420, 427
Tyne Cot 488
VC Corner, Fromelles 98
Champion, Sergeant Ben 133, 134, 147, 148, 157, 165, 219, 220
Channel ports 543, 551, 560, 569, 572, 592, 593
Chantilly conference 271, 272, 281, 293
Chapman, Major Duncan 206
Charteris, Brigadier-General John 403, 422, 455, 456, 464, 487, 492, 496, 497, 498, 517, 518, 559
Chaulnes 666
Chemin des Dames 307, 358, 398, 623
Cherry, Captain Percy 191, 318
Chifley, Ben 524
Chipilly Spur 655, 660, 661, 662, 668
Christmas
1914 14
1916 287
Churchill, Winston 31, 45, 103, 104, 189, 190, 211, 269, 279, 282, 315, 360, 440, 520, 521, 540, 555, 556, 558, 646, 675, 743, 749
civilian clothes, taking 576–7, 581, 594
Clemenceau, Georges 520, 521, 542, 567, 569, 570, 645, 646, 647, 670, 671, 734, 757–9, 767
Coates, John 172
‘Cobbers’ statue, Fromelles 354, 771
Coghill, Captain Gilbert 584–5
Combles 270
Condon, Private J. 511
Congreve, General Walter 571, 572
conscription 217, 244, 248, 252–64, 472
Elliott’s view 531
manifesto 260
men called up before referendum 259
soldiers’ votes 261–2, 529, 530
United States 320
Universal Service League 257
Corbie 558, 577, 580–1, 599, 603
Corfield, Robin 94
Courage, Brigadier-General 636
Courcelette 193, 201, 203, 265, 267
Coutts, Major Donald 453–4, 576, 656, 670, 688, 692, 746
Cox, Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Vaughan 140, 197, 213, 297, 780
Coxen, Brigadier-General Walter 637, 641
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria 309, 438, 499, 515, 546, 592, 595, 596, 670, 736
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 33, 546, 563
Cull, Captain W. Ambrose 182, 228
Curlu 680
Curragh Mutiny 430
Currey, Private William 690
Currie, Major-General Arthur 44, 210, 243, 284, 506–10, 596
after war 768
contribution to 1918 victories 735
dissent 673
Gough compared 574
D
Dalgleish, Norman 719
Dalziel, Private Harry 642
Damascus 703
Darcy, Les 479
Dare, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 240
Davey, Claude 636
Davey, Corporal Phillip 635
Davidson, Brigadier-General John 439, 559, 560
Davies, Private George 405
Dawnay, Guy 251
Dawson, Geoffrey 251
de Gaulle, Charles 34, 44, 768
Dead Man’s Road 151
Deakin, Alfred 245
Dean, Lieutenant Archie 238, 239
death penalty for desertion/cowardice 158, 261, 282, 475, 477, 693
Delebarre, Martial 14
Delville Wood 123, 125, 144, 147, 150, 207, 265, 267, 277
Demicourt 364
Derby, Lord 283, 425, 546, 548, 568, 574
Dernancourt 573, 575, 576, 580, 589
deserters 279, 282, 475, 477, 510
Dexter (Sen. Chaplain) 275
‘Digger’ nickname 435
Dimmer, Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. 562
disease in trenches 278
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Elliot, Pompey 25
Mitchell, George 347
Murray, Harry 406
Pinches, Eric 366
Robertson, Malcolm 301
Stokes, Charlie 613
Withers, Roy 301
Distinguished Service Cross
Brown, Roy 605
Distinguished Service Order
Cass recommended for 90
Coutts, Donald 692
Edgerton, Eric 621
Game, Philip 51
Glasgow, Thomas 198
Howell-Price brothers 486
Riddell, Consett 416
Wanliss, Harold 468
Dodds, Colonel Thomas 626
Douai 734
Downing, Sergeant Jimmy 53, 59, 75, 91, 273–4, 389, 394, 462, 465–7, 472–3, 610–12, 660
Dowse, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard 419
Doyle, Arthur Conan 695
Drocourt–Quéant switch line 686
Duncan, Rev George 115
Dunworth, Captain David 344
Durand, Claude and Colette 355, 457
Durrant, Lieutenant-Colonel James 298, 301
Dyson, Will 620, 621, 623, 628, 645
E
‘easterners’ 31, 104, 281, 702
Edgerton, Lieutenant Eric 193, 621–2, 638, 645, 669–70
Edmonds, Brigadier-General Sir James 95, 97, 279, 352–4, 487, 493, 510
Eibel, Lieutenant Henry 344
Einstein, Albert 454
Elles, Brigadier-General Hugh 514, 515, 636
Elliott, Lieutenant-Colonel Charlie 154, 223
Elliott, Captain George 462–3, 466, 471–2
Elliott, Brigadier-General Harold ‘Pompey’ 23–6, 374, 390, 498
after war 770
anger at non-promotion 630
character 25, 76, 462–3, 498, 530, 629
disbanding battalions 701
Fromelles 23, 52, 54, 61, 62, 65, 66, 70–3, 76–7, 97, 316
looting, ultimatum about 580, 630
Monash, opinion of 625
mutiny, dealing with 693, 701–2
reaction to Fromelles losses 76–7
suicide 770
Villers-Bretonneux 580, 586, 587, 599, 603–4, 607–10, 614, 615
White’s view of 630
wounded at Amiens 665
Elliott, Kate 24
Ellis, Captain A.D. 53, 72, 84, 310, 615, 731
Elstob, Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith 562
