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Aa Canal, 27, 29, 30, 36, 69, See also “Canal Line”

Abbeville, 6, 16, 26

Abrial, Admiral Jean, 76, 78, 94, 110, 143, 179-83, 229-30, 252, 256, 259, 268, 269

Ackrell, Corporal P. C. 55, 128

Adam, Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald. 37, 76, 78, 81

Admiralty: “Dynamo” implemented, 37, 41, 46, 58; French, relations with, 91, 109; destroyers, use of, 86, 144-45, 168, 228; Wake-Walker sent, 152; daylight operations ended; 229-30; “Dynamo” ends, 259, See also Little Ships; Small Vessels Pool

Ailly, 256

Alaurent, General. 267, 274

Albert, 3, 21

ALC (Army Landing Craft), 89, 140, See also Little Ships

Alexander, Major-General Harold; 166, 171, 180-83, 229-30, 246-47

Allan. Gunner P. D., 76

Allison, Commander, 228

Amiens, 6, 16, 18, 21

Anthony, 87

Antiaircraft guns, 80-81

Antitank guns, 3, 13, 21

Archdale, Major O. A., 92

Armentieres, 35, 54, 150

Arras, 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 29, 30, 51, 167; counterattack at, 18-19, 27, 273

Atrocities, by SS units, 74, 106-7

Audresselles, 69

Auphan, Captain Paul. 90, 92, 174, 175, 193

Aura, 225

Austin, Captain John, 76, 235

Austin. Captain R. C., 129

Autocarrier, 244, 248

Bacchus, Private Bill, 52

Backhouse, Admiral Sir Roger, 42, 270

Baker, Sergeant Jack, 70

Baldwin, Private Alfred, 189

Barker, Lieutenant-General Michael, 112, 171, 181

Barnard, Private Oliver, 145

Barris, Seaman Bill, 212

Barthélémy, General, 261

Bartlett, Captain Basil, 123-24

Bartlett, Seaman George, 98

Basilisk, 216-17, 219

Bassett, Colonel Sam, 48

Bastion 32 (French Headquarters, Dunkirk), 36, 76, 94, 100, 179-83, 229, 256, 259, 266

Batson, Lance Corporal Fred, 81

Beamish, Captain Tufton, 13, 278

Beaufrère, General, 200, 234, 266, 267

Beckwith-Smit, Brigadier, M B., 34

Belgium: Allied advance into, 8, 12; Allied withdrawal from, 2, 6, 8-12; participation in fighting, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 36, 78; surrender of, 100-104, 134, 150, 175

Bellamy, Basil, 45, 89

Ben-My-Chree, 223, 241

Bennett. Private C. N., 186

Bennett, 2nd Lieutenant John S. W., 165

Bennett, Sub-Lieutenant Peter, 161, 196

Bergues, 36, 76, 78, 79, 200, 232, 250

Bergues-Furnes Canal, 147, 200, 231-33

Berry, W. Stanley. 40, 41, 46, 89

Berthon, Captain, 216-17, 219

Biddneph, Commander M. A. O., 189

Bideford, 142

Bill, Lieutenant Robin, 131, 135, 138-39, 278

Billotte, General Gaston, 16, 18, 20, 21

Birnbacher, Captain-Lieutenant Heinz, 119, 120

Blackburn, Staff Sergeant Reg, 125

Blanchard, General J. G. M., 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 76, 78, 92, 100, 108, 110, 146, 181

Block ships, 251-52, 260-61

Blumentritt, Colonel Guenther, 64

Bock, General Colonel Fedor von, 3, 21, 22, 25, 32, 33, 105, 150, 197

Bonnie Heather, 193

Booth, Lieutenant-Commander B. R., 139

Border Regiment, 5th Battalion, 232

Bougrain, General, 146

Boulogne, 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, 33, 41-43, 48, 61, 62, 69

Bourbourg, 25, 27, 272

Bourrasque, 169

Boydd, Private Paddy, 189

Boyes Anti-Tank Rifles, 13, 107, 200, 233

Brammall. Lieutenant C. V., 68

Brauchitsch, General Colonel Walther von, 30, 31, 210

Brav-Dunes, 79, 112-15, 120, 122, 123, 124, 128, 139, 146, 151, 152, 153, 162, 186, 188, 190, 196, 207-8, 216, 224, 235, 249

