^* Such was the fog of war that Capt. Jolliffe had never heard of the manner of 2nd Lieut Arthur’s death when asked about it in 1970. Arthur’s story was built up by assembling fragments from many sources.

^† Four of the squadrons in action during the day were from No. 9 Wing, R.F.C. The officer commanding the wing was Lieut-Col. Hugh Dowding, later Air Chief Marshal Dowding, who led Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain.

^* Lieut Turner, aged twenty, was shot down and killed in Belgium nine weeks later.

^* Public Record Office, CAB 45/188.

^* Later Sir Norman Strong, Speaker of the Northern Irish Parliament.

^* Public Record Office, WO 95/684. The order was definitely sent to all units in III and VIII Corps and possibly to others as well.

^† Herr Lange was on the edge of the Schwaben Redoubt. German soldiers usually used the word ‘English’ when talking of their opponents. He did not realize he was fighting the Ulstermen.

^‡ The marksman who wounded Herr Kury was almost certainly a soldier of the 8th Devons.