Emperor Franz Joseph 286
Emperor Karl I 286
Epéhy 698
Erzberger, Matthias 740, 742, 743, 766
Estaires 596
Etinehem Spur 668
Evans, Gunner Snowy 605
Evans, Private William 346
F
Fabeck Graben 213, 215, 223, 230, 235, 240–2, 244
Falkenhayn, General Erich von 32–6, 111, 123, 231–3
Fayolle, General Marie 566, 567, 569
Feuillaucourt 685
Fisher, Andrew 246, 250, 251, 526, 628
Fisher, Lieutenant Walde 405, 417, 496, 504, 507
Fletcher, Alan 433
Fletcher, Captain Harry 725–7, 729–31
Florina Trench 688
Foch, General Ferdinand 266, 271, 547, 568–70, 589
after war 767
character 767
generalissimo 568–70, 574, 607
Le Hamel 636
Marne 650
Operation Georgette 593
peace negotiations 734, 738, 740–3
visit to US 767
Fontaine 680
Forbes, Colonel 194
Forrest, Sir John 530
Foucaucourt 680
Foulks, Bill 659
Franks, Major-General George 572
Fraser, Sergeant Simon 91, 388, 390, 391
French army 359, 423, 431, 510, 670
French generals 44
French, Sir John 45, 48–50, 488
French Northern Army Group 266
Fresnoy 382
Freyberg, Brigadier-General Bernard 743
Fromelles 7, 9, 13–16, 36, 51–99, 447, 485, 754, 756
attempt to call off attack 56
British failure to attack 73
casualties 16, 51, 75, 90–3, 96, 316
failure of Australian attack 70
German recapture 592, 596, 612
lack of preparation 55
lack of reporting about 13, 95
Operation George 592
reports given to generals 79
strategy 55
the Sugarloaf 13–15, 23, 51, 63, 65, 71, 72, 73
the Tadpole 64
truce refused by McCay 94
Fuller, Private Jarvis 479, 486, 489
Fuller, Lieutenant-Colonel John 513, 515, 518, 645, 652
G
Gaby, Lieutenant Alfred 657
Gallipoli 31, 104, 186, 735, 754, 756
Australian enlistments after 247, 525
Bean at 176
censored reporting of 248
first Australian to land 206
Gellibrand at 177
sending home veterans of 700
veterans sewing ‘A’ on patches 540
Victoria Crosses 205
Walker at 138
‘Gallipoli letter’ 251
Gallwey, Private Wilfred 334, 412
Gamble, Corporal William 461–2, 468
Gardiner, A.G. 474
gas attacks 112, 135, 406, 409, 435, 509, 548–9, 603, 607
Gear, Lieutenant John 727, 729
Geary, Captain John 660
Gellibrand, Major-General John 177–8, 315, 376
3rd Division commander 629, 779
after war 771
background 177
Bouchavesnes Spur 682, 686, 690
Bullecourt, Second 369, 370, 373–82, 392
disbanding battalions 701
Elliott’s anger at promotion of 630
Hindenburg Line 315–8, 369, 378, 716, 717, 718
Le Hamel 636
Legacy founder 771
Mont St Quentin 692
Somme 1918 679
German air-raids 475
German army 32
2nd Army 546
5th Army 33
17th Army 546
18th Army 546
2nd Prussian Guards 681
16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry 61, 62
German Australians 159
German High Seas Fleet 105, 106, 740
Geyer, Captain Hermann 545
Gheluvelt Plateau 423, 424, 429, 432, 433, 437–9, 444
Gibb, Private Henry 634
Gibbins, Captain Norman 88, 89
Giblin, Major Lyndhurst 502
Gibraltar blockhouse 151, 152, 167, 173
Gibson, John 399
Gilchrist, Captain Walter 378, 379
Gillemont Farm 707, 710, 712, 716
Ginchy 112, 114, 221, 265, 277
Glasfurd, Brigadier-General Duncan 198, 202
Glasgow, Major-General Thomas 198, 242, 318, 608–10, 612, 699, 771, 779
Glidden, Joseph 220
Goddard, Colonel Henry 586, 587, 588
Godley, General Alexander 398, 399, 400, 407
Amiens 662
II Anzac Corps commander 9, 52, 399, 487, 531
Messines 418
Monash’s opinion of 533
Mont St Quentin 691
Passchendaele 487, 494, 495, 496
Goering, Hermann 443, 606, 663, 766
Gordon, Captain M.L. 387
Gort, Lord John 271
Gottlieb Trench 685
Gough, General Sir Hubert 44, 114, 136–8, 261, 273, 325, 361, 363, 518
after war 764
background 430
Bullecourt, First 326, 327, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 339, 351–2, 364
Bullecourt, Second 366, 368, 370, 387, 392, 393, 398
Foch’s opinion of 570
general dislike of 574
Menin Road 429, 442–39, 444, 447, 456
Nivelle, view of 360
Operation Michael 550–1, 559, 560, 561, 563, 565, 566
pallbearer at Haig’s funeral 764
Passchendaele 398, 421, 423, 424, 429–39, 444, 447, 456, 474, 493, 499
Polygon Wood 464
Pozières 123, 124, 136–41, 160, 172, 182, 185, 188, 194, 221, 297
sacking of 570, 571, 573–5, 589
Somme 114, 123, 124, 228, 262, 265, 277
Grand Duke Nicholas 313
Grant, Lieutenant Allan 499, 503
Grant, Sister Elsie 498, 499, 503
Graves, Robert 46, 47, 144, 151, 470, 554
Great Depression 752, 761, 765
Gressaire Wood 668
Grieve, Captain Bob 405, 406, 411–5
Grigg, John 105, 132, 267, 294, 305, 518