Brennecke, General Major Kurt, 209

Bridgeman, Lieutenant-Colonel the Viscount, 15, 20, 22, 36, 37, 78, 79, 80, 107, 182, 217

Bridges, Lance Sergeant John. 201-2, 206, 212-15

Brighton Belle, 117

Brighton Queen, 222

British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 3, 6, 24 General Headquarters (GHQ): Arras. 1, 2, 7, 15, 16, 51; Boulogne, 19, 61; Hazebrouck, 16; la Panne, 80, 81, 111, 171, 180-82, 184; Dunkirk, 19, 183, Corps: I, 22, 79, 112, 171, 181; II, 10, 79, 104, 112, 128, 146, 171, 203: III, 10, 49, 79, 112, Divisions: 1st, 171, 180; 2nd, 33, 34, 74; 3rd, 15, 104-5, 145, 186; 4th, 22, 36, 49, 278; 23rd, 13; 44th, 34, 49, 50, 109, 125, 145; 48th, 34, 35, 107; 50th, 49, 54, 104, Brigades: 7th Guards, 146, 180; 8th, 199; 30th, 61, 62; 127th, 186; 143rd, 108; 144th, 106, Corps of Military Police, II, 104, 125, 188; 102nd Provost Company, 164-66, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), Field Ambulance: 6th, 142; 12th, 125; 13th, 52; 145th, 186; RAMC. Casually Clearing Station: 12th, 261-66, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 55; 2nd Ordnance Field Park, 35, 49, 50, 52, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). 49, 52, 81;1st Division Petrol Company, 124; 508th Petrol Company, 126; 85th Command Ammunition Depot, 128; No. I Troop Carrying Company, 49, Royal Artillery, 6: Anti-Aircraft, 2nd Brigade, 80; Field Regiments: 32nd, 8-10; 53rd, 233, 237, 239; 58th, 76, 110, 271; 99th, 235; 229th Field Battery, 70; 60th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 35; Medium Regiments: 3rd, 54; 5th, 50; Searchlight Regiments: 2nd Battalion, 35; 12th Battery, 79, Royal Corps of Signals (Signals), 10, Royal Engineers, Corps of, 53, 79, 106: 216th Field Company, 1; 250th Field Company, 76, 165-66; 573rd Field Squadron, 49, See also individual regiments

Brooke, Lieutenant-General A. F., 22, 23, 25, 104, 146, 170-71, 273-74, 277

Brown, Chief Stoker W., 137, 139

Brownrigg, Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas, 19, 61, 62

Buchanan, Commander Herbert James, 256, 258, 260

Bush. Captain Eric, 153, 185

Bush. Lieutenant-Colonel W. E., 234, 239

Bushell, Commander William, 244

Buxton. Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. H., 147

Bystander, 142

Calais, 17, 21, 26, 33, 41-43, 48, 57, 60-70, 92, 134

Calcutta, 90, 95

Calvi, 138, 141

Cameron. Lieutenant John, 260

Cameron Highlanders, Queen’s Own, 168; 1st Battalion, 34, 72

“Canal Line,” 27, 31, 33, 69, 72, See also Aa Canal; la Bassée Canal

Canterbury, 85, 130, 131, 223

Capiat, Sub-Lieutenant Moran, 157

Carew Hunt, Sub-Lieutenant A., 197

Carmaham. Aircraftsman, 243

Carrier, Private Lou, 106

Carvin, 35

Cassel, 34, 36, 76, 91, 107, 109, 147, 277

Cassidie, Captain, 140

Cavanagh, Able Seaman P., 137

Chamberlain, Neville, 18, 41

Champon, General, 175

Chandler, Gunner Mowbrav, 138-40

Chapeau Rouge, 261-66, 267

Charles, Signalman Percy, 277

Chartier de Sadomy, Captain le Comte de, 259

Chatham Naval Depot, 44, 47, 89, 92, 223

Cherbourg, 125-26

Chodzko, Sub-Lieutenant Michael Anthony, 225, 248

Churchill, Captain Jack. 70-72

Churchill, Winston: support of Weygand Plan, 18, 21-23, 28; decision to evacuate Dunkirk, 33, 37, 41, 109, 112; defense of Calais, 60-63, 68; meetings with Reynaud, 2, 20, 24, 58, 178-79; Belgian surrender, 100-101; policy on evacuating French, 91, 173, 177-79, 228, 234, 252; reports on evacuation, 170, 229, 270-72, 274

