^* Love had been an architect before the war.

^* Rifle cartridges were cheap enough at just over Id. each (£4 13s, per 1,000).

^* The British had many nicknames for the Germans: Gerry or Jerry, Fritz, the Hun or the Boche.

^* This section refers to infantry divisions only. There were five cavalry divisions in the B.E.F. at the time.

^* c.-in-c. and G.H.g. are the abbreviations for Commander-in-Chief and General Headquarters.

^*At the end of each Despatch the c.-in-c. would give a list of officers and men who had given good service, although they had not been awarded decorations, hence the expression ‘Mentioned in Despatches’

^* Miles Bame became a major but was killed in 1917 when a damaged British aeroplane accidentally released a bomb on the British lines. Sir Iain Colquhoun became a brigade commander and survived the war.