Grogan, Brigadier-General G.W.St.G. 615
Gröner, General Wilhelm 739, 741, 742
Guderian, Heinz 766
Gueudecourt 265, 270, 277, 293, 302
Guillemont 144, 147, 150, 167, 207, 209, 221, 228
Gutmann, Leutnant Hugo 652
H
Haig, Field Marshall Sir Douglas 44, 174, 178, 211, 212, 266, 279–83, 340, 357, 361, 422
after war 763
Aisne offensive, view of 359
Amiens 649, 650, 653, 663, 664–5, 666, 669, 671
Arras 310, 316, 324, 325, 369, 390
birth of son 554
Chantilly conference 271, 272, 281, 293
character 47, 49, 211, 548, 557, 574, 762–3
chroniclers’ views of 762
Churchill’s opinion of 763
conscription issue 259, 526, 527
death 763
divisions commanded by 539
failure to visit front 49, 105
Foch as generalissimo, view on 568, 570, 574
Fromelles 23, 27, 29, 44–9, 54, 56, 57, 71, 76, 97, 104
George V’s patronage 44, 45, 295, 546
Gough’s replacement, view on 570, 573, 574
Lloyd George compared 397
Lloyd George denying
Lloyd George’s opinion of 294, 295, 397, 424, 425, 518, 539, 763, 765
Loos 54
Mont St Quentin 686
Operation Michael 549–52, 559, 565–9, 585
opinion of Australians 136, 532, 596, 664–5, 693
opinion of French 48
opinion of Haking 50
opinion of Hunter-Weston 27
opinion of Murray 29
Passchendaele 9, 491–7, 506, 509
peace negotiations 738
peerage offer 425
Pozières 124, 136, 182, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 194
Robertson’s replacement, view on 548
Somme 1916 32, 54, 55, 105, 114, 117, 122–4, 143, 144, 210, 228, 265–72, 277, 279–81, 294
Somme 1918 673, 675, 678, 679, 680
supporters 546
Third Ypres 325, 359, 361, 363, 369, 390, 414, 421–6, 430, 433, 438–40, 455, 474, 488, 514
‘westerner’ view 32, 49–50, 281
Haking, Lieutenant-General Richard 29, 36, 44–8, 50–1, 172
Fromelles 29, 36, 46, 51, 53–6, 61, 63, 70, 72, 73, 88, 96–7, 139, 296, 351, 592
Loos 46
Hamel see Le Hamel Hamel Wood 641, 642
Hamilton, Devlin 712
Hamilton, General Sir Ian 43, 44, 138, 175, 251, 329, 400, 419
Hampshire sinking 103
Handcock, Private Frank 482, 487
Handcock, Private Jack 482
Hangard Wood 577, 581, 583, 599–602
Hankey, Maurice 251, 303, 305, 518
Hansen, Captain Stewart 238, 239, 240
Harburn, Captain Billy 612, 613, 614
Hardie, Private John 500
Harington, Major-General Charles ‘Tim’ 399, 403, 416, 421, 487, 665
Harris, Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. 65
Healy, Lieutenant Cecil 681
Heerey, Sapper Frank 529
Helphand, Alexander 314
Hem 680
Henderson, Lieutenant Bob 216
Heneker, Major-General 607–10, 614, 616
Hermies 364
Hertling, Count Georg von 704
Hess, Rudolf 766
High Wood 123, 125, 144, 145, 147, 150, 207, 209, 268, 274, 277
Hilda (tank) 515
Hill, Walter 388
Hindenburg Line 7, 306–10, 315–20, 383, 390, 412, 510, 514–6, 651, 661, 664, 681, 691, 695–731, 734
Hindenburg, Paul von 36, 232–4, 286, 422, 423, 519, 670
abdication of Kaiser, request for 741–2
after war 765
celebrity status 232, 234, 765
Chief of General Staff 233
Falkenhayn’s enemy 232
Iron Cross 567
opposition to Bethmann 286, 422
rejection of peace proposal 422
relationship with Ludendorff 232, 537, 664, 738
running Germany 286, 423, 519, 538, 760
supporting Ludendorff 737
Hintze, Admiral Paul von 704, 741
Hitler, Adolf 13–4, 61, 111, 302, 311, 618, 651, 652, 745, 761, 765, 766, 768
Ho Chi Minh 758
Hobbs, Major-General Talbot 140, 297, 317, 464, 465, 608, 615, 628, 679, 692, 771, 780
Hochheimer, Dr 694
Hoggarth, Lieutenant William 318
Holmes, General William 176, 192, 297, 328, 330, 331, 343, 420, 421, 780
Horne, Donald 256
Horne, General Henry 324, 327, 569, 596, 679, 680
Howard, John 772
Howard, Private Lyall 552–3, 691, 745, 747, 772
Howard, Private Walter 553, 691, 692, 772
Howell, Corporal George 386
Howell-Price, Reverend John 385, 486
Howell-Price, Lieutenant-Colonel Owen 157, 162, 221–3, 275, 276, 385, 480
Howell-Price, Major Philip 157, 166, 221, 275, 480, 481, 486
Howell-Price, Lieutenant Richmond 385, 480
Hughes, Billy 131, 132, 217, 319, 360, 370, 472, 492, 616, 653–4, 688, 756
criticising British Army 654, 665, 673
desire for German reparations 759
disbanding battalions 700
failure to unite nation 764
first conscription referendum 253–64
Monash’s promotion 623, 626, 627, 628, 631, 645
second conscription referendum 511, 524–30
visiting troops 639
Hunt, Lieutenant Sinclair 467, 473
Hunter-Weston, Major-General Aylmer 27–8, 115, 120, 158, 197, 296
Hutchinson, Major Arthur 72, 73, 74
Hutier, General Oskar von 544, 546