Clan MacAlister, 89, 140, 141, 218

Claridge, Private J. B., 214

Clemments, Lieutenant-Commander, W. R. T., 86

Clifton, Brigadier, A. J., 105

Clouston, Commander J. Campbell: at Dunkirk, 112-13; pier master at eastern mole, 113, 115, 116, 130, 137-39, 141, 142, 167-68, 197, 236; loss of, 242-43

Cockle boats, 156, 195

Coldstream Guards, 12, 264; 1st Battalion, 11, 203; 2nd Battalion, 7, 12, 146-47, 200-201, 231-33, 237-38, 246

Coles. Sapper D.J., 13-14, 154, 188

Collard, Group Captain R. C. M., 1

Colton, Sergeant-Major “Big Ike,” 111

Colvin. Major R.B.R, 218

Comfort, 122-24

Command Post, shifts of, 15-18, 20, 21, 23, 36, 108

Communications breakdown, 14-16, 65, 80, 92, 101, 109, 256

Condor. Commander E. R., 235

Constant Nymph, 156, 162

Contest, 223

Cook, Lieutenant A. T., 116

Corap, General André-Georges, 1, 3, 6

Costobadie, Lieutenant-Commander, 259

Court, Sergeant L. H. T., 237-38

Courtrai. 22, 103

Cox, Lieutenant Ian, 129, 140, 155

Cranz, General Lieutenant Friedrich-Carl, 266, 267

Cras, Lieutenant Hervé, 269

Crested Eagle, 131, 139, 141

Crick, Lieutenant T. S., 44

Crosby, Sub-Lieutenant John Rutherford, 130, 240, 247

Crowther, Private George William, 142

Dangerfield, Captain E., 252, 260

Darlan, Admiral Francois, 90, 91, 174, 179, 276

Davies, Lieutenant E. L., 129, 247

Day, Chief Foreman Harry, 88

Deal, 57, 58

Dean, Commander Brian, 116, 268

Demolitions, 53-55, 66, 106

Dendre, River, 10

Denny, Captain Michael, 43, 240, 242, 245

Destroyers: collecting and organizing, 38, 86; losses, 135-44; modern, withdrawn, 144-45, 228; returned, 168, See also ships’ names

Dewing, Major-General R. H., 17

Dibbens, Lieutenant Harold J., 164-66

Dickens, Sub-Lieutenant Peter, 47

Dill, Lieutenant-General Sir John, 22, 24, 37, 38, 153, 170, 173, 176-78, 183, 229, 277

Dinort, Major Oskar, 135, 161

Discipline problems, 55, 96-97, 112-13, 128-29, 138-39, 147, 166-69, 187-88, 199, 213, 232-34, 236-37

Dive bombing, 8-10, 34-35, 65, 94, 107, 135-40, 214-17, 219, 228, 242, See also Stuka

Divine, David, 225, 245

Docksey, Captain T. E., 159

Dodd, Captain John S., 70, 153, 271, 277

Doggersbank, 114

Dornier 17 (German plane), 55, 132, 135, See also Luftwaffe

Dorrien Rose, 98

Dorsetshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 33, 72-73, 103

Dove, Major Arthur, 80

Dove, Commander J. S., 56, 143

Dover, 48, 58

Dover Castle, 43-44

Dow, Surgeon-Lieutenant James, 47

Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 134, 221

Dreyer, Lieutenant Christopher, 216

Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 1st Battalion, 238

Dunkirk, 17, 20, 24-26; decision to evacuate from, 95; destruction of port, 55, 251-52; last night, 244-49, 251-64; capture of, 266-67

Durham Light Infantry, 6th Battalion, 76, 198, 199, 235

Dyle, River, 6-8, 167

“Dynamo,” Operation: activating, 44, 58; collecting and manning ships, 44-46, 87, 223; equipping and provisioning ships, 47-49; communications, 142-44, 152; morale, 90, 117, 186-87, 222-25, 228, 241, 253; numbers lifted, xi, 116-17, 125, 168-69, 176, 178, 179, 197, 228, 252, 274-76; decision to end, 239-40, See also Admiralty; Chatham Naval Depot; Destroyers; Little Ships; Small Vessels Pool

Dynamo Room, 43-44, 47, 48, 58, 83, 84, 89-90, 95-96, 99, 152, 239, 242

East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion, 232

East Riding Yeomanry, 148

East Surrey Regiment: 1st Battalion, 12, 51, 76, 198-200; 1st/6th Battalion, 198-200, 235-36

Eastern mole, 97-99, 112, 115-16, 130-31, 135-38, 142, 181, 188-90, 212, 227, 235-36, 251, 266-67, 272

Eden, Anthony, 17, 22, 24, 25, 60-63, 91, 101, 108, 109, 170, 176, 180, 182-83, 186

Elkin, Sergeant Arthur, 15, 104

Elliott. A. W., 157

Ellison-McCartney, Lieutenant-Colonel L. A., 66

Elton, Seaman J. H, 142

Emile Deschamps, 269

Epinette, 70-72

Ervine-Andrews, Captain H. M., 232

Escaut, River, 7, 11, 12

Esk, 153, 222

Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 7

Estaires, 73, 74

Express, 137, 248, 260, 261

Fagalde, General Marie B. A., 36, 62, 63, 76, 78, 92, 180-82, 250, 255, 256

Falck, Captain Wolfgang, 132-34

“Fall Rot,” Operation, 209-11

Fane, 2nd Lieutenant Julian, 107, 148

Farley, Private Francis Ralph. 111, 203-5

Fauvelle, Major Joseph, 92, 110

Felstead, Gunner F., 129

Fenella, 130, 131, 138, 139, 141

Fernald, John, 158, 159

Festubert, 33, 72, 73, 74

Field Security Police, 54, 123

Fieseler Storch (German observation plane), 9

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 1st Battalion, 49

Fifth Columnists, 10-11

Fisher, Captain John, 44, 45

Fisher, Commander Ralph Lindsay, 120-25

Fletcher, Seaman Carl, 94, 96

Flooding, 20, 118, 199, 249

Folkestone, 126, 193, 222, 244

Foremost 101, 192

Fort Mardyck, 200

Fort Philippe, 151

Foudroyant, 219, 222

Franklyn, Major-General H. E., 19

French Army: Somme line, 19, 23, 24, 255-56, defense of Calais, 62-65:withdrawal to Dunkirk, 24, 109-11;holding the perimeter, 109-11, 145-46; reluctance to evacuate, 24, 76, 90-92, 109-10; discipline of, 197; rearguard, 182-83, 229-30, 234, 249-50, 255; evacuation of, 173-83, 190-91, 197, 228, 247-48, 251, 258-60; surrender of, 266-67, Armies: First, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 34, 92, 107-11, 145, 150, 176; Second, 3; Seventh, 21; Ninth, 1, 3, Corps: III, 110-11, Infantry Divisions: 12th, 234, 249; 21st, 255; 32nd, 234, 255, 259, 260, 267; 60th, 34, 146, 176; 68th, 69, 78, 176, 200, 234, 249, 266, 267; 71st, 3; 137th, 255, 2nd Light Mechanized Division, 146, See also Weygand Plan

French Navy: participation in evacuation, 90-92, 109, 125-26, 175, 176, 193, 244, 257, 259-60; casualties, 169, 222, 269

Furnes, 78, 79, 111, 146, 151, 172, 180, 199, 201, 203, 213

Furnes-Nicuport Canal, 106

Gabbett-Mullhallen, Sub-Lieutenant C. A., 260

Galland, Captain Adolf, 134, 135

Gallant, 95, 144

Gamelin, General Maurice, 3, 16, 18

Garrett, Paymaster lieutenant-Commander Harry, 41, 46, 156

Gaze, Private W. B. A., 81, 262-63

Gentry, Lance Bombardier H. E., 9-10

George VI, Kin, 101

Georges, General Alphonse-Joseph, 7, 15, 16, 175, 176, 177

German Army, Army Groups: A, 3, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 64, 150, 209; B, 3, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 135, 150, 197, 209, 267; C. 209, Armies: Fourth, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 209; Eighteenth, 208-10, Corps: IX, 208; X, 254, 267; XIX, 3, 26, 31, 33; XXVI, 208, Infantry Divisions: 18th, 210, 250, 254, 266, 267; 56th, 151; 61st, 254; 256th, 211, Panzer Divisions: 1st. 6, 26, 27, 28, 64, 69; 2nd, 6, 26; 6th, 13, 69; 7th, 150; 10th, 26, 63, 64, 69, SS Totenkopf Division, 74, Regiments: 102nd Artillery Regiment, 249; 18th Regiment of Engineers, 250; 37th Panzer Engineers, 151; SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 106, Bicycle Squadron 25, 151