Hyman, Major A.W. 647
I
Indian brigade 46
Indian cavalry 326
Ingram, Lieutenant George 727, 728–9
Iraq, creation of 758
Irish Easter Rising 101–2, 254, 258
Iron Cross
finding box full of 661
from wounded German 658
Hindenburg 567
Kaiser Wilhelm 233
Italy 397, 425, 436, 440, 508, 538
J
Jacka, Captain Albert 198–206, 217, 241, 469
after war 770
death 770
hospitalisation 241
Jacob, General Claud 432
Jageurs, John 731
Jageurs, Peter 731
James, Robert Rhodes 45
Jeffries, Captain Clarence 502
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John 106, 397, 425
Jerusalem, desire to capture 325, 397, 426
Jews fighting for Germany 652, 760
‘Joan of Arc’ battalion 202, 292, 347
Joffre, General Joseph 34, 110, 281, 285, 293
Johanessen, Private Paul 481, 541
Johnson, Sergeant Charles 751, 752
Johnson, Harry 751
Johnson, Private William 132
Jones, Reverend Ray 776
Joynt, Lieutenant William Donovan 388, 452, 483, 591–4, 597, 676–8, 771
Junger, Ernst 564
K
Kaiser Wilhelm II 33, 101, 108, 110, 111, 211, 231, 233, 259, 285, 422, 423, 537, 543–4, 546, 566, 664, 670, 702, 704, 736–43, 745, 761, 765–6
Kaiserschlacht 544–5, 550, 560–90
Keegan, John 103
Kelly, Archbishop Michael 258
Kemal, Mustafa (Atatürk) 186, 764
Kennedy, Corporal Richard 69
Kenny, Private Thomas 320
Keppell, Sir Derek 211
Kiel 740
Kiggell, Lieutenant-General Launcelot 333, 353, 440, 510, 514, 518
King George V 44, 45, 48, 190, 194, 211, 212, 231, 283, 284, 304, 306, 406, 425, 546, 548, 622
Kitchener, Lord Herbert 29–30, 42, 48–50, 103, 104
Kitchener’s New Army 47, 116, 117, 134, 280
Knoll, the 707, 710, 712, 713, 716
Knowles, Lance-Corporal Bert 338, 345, 348
Krupp, Gustav 233
L
La Boisselle 119, 123, 125, 277
La Lovie Château 429, 437, 438, 456
Laing, Lieutenant Elmer 153
Lang, Jack 51
Langan, Alfred 92
Langemarck German cemetery 458
Latham, John 258
Law, Andrew, Bonar 252, 264, 281, 283, 424, 440, 444, 553
Lawrence, Lieutenant Cyril 7, 38, 139, 287, 291, 292, 310, 436, 529, 540, 591, 592, 596, 771
Lawrence, Major-General Herbert 518, 558, 560
Lay, Lieutenant Percy 388, 450, 481, 483, 484, 541
Le Barque 311
Le Hamel 577, 585, 617, 631, 636–46, 735
ammunition droppers 644
casualties 645
Le Quesnoy 740
Le Tommy Café, Pozières 126
Le Tronquoy 707
Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery 99
League of Nations 758
Leak, Private John 149
Leane, Captain Allan 202, 210, 292, 341, 342, 346, 347
Leane, Captain Ben 202, 203, 331
Leane, Lieutenant-Colonel Ray 202–4, 210, 331, 341, 347, 589
Legge, General James 164, 172, 176, 178, 182, 186, 188, 191, 193, 296–7, 779
Leigh, Sydney 606
Leipzig Redoubt 120
Lenin, Vladimir 17, 103, 314, 315, 421, 519, 520
Lesboeufs 270
Letaille, Jean 393
Levit, Dr Jan 618
Lewis guns 216, 219–20, 241, 278, 280, 298, 651
Lewis, Isaac 220
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 457
Littler, Captain Charles 242
Lloyd, Colonel J. Hardress 327, 328
Lloyd, Captain Jack 376, 378, 381
Lloyd George, David 31, 45, 104–5, 132, 189, 211, 212, 228, 251, 261, 266, 267, 272, 279, 281, 282, 283, 291, 294–6, 302–6, 319, 325, 359, 363, 363, 422
after war 764
Borden criticising British Army to 654
conscription issue 526
constituency 546
denying Haig reinforcements 539–40, 542
disagreement with Haig 294, 295, 397, 422–6, 539, 765
‘easterner’ view 31, 104, 281, 538
failure to visit front 671
Gardiner’s view of 474
Haig compared 397
Italy, focus on 397, 425, 440, 455, 508
Jerusalem, desire to capture 325, 397, 426
Monash, view of 768
Nivelle, support for 302–6, 360
Operation Michael, view of 565
opinion of Clemenceau 520
Passchendaele, view on 492, 506
peace negotiations 734, 740, 758, 759
resignation 764
Russian Revolution, reaction to 314
Somme 1918, view on 679
Ypres, view on 397, 421–6, 440, 441, 454, 455, 487–8, 510, 514
Lochnager crater 126
Longmore, Cyril 301
Loos 31, 46–8, 53, 95, 112, 158, 447
Lording, Lance-Corporal ‘Rowley’ 92
Low, David 403
Lucas, Lieutenant Percy 659, 660
Ludendorff, Erich 36, 232–3, 286, 309, 310, 314–5, 422, 423, 509, 515, 519, 537–9, 542–4
after war 765
Amiens 663
background 233
Cambrai 515
collapse 694
death of stepson 575
delusions of victory 622
desire to end war 664, 670, 703–4, 733
faith in Bruchmüller 553
Falkenhyan’s enemy 232
memoirs 765
Operation Georgette 592–3, 598, 622
Operation Michael 543, 554, 569, 572, 577, 589, 590, 622
opposition to Bethmann 286, 422
Passchendaele, view of 509
peace negotiations, view on 422, 538, 542, 622, 664, 703, 733, 736–8
Plan Blucher 623
rejection of peace proposal 422
relationship with Hindenburg 232, 537, 664, 738
resignation 738
running Germany 286, 423, 519, 538, 760
St Mihiel salient 697
shifting responsibility for defeat 736
Somme 1918 678
submarine campaign 286
taking Russia out of war 314–5
Lyah, Major Bert 65
Lyne, Lieutenant-Colonel C.E.L. 508
Lyons, Ponsonby 154
M
MacArthur, Brigadier-General Douglas 698, 766
McBeath, Private William 747
McCarthy, Lieutenant Lawrence 675, 676
McCay, Major-General James 26, 172, 780
blamed for Fromelles disaster 74, 94, 95
Fromelles 54, 55, 56, 71–4, 76, 85, 88, 90, 92, 94, 172, 173, 296
McCrae, Major Geoffrey 38–9, 65–7, 74
McCrae, John 775
Macdonogh, Brigadier-General George 496
McDougall, Sergeant Stan 575–6
McGinn, Lieutenant Les 676, 677
McGrigor, Captain A.M. 446, 447, 454
Mackay, Major Murdoch 191, 193
Mackenzie, Major-General Colin 72, 88
McMullin, Ross 74, 470, 630, 665, 702
McNicoll, Brigadier-General Walter 559, 701
Mactier, Private Robert 683–4, 689
Mahony, Captain Austin 725–7, 729–31
Malcolm, Major-General Neill 185, 329, 353, 423, 518
Malone, Colonel William 205
Manchester Hill redoubt 562
Mangin, General Charles 649, 650, 663, 675
Manning, Frederic 452
Mannix, Archbishop Daniel 102, 524, 526, 528, 542, 773
Marc, Franz 34
Margetts, Captain Ivor 37, 129, 132, 133, 146, 153–5, 167, 168, 173
Margetts, Stephen 154
Marne 110, 623, 649–50, 652, 663, 669
Marshall, Colonel George 678
Marshall, Colonel Norman 465, 470, 471
Martin, Private Leslie 62–3, 70, 84, 85
Martinpuich 268
Marwitz, General Georg von der 546
Massacre of the Innocents 111, 118, 458
Matthews, Signaller Ted 751, 752
Maurice, Major-General Frederick 296
Maxfield, Captain Gordon 37, 194, 231, 292, 296, 377–80, 459
Maxse, Lieutenant-General Ivor 561
Maxwell, Lieutenant Duncan 243, 244
Maxwell, Lieutenant Joe 448–9, 541, 542, 549, 686, 719, 721, 722, 730, 746, 754, 772
Maxwell, Lieutenant-General Sir John 102
May, Lieutenant Wilfred 605
Maygar, Leslie 459
Menin Gate 489, 509, 511, 512, 776
Menin Road 7, 10, 429, 442–59, 464
Menin Road South Military Cemetery 457
Menzies, Sir Robert 773
Messines 46, 110, 398–428, 429, 593
digging trenches 415
New Zealand Memorial 427
Operation Georgette 593
pillboxes 412
tanks 412
Mezières 697
Michaelis, George 423
Micheler, General Alfred 359
Miles, Private William 84, 92–4
Military Cross
Binns, Percy 163
Dean, Archie 239
Gear, John 727
Howell-Price brothers 486
Jacka, Albert 206
Lawrence, Cyril 541
Lay, Percy 484
Maxwell, Joe 719
Owen, Wilfred 739
Palstra, William 409
Sullivan, James 728
Tubb, Frank 459
Military Medal
Davey, Claude 636
Davey, Phillip 635
Downing, Jimmy 472
McDougall, Stan 576
Sullivan, James 728
Whinfield, David 615
Willison, George 206
Millencourt 576
Mills bombs 299, 376, 384, 387
Milne, Colonel John 587
Milner, Lord 424, 440, 568, 569, 571
Miraumont 310
Mitchell, Lance-Corporal George 341, 346, 347
Mitchell, Colonel William 697
Moltke, Hellmuth von 108, 110, 111, 232
Monash, Lieutenant-General John 7, 11, 28, 38, 44, 45, 216, 283–5, 429
3rd Division commander 243, 283, 532, 779
account of 1918
Amiens 653, 654, 655, 656, 660, 661, 668, 669, 671, 768
Bean’s campaign against 619–30, 640
Bean’s view of 400, 620, 626, 692, 696, 716
Bray 675
death 769
detractors 11
English journalists impressed by 695
Epéhy 698
German parentage 159
Gough compared 574
Hindenburg Line 7, 708–11, 713, 715, 716, 718
Le Hamel 631, 634, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 645, 646, 768
leave in London 475
letters to Vic 417, 475, 477, 491, 541, 624, 626, 631
Lloyd George’s view of 768
‘Magnum Opus’ 399
Messines 398–400, 417, 418, 421
Mont St Quentin 681–3, 686, 687, 690, 692, 768
Morlancourt 635
opinion of Bean 477
orchestration of battle 645, 650
Passchendaele 492, 496, 497, 498, 502
promotion to Australian Corps
soldiers’ view of 640
Monash, Vic 417, 475, 768, 769
Monro, Sir Charles 54–8, 76, 88
Mont St Quentin 672, 681–94, 735, 754
Montauban 125
Montbrehain 707, 722, 725–31, 734, 735
Calvaire Cemetery 731
Montdidier 572
Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir
Monument Farm 587
Moon, Lieutenant Rupert ‘Mick’ 389–91, 393, 746, 772
Morchies 364
Morgan, Paddy (stretcher bearer) 450
Morlancourt 580, 635, 636, 650
Morshead, Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie 503, 583, 588, 771