German Navy, 119

Gill, Corporal Alf, 125

Gimson, Captain Tom, 112

Glen Cower, 189

Gloucestershire Regiment: 2nd Battalion, 11, 34, 148; 5th Battalion. 107, 147-48

Goddard, Group Captain Victor, 37-39

Goebbels, Joseph. 267-68, 276

Goodbody, Yeoman Eric, 187-88

Göring, Hermann, 28-33, 55, 134, 273

Gorl, General the Viscount: early career, 7, 15; advance into Belgium, 2-3, 6-8; withdrawal toward coast, 7, 17, 37-39, 69, 70, 72, 78, 81, 153, Weygand Plan, 18-24; decision to evacuate, 16, 20, 22-24, 41, 76, 91, 92, 108; Belgian surrender, 100-6; policy on evacuating French, 91, 173-82; evacuated, 162, 170-73, 183-86

Gossamer, 47, 116, 122, 207

Gotto, Commander Renfrew, 246

Gracie Fields, 141, 142

Grafton, 95, 122-24, 144

Grand Quartier Général, 20

Gravelines, 30, 33, 69, 78, 151, 168, 176, 189, 267

Gray. Lieutenant A., 113, 114

Green Howards: 5th Battalion, 234, 236, 239, 246; 6th Battalion, 33

Gregson-Ellis, Colonel Philip, 36

Grenade, 130, 137, 139, 144

Grenadier Guards, 12, 79, 218; 1st Battalion, 201-3, 206, 212; 2nd Battalion, 111, 199; 3rd Battalion, 219, 235

Greyhound, 144

Griffith-Williams, Colonel L. C., 238

Grimmer, Sapper F. M., 1

Guderian, General Heinz, 3, 6, 26, 28-33, 64, 69, 106, 150-51, 209, 272, 273

Gulzer, 68, 258

Hadnett, Corporal Bob, 35, 107, 108

Hadow, Commander P. H., 214-15

Haig. 249

Haig. Lieutenant-Commander Rodolph, 123

Haider, General Franz, 30, 31, 32, 209, 250

Halsey, Captain T. E., 253, 268

Hall Order,” 29-33, 69, 209, 272-73

Hamel, Lieutenant Lodo van, 194

Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 233

Hansen, General Lieutenant Christian, 254

Harling, Robert, 194-95

Harvester, 86

Harvey, Ted, 239

Harwich, 45, 127

Havant, 86, 215-16, 219

Hawes, Sergeant S. S., 124

Hazebrouck, 16, 49, 70, 74, 107, 108

Hebe, 144, 153, 184-85, 224

Heinkel III (German plane), 55, 132, 133, 141, 161, 169, 212, 214, 215, See also Luftwaffe

Heming, Private Ernest, 190

Henkel, Hans, 276

Herbert. Major Dickie, 202

Hersey, Augusta. 51, 227

Hersey, Private Bill. 51, 227

Hilda, 113, 114, 216, 251

Hill, Major Peter, 50

Hilton. Robert, 159, 163, 174, 278-79

Hird, 124-26

Hitler, Adolf, 2, 28: and Belgian surrender, 102; “Halt Order,” 29-33, 272-73; his suggestion for preventing evacuation, 210

Hoedt, Father M. Rafael, 145

Homan, David, 158

Hondschoote, 54

Hornchurch, 57, 220

Horner, Ken, 156

Hoist, 163

Hospital Ships, 241-42

Houtkerque, 108

Hubicki, General Major A. R von, 249

Hunt, Major (RASC), 126

Hunt, Major Peter, 72

Huntziger, General Charles, 3

Hurricane (British plane), 57, 133, 134, 195, 251, See also RAF

Hutchens, Lieutenant-Colonel Robin, 194

Hythe, 224

Ibel, Max, 134

Ingham, Lance Corporal W. J., 54

Interservice Topographical Department, 48

Iron Duke, 238

Ironside, General Sir Edmund, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 37, 38