Morval 270
Moser, General Otto von 363, 364, 366
Mount Kemmel 596
Mouquet Farm 144, 160, 172, 193, 194, 208, 209, 212–44, 311, 318, 384, 485
mud 276–8, 291, 431, 432, 436, 492, 501, 508
Muir, Andrew 753
Munro-Ferguson, Sir Ronald 160, 246, 263, 264, 529, 530, 626
Munster Alley 160, 161, 178, 206, 207
Murdoch, Lieutenant Ivon 451
Murdoch, Keith 132, 250–3, 259–61, 451, 480, 500, 526, 531, 533, 621, 624–30, 639, 640, 663, 773
Murray, General Sir Archibald 29, 30, 50
Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry 198–201, 213–7, 240, 241, 434, 549
after war 770
Bullecourt 324, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 345, 351
death 771
decorations 241, 301, 351, 406
hospitalisation 241
Messines 407
statue 771
mustard gas 435, 453, 548–9, 603, 607, 745
mutinies
Canadian 419
Portuguese 592
N
Nesle 566
Neuve Chapellle 17, 31, 48, 112
New Zealand Division 52, 407, 410, 421, 427, 474, 531, 532, 539, 565
Anzac Corps see Anzac Corps
Auchonvillers 568
Broodseinde 474
contribution to 1918 victories 735
end of Anzac Corps 531
Haig’s opinion of 665
Hébuterne 599
Le Quesnoy 740
Passchendaele 499, 501, 502, 502
New Zealand Memorial, Messines 427
Newell, Stan 616
Newfoundland Regiment 117, 120, 127
Newland, Captain James 320, 365
Newman, Private Thomas 676
nibbling 635
Nieppe Forest 592
Nivelle, General Robert 35, 36, 285, 291, 293–5, 302–10, 316, 324, 357–60, 362, 369
Nonne Boschen 444
Noreuil 317, 318, 343, 352, 355, 364, 374
Norris, Lieutenant-Colonel Ignatius 67
North Sea 106
Northcliffe, Lord 212, 251, 282, 517
Nugent, Private George 126
O
O’Brien, Jim 616
O’Connor, Arthur 695
October Revolution see Russian
Revolution Oise River 561
oldest Australian to die in WWI 634
O’Meara, Private Martin 772
O’Neill, Lance-Corporal George 191, 192
Operation Alberich 309
Operation Michael 543, 554–90, 622, 651, 691
Orlando, Vittorio 758
P
Palstra, Lieutenant William 406, 409, 484, 500, 503, 712
Paris 543, 559, 565, 566, 567, 650
Park Lane trench 181, 212, 213
Parvus, Israel (Helphand) 314
Passchendaele 8, 9, 46, 397, 409, 410, 429, 466, 480, 485, 491–512, 520, 538, 539, 550, 596, 654, 735
German recapture 596
Paton, Brig.-General John 178, 179, 192, 274, 276
Patton, Major George S. 426, 698, 766–7
Paulus, Lieutenant Friedrich 35
abdication of Kaiser, request for 741
acceptance of armistice terms 743
Brest-Litovsk treaty 519, 520, 743
German reparations 759
German request for armistice 736, 738
Ludendorff’s view 422, 538, 542, 622, 664, 703, 733, 736–8
Russia seeking 519
Wilson’s Fourteen Points 704, 733, 738, 740, 742, 756–60
peaceful penetration 634–6, 649
Pearce, Senator George 28, 264, 523, 621, 624
Pearse, Patrick 102
Peck, Colonel 349
Pelton, Lieutenant Norman 390, 391
Péronne 546, 557, 560, 561, 566, 669, 674, 678–83, 690, 691, 694
Pershing, General John 425, 426, 552, 569, 640, 678, 697, 715, 734, 738, 767
Pétain, General Henri-Philippe 33–6, 358, 360–3, 547, 550, 552, 566–9
soldiers’ view of 362
treason, sentenced for 768
Pickett, Lieutenant Reg 381
Pilckem Ridge 424, 429, 431, 433
pillboxes 412, 432, 451, 452, 469, 483
Pinches, Private Eric 366
Plan Blucher 623
Plant, Major 376
Plateau Wood 676
Plessen, General Hans von 741
Ploegsteert Wood 406, 409, 427, 541
Plumer, Sir Herbert 54, 56, 351, 429
Broodseinde 481, 485, 487, 501
Gheluvelt Plateau 439
Gough compared 574
Messines 398–404, 407, 414, 416, 421, 422, 429, 501
Monash, confidence in 628
Passchendaele 491, 492, 493, 495, 496, 501
Third Ypres 423, 424, 439, 444, 474
British Cemetery 511
Poincaré, Raymond 425, 496, 569
Polygon Wood 10, 424, 429, 437, 444, 449, 455, 456, 460–74
Pope Benedict XV 422
Pope, Lieutenant Charles 364, 365
Popkin, Sergeant Cedric 605
Potter, Private Edward 242
Potter, Private Hurtle 242
Potter, Private Thomas 242
Pozières 6, 8, 13, 46, 97, 112, 119, 123–6, 129–244, 270, 277, 296, 370, 485, 753
Bapaume road 148, 149, 156, 161, 173, 178
casualties 167, 181, 182, 194, 206, 217, 224, 244
first attack 130
German counter-attack 156
OG Lines 146, 149, 150, 156, 160, 167, 176, 178, 193
shell-shock 157–8, 163, 194, 203, 270
the Windmill 149, 164, 191, 193, 212, 222
Preston, Private Harold ‘Squatter’ 147, 163, 223
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria 703
Prince Max of Baden 704, 734, 736–42
Prince Rupprecht see Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
Princip, Gavrilo 107, 617, 762
prisoners 348, 451, 456, 468, 483, 508, 553, 645, 657, 659, 662
Prior, Robin 209, 266, 268, 410, 423, 437, 447, 510, 666, 705
psychological scars of war 753–6
Puchevillers British Cemetery 225
Purser, Major Muir 84
Pys 310
Q
Quéant 307, 332, 337, 355, 363, 370, 374, 375, 392
Queen Mary 425
Quennenmont Farm 707, 710, 712, 716
R
Rainecourt 669
‘ratting’ Germans 148, 644, 677, 686, 725
Rawlinson, General 114, 123, 167, 209, 221, 228, 265–71, 273, 276, 277, 424, 570
Amiens 649–53, 662, 666, 668, 669
Bray 675
Hindenburg Line 705–11, 715, 717, 722
Le Hamel 634, 636, 637, 638, 640, 646
Monash, confidence in 628
Somme 1918, 673, 678, 679, 680, 696, 697
Villers-Bretonneux 603, 607, 608, 609
Raws, Lieutenant John ‘Alec’ 37, 169–72, 183, 187–8, 194, 194, 227, 280
Raws, Lieutenant Robert ‘Goldy’ 37, 171, 181, 182, 183, 194, 227
Rea, Gunner Charles 746
Read, Major-General George 712
reburying bodies 747
Red Baron see Richthofen, Manfred von
Richthofen, Manfred von 370–1, 443, 584, 603, 604–6, 617, 663, 766
Riddell, Major Consett 415, 416, 531, 657, 659
Riencourt 326, 334, 339, 340, 341, 363, 363, 369, 378
Robbins, Sergeant Frederick 676
Robertson, Corporal Malcolm 300, 301
Robertson, Lieutenant-General Sir William 30, 43, 48, 50, 104, 188, 189, 267, 272, 281, 294, 295, 302, 303, 325, 357, 496, 540, 546–8
Cambrais, view on 517
Lloyd George’s opinion of 547
replaced by Wilson 548
social standing 546
Supreme War Council 548
Ypres, view on 397, 424, 440, 444, 455, 487, 488
Robin, Lance-Corporal Phil 149
Robson, Lloyd 258
Rollings, Lieutenant E.J. 661
Rosenthal, Major-General Charles 577, 581–2, 586, 588, 679, 683, 686, 692, 771, 779
Ross, Malcolm 409
Rothermere, Lord 189
Royal Flying Corps 281
Roydhouse, Captain Jack 382
Ruggles-Brise, General 573
Rule, Lieutenant Edgar ‘Ted’ 166, 199, 201, 203–5, 237, 238, 239, 330, 349, 637, 638, 643, 644, 753, 772
Rumania joining allies 231, 233
Russian army 35, 123, 358, 420–1, 510, 670
Russian Revolution 306, 312–5, 320, 358, 421, 440, 519, 762
spread to Germany 741
Ryan, Colonel 433
S
Sadlier, Lieutenant Clifford 612–4, 616
St Julien 432
St Martin’s Wood 675
Sanders, Liman von 703
Sandilands, Brigadier-General 570–2
Sassoon, Sir Philip 558
Sassoon, Siegfried 470
Sausage Valley 119, 133, 151, 164, 167, 179, 182
Savige, Captain Stanley 376–82
Scanlon, Lieutenant-Colonel 701
Scarpe, battle of the 680
Scheer, Admiral Reinhard 106
Scheidemann, Philipp 742
Schlieffen, Alfred von 107
Schlieffen Plan 107–10, 285, 537
Schroder, Lieutenant J.D. 76
Schuler, Gottlieb ‘Frederick’ 160, 400, 420
Schuler, Lieutenant Phillip 19, 160, 400–1, 419, 420, 428, 553
Schwaben Redoubt 119
Scott, Ernest 256
Seabrook, George 448, 453, 542
Seabrook, William ‘Keith’ 448, 453, 457, 542
Second Socialist International 102–3
Sedan 734
Senegalese troops 359
Serre 120
shell-shock 63, 65, 144, 157–8, 163, 194, 203, 270
Shoobridge, Private Frank 149, 150
Short, Lieutenant Lionel 187, 227
Simpson, Sister Jean 380
Sinclair-MacLagan, Major-General Ewen 27, 466, 558, 629–30, 636, 637, 640, 641, 646, 780
Sister Susie’s Creed 525
Smith, Brigadier-General Bob 369, 373–5, 384
Smith, Captain Harold 230
Smith, Captain Richard 230
Smith, Private Walter 230
Smuts, Jan Christian 424, 440, 518
Smyth, Major-General Nevill 159, 221, 297, 368, 533, 779
Snedden, Arch 449
Australian divisions 52
bombardment 115
British New Army 116, 117, 119, 121, 280
Canadian army 243, 244, 265, 267
casualties 17, 118, 119, 120, 121, 125, 207, 228, 279
French divisions 118
German attempt to recapture 554–90, 596
German lines 114
interlude between first and second attack 277
nature of warfare 16–17, 111, 239, 280
New Zealand army 267
‘wearing out’ battle 143, 212, 228
Spanbroekmolen crater 427
Spindler, Nurse N. 457
spring offensive 543–4, 549–52
Steenbeek River 431
Stokes, Sergeant Charlie 612–4, 616
Storkey, Lieutenant Percy 601–2
Stormy Trench 293, 297–301, 302
Story, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles 700
Stredwich (stretcher-bearer) 149
submarine campaign, German 286, 425, 538
Sugarloaf, the 13–15, 23, 51, 63, 65, 71, 72, 73
Sullivan, Captain James 728, 731
Supreme War Council 547, 548, 645
Sutherland, Driver J.C. 386
Suzanne 679
T
tanks
Bullecourt 327, 338–40, 355, 514, 645
dummies 698
Epéhy 698
Mark IV 514
Marne 650
Messines 412
Renault 650
Ypres 438
Taylor, Lieutenant A.G. 486
Terraine, John 363, 403, 516, 662