Irving. Lieutenant R. H., 160, 162, 196

Irwin. Seaman Bill, 137

Ismav, Major-General Sir Hastings, 20, 21, 176, 271

Ismav, Lady, 271

Ivanhoe, 124, 186, 214, 219

Jaguar (British), 86, 87, 130, 137, 144

Jaguar (French), 120, 269

James, Admiral Sir William, 272

Janssen, General, 234, 249

Jeffries, Captain P.J., 198

Jennings, Gunner W., 142

Jeschonnek, General Major Hans, 32

Jodl, General Major Alfred, 29, 32

Johnson, Major-General G. D., 206

Johnson & Jago’s Boatyard, 157

Jones, 2nd Lieutenant, 199

Jones, Signalman George W., 201

Jonkerick, Mile., 52

Ju 87 (German plane), See Stuka

Ju 88 (German plane), 135, 242, See also Luftwaffe

Kay, Corporal R., 115

Kearley-Pope, Petty Officer Leonard B., 84

Keitel, General Colonel Wilhelm, 29, 32, 119

Keith, 184-85, 216-19, 222

Keith, Jimmy, 89

Keller, General Alfred, 210

Kerr, Commander Tom, 112, 113, 115, 151, 166, 188

Kesselring, General Albert, 32, 133, 211

Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger, 100-101

King Orry, 142, 189

King’s Own Royal Regiment, 8th Battalion, 167

King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion, 60, 61, 63, 65

King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion, 246

Kirchner, General Lieutenant Friedrich, 27

Kitchener, Corporal Jack, 52

Kleist. General Ewald von, 27, 32, 107

Kluge, General Colonel Guenther Hans von, 27, 28, 32, 33, 209

Knight, Sergeant Bill, 255-56

Knowles, Guardsman Arthur, 266

Koeltz, General Louis M., 78, 100

Kuechler, General Georg von, 208-11, 232-34, 249-50, 258

Kwinte Whistle Buoy, 120-25, 169

La Bassée Canal, 7, 33, 72, 74

Lady Southborough, 45, 46, 192-93

Lane, Squadron Leader Brian, 220

Langley, Lieutenant James M., 12, 200-201, 232, 237, 261, 264, 265

La Panne: evacuation operations: 79, 81, 87, 88, 95, 112, 114, 117, 122, 128, 129, 141, 143, 150, 152, 153, 162-67, 175, 177, 186, 187, 190, 202-8, 212, 214, 217, 219; Gort establishes headquarters, 79-80, 111-12; withdrawal from, 207, 227

Laurencie, General Fourmel de la, 110, 111, 180, 181, 234

Lawson, Brigadier the Honorable, E. F., 79, 167

Lawson, 2nd Lieutenant William, 167

Leclerc, Rear-Admiral Marcel, 91, 175

Lecointe, Father Henri, 267

Le Doze, Lieutenant Docteur, 267

Ledringhem, 147

Lee, Gunner Robert, 76

Leese. Brigadier Sir Oliver, 16, 153, 172-73, 180, 186

Leigh-on-Sea, 156, 157, 193

Le Mesurier, Commander Edward K., 225

Leopold III, 19, 99, 100-102, 175

Le Paradis, 74

“Lethal Kite Barrage,” 56, 143

Letitia, 195

Lidster, Sapper L. C., 125-26

Lightoller, Commander Charles Herbert, 225-27

Lille, 10, 12, 16, 25, 34, 50, 51, 107-11, 145, 150, 180, 234, 272, See also French Army: First

Lindsell, Lieutenant-General W. G., 78

Little Ann, 225-27, 245

Littlehampton, 89

Little Ships: collecting, equipping, and manning of, 44-49, 88-89, 157; operations of, 155-64, 191-95, See also Ministry of Shipping; Small Vessels Pool; Tough Brothers Boatyard