Thiepval 118, 119, 120, 123, 124, 144, 160, 221, 223, 228, 270, 277
Thomas, Corporal Arthur 36, 163, 164, 165, 292, 548–9, 772
Tincourt New British Cemetery 731
Tivey, Brigadier-General Edwin 69, 84, 92, 95
Toll, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick 69, 70, 81, 84, 92
‘Tommy’ nickname 435
Tooney, Private William 453
Topp, Lieutenant Jimmy 390, 391
Transloy Line 271
trench foot 278
Trois Arbres cemetery, Steenwerck 19, 420, 427
Trotman, Sergeant Joseph 242, 417
truce see also peace negotiations
Bullecourt 348
Loos 95
Passchendaele 504
Russia, with Germany 519
Villers-Bretonneux 95
Truman, Captain Harry 703, 745, 766
Tsar Alexis II 313
Tsar Mikhail 313
Tsar Nicholas II 103, 231, 306, 312, 313, 315, 361, 421, 733
Tsarina Alexandra 313
Tubb, Captain Frank 445, 446, 459
Tubb, Major Fred 18, 445, 446, 448, 452–3, 457, 459
Turnour, Lieutenant John 469
Tyne Cot Cemetery 488
U
United States
army see Americans
effect of war on 762
entering war 286, 319, 320, 538
Universal Service League 257
V
Valenciennes 739
Vaux 680
VC Corner Cemetery 98
Verdun 17, 30, 32–6, 121, 285, 361
casualties 35
Vermandovillers 680
Australian recipients 205
Axford, Thomas 642
Blackburn, Arthur 149
British recipients 205
Bugden, Patrick 469
Burton, Alex 459
Cartright, George 687
Cherry, Percy 318
Congreve, Walter 571
Currey, William 690
Dalziel, Harry 642
Davey, Phillip 635
Dimmer, J.H. 562
Edgerton recommended for 621, 669
Elstob, Wilfrith 562
Freyberg, Bernard 743
Gaby, Alfred 657
Grieve, Bob 414
Grogan, G.W. 615
Hutchinson recommended for 73
Ingram, George 729
Irish recipients 101
Jeffries, Clarence 502
Joynt, Donovan 676
Kenny, Thomas 320
Lancaster Fusiliers 594
Leak, John 149
Lone Pine, awarded at 689
McCarthy, Lawrence 676
McDougall, Stan 576
Mactier, Robert 689
Maygar, Leslie 459
Mont St Quentin, awarded at 689
O’Meara, Martin 772
Pope, Charles 365
Sadlier, Clifford 613
Stokes recommended for 613
Storkey, Percy 602
Wark, Blair 714
Ville-sur-Ancre 621
Villers-Bretonneux 566, 573, 575, 577, 580–90, 655, 735
allied attack 1918 658, 659, 707, 735
Australian National Memorial 227, 366, 617
looting of houses 580
tanks 607
truce 95
W
Walker, Major-General Harold
‘Hooky’ 136–41, 160, 172, 178, 221–3, 320, 381, 498, 533, 779
Wallach, Captain Clarence 173, 599–603
Wallach, Captain Neville 601, 602
Walther, Captain Bernhardt 159, 160
Walther, Johann Gustav 159
War Cabinet 294, 295, 303, 424, 425, 440, 539, 736
War Precautions Act 257
warfare, nature of 16–17, 33, 42, 111, 239, 280, 650
Waring, Lady Clementine 445
Wark, Major Blair 714
watches as souvenirs 451, 468, 592, 657, 677
Watkins, Sergeant 504
Watson, Major W.H.L. 327, 328, 330
West, Arthur and Clive 356
West, Private Eric 311, 321, 323, 324, 335, 336, 341, 347, 349, 350, 356
Weston, Lance-Corporal Norman 191, 192
Wheatcroft, Andrew 103
Whinfield, Private David 293, 311, 465, 549, 610, 615–6, 656, 667, 701
White, Brigadier-General Brudenell 26, 27, 75, 172, 177, 178, 185, 186, 188
Bean’s admiration for 94, 176, 392, 393, 498, 619–21, 625, 716
Bullecourt 327, 328, 329, 332, 333, 352, 392–3
campaign for promotion of 619–30
Currie compared 506
death 771
Fromelles 54
Gough’s praise of 140
Monash compared 620, 625, 645, 692, 718
Mouquet Farm 213
Operation Michael 558
reinforcements requested by 253
WWII Chief of Staff 771
White, Sergeant John 18
Whittle, Sergeant John 320, 365
Wieck, Major George 316, 317, 390
Wilder-Neligan, Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice 451
Wilkins, Hubert 465, 485, 586, 587, 588, 620, 646, 713
Wilkinson, Lieutenant Norman 728, 730
Williams, Private Billy 366, 370
Williams, Captain Lloyd 623
Willison, Private George 206
Wilson, General Sir Henry 266, 488, 547, 568–71, 653, 665, 671
Wilson, Trevor 209, 266, 268, 410, 437, 447, 510, 666, 674, 705
Wilson, Woodrow 286, 319, 734–40, 761
Fourteen Points 704, 733, 738, 740, 742, 756–60
winkling 635
Withers, Lance-Corporal Roy 299, 300, 301
Wormald, Sergeant Frank 580
Wright, Dr J.C. 258
Wright, Lieutenant John 374, 375
Wright, Patrick 268
Y
youngest Australian to die on western front 366
youngest brigade commander 754
Australian troops resting in 244, 265
First 111
Haig’s planned offensive 325, 359, 361, 363, 369, 398, 421–6, 433
Hitler serving at 652
Massacre of the Innocents 111, 458
nature of land 430
poison gas 112
Second 112
Third 397, 409, 410, 429–512 see also Passchendaele
Z
Zimmermann, Arthur 319