Little Ships Club, 88

Lockerby, Lance Corporal Reginald, 35, 49, 56, 190

Locust, 257, 259

Long Price, Captain, 7

Looting, 34, 55, 134, 213-14, 263

Lord Southborough, 156

Lorry jetties, 164-66, 169, 186

Lossberg, Colonel Lieutenant Bernard von, 32

Louch, Private Fred, 169

Love, Private Sam, 126

Lucas, General, 260

Luftwaffe: early superiority of, 28, 31, 32, 50, 55, 56, 74, 132-33; mission to prevent evacuation, 104, 192, 204, 212-22, 228, 242, 273; raids on Calais. 64-66; raids on Dunkirk. 85, 97, 117, 125, 130, 133-42, 187, 221-22; RAF opposition to, 134-42, 195, 219-22; weather as a factor, 131, 134, 161, 168, 169, 184, 211, 272; shifts south, 251, 258; tactics, 135, 189, 195, 210-12, 273; 2nd Air Fleet (Luftflotte), 32, 55, 211; Fliegerkorps IV, 210; Fliegerkorps VIII, 32, 134, 135, 161; Fighter Squadron 26, 132; 2nd Stuka Squadron, 161, See also Göring; Stuka; and other German entries

Lydd, 122-24

Lyne, Flying Officer Michael D., 57-58

Lynn-Allen, Captain J F., 107

Lys, River, 22, 24, 103, 109

McBarnet, Lieutenant Donald, 114

McBeath, Commander John, 246

McClelland, Lieutenant-Commander J. N. N., 206-7

McCorquodale, Major Angus. 12, 201, 232-33

McCoy, Lieutenant-Commander John, 94

MACFORCE, 7, 13

Mackenzie, Lieutenant Angus, 247

Mackie, Captain R. W., 140-41

MacLeod, Leading Seaman Murdo, 217

Mahnert, Corporal Hans, 135

Maid of Orleans, 95, 190

Maintenon (French Naval Headquarters), 91, 92

Malcolm, 87, 88, 129, 140, 155, 160, 168, 196, 224, 228, 248, 253, 257, 258, 260, 268

Malines. 124, 222-23, 241

Malo-les-Bains. 79, 81, 87, 95-99, 112-15, 128, 140, 152, 153, 163, 166, 174, 187, 190, 192, 236-39, 245, 257

Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 72

Mann, Lieutenant, 105

Mardyck, 78, 249

Mare, 227-28

Maréchal Foch, 268

Margate, 89, 156, 224, 269, 271

Marlborough, 245, 257, 258

Marsayru, 190

Marshall, Captain Arthur, 168

Martin, Major-General Henry, 80, 81

Martin, Chief Signal Clerk J. W., 87

MA/SB 6 (motor antisubmarine boat), 186

MA/SB 10, 246, 248, 251, 260-61

Mason-MacFarlane, Major-General Noel, 7

Massey Shaw, 191-92

Maund, Commander Guy, 245, 247

May, Sub-Officer A. J., 191

May, Bombardier Arthur, 11, 54, 169

Medway Queen, 48, 49, 116, 268

Meiklejohn, Chaplain Kenneth W., 154

Mellis. Lieutenant David, 87, 140, 168, 228, 253

Menon, Colonel, 249, 255

Meredith, Corporal Harold, 196

Mermaiden, 257, 258

Messerschmidt (German plane): Me 109, 57, 84, 132-35, 212, 220; Me 110, 132-35, 220, 221

Meuse, River, 1, 3

Michalowski, Lieutenant, 122

Middlesex Regiment, 1st/7th Battalion, 111, 203-5

Military Polite. See British Expeditionary Force: Corps of Military Police

Ministry of Shipping, 41, 44, 45, 88, 89, 156

Moeres, 198

Mona’s Isle, 83, 84, 131

Montgomery, Major-General Bernard, 15, 104-5, 145, 146, 170-71, 227, 274

Moore. Captain S. T., 128

Morale problems: Belgian, 102-3; British, 90, 105; French, 16, See also “Operation Dynamo”: morale

Morgan, Lieutenant-Colonel William, 182, 183

Mosquito, 222

Motor Torpedo Boats, 184-85, 239; MTB 102, 216, 247, 257, 259; MTB 107, 260, 261

Moulton, Captain J. L., 81-83

Munster, Lord, 170

Münstereifel, 28

Naiad Errant, 194

Nanney Wynn, Major F. R., 186

Nautilus, 122

Naval shore parties, 92-94, 96-97

Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), 14, 54

Nelson, 46

Newcomb, Chaplain Reginald, 49, 54

Newhaven, 235

Newhaven, 193, 235

Newman, Major Philip, 262, 263, 265, 267

New Prince of Wales, 160, 161, 196

Ngaroma, 223

Nicholson, Brigadier Claude, 60-63

Nieuport. 78, 79, 86, 102, 104, 105, 106, 111, 150, 172, 198, 199, 211, 220

Nixon, Seaman C. F., 47, 97, 113

Noon, Gunner F., 237

Nore Command, 44, 89, 228

Northamptonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion, 149-50, 186

North Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 103

Nye, Private W.C.P., 103

O’Callaghan, Private Bill, 74

Odend’hal, Vice-Admiral Jean, 91, 92, 175, 276

OKH (Oberkommando der Heer), 30, 31, 150, 209, 210

OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), 26, 28, 32, 119

Orchies, 14

Oriole, 129-30, 240, 247

Osborne, Major-General E. A., 49, 109, 110

Osborne, William, 89

O’Shea, Father Cockle, 262-63

Ostend, 20, 84

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 4th Battalion, 148

Page, Private Leslie R., 50

Palmer, Captain Sir Anthony, 80

Palmer, Samuel, 194

Pangbourne, 140-41

Pank, Colonel, 262

Panzers, 3, 16, 25, 29, 30, 36, 41, 61, 70, 72, 125, 132, See also German Army; Tanks

Paris, 242

Parker, Coxswain Edward D., 156

Parminter, Brigadier RHR., 95, 130, 246

Payne, Lieutenant C. G., 115

Peirse, Sir Richard, 39

Pelly, Commander P. D. H. R., 278

Perimeter; planning, 37, 78-79; manning, 79, 99; defending, 104-11, 145-51, 153, 172-73, 181, 197-211, 229-39, 249-51

Péronne, 3, 21

Perron, Edmond, 254

Potain, Marshal Henri, 58, 178

Peterson. Captain-Lieutenant, 119

Phillips, Rear-Admiral Sir Tom, 46, 152, 185

Pigeon, 260

Pim, Captain R. P., 194

POLFORCE, 13

Pooley, Private Bert, 74

Poperinge, 35, 54

Porte de Vaux, Lieutenant Jacquelin de la, 269

Portsmouth. 46, 155, 192, 257, 259, 272

Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley, 37-39, 144, 168, 177

Poustie, Midshipman H. B., 219

Pownall, Lieutenant-General H. R., 16-18, 20-21, 33, 36, 108, 110, 170, 175, 177, 272

Prémesques. 20, 21, 23, 36, 37, 108

Preston, Admiral Sir Lionel, 40, 46, 88, 89

Princess Elizabeth, 186

Prioux, General R. J. A., 92, 107-11, 150

Quai Félix Faure. 248, 257, 258, 259

Queen of the Channel, 98, 99, 117

Queen’s Own Worcestershire Yeomanry, 145-46

Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1st/7th Battalion, 83

Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 1st Battalion, 61, 65-66

Rabbets, Private Edgar G. A., 149-50

Ramsay, Vice-Admiral Bertram, 41; early career, 42; letters to wife Mag, 47, 58, 90, 270; gathering ships, 41, 83, 86, 89; relations with the French, 91; dispatching ships, 99, 130, 143-44, 188-89, 236, 240, 252-53, 256; obtaining destroyers, 117, 168, 228-29; S-Boat threat, 126, 127; evacuating the French, 172-73, 178; “Special Tows”, 207-8; decision to end Dynamo, 257, 269-70

Ramsay, 2nd Lieutenant I.F.R., 33, 73, 103

Ramsgate. 46, 48, 127, 157, 159, 160, 163, 164, 191-93, 217, 222-26, 215, 271, 273, 278

Ransome, Major Bob, 112

Reader, Sapper Eric, 117

Refugees, civilian, 8, 103, 254

Reinhardt, General Lieutenant Georg-Hans, 151

Renown, 156, 195

Resolute, 156

Return of troops, 169-70, 186, 227, 271, 277-78

Reynaud, Paul, 2, 20, 24, 58, 91, 92, 109, 174, 177-79, 197, 229, 252

Rhodes. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur, 96

Richards, Lieutenant C.D., 160

Richardson, Major Charles. 36, 277

Richardson, Commander Hector. 94, 96, 99, 112, 113, 115, 151, 166, 188

Richthofen, General Major Wolfram von, 32, 134, 161

Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 61

Riggs, H. C., 45, 88

River Emergency Service, 88

Robinson, Commander Charles, 124

Rommel, General Major Erwin, 13

Rosendaël, 235, 255, 261

Ross, Commander Richard, 207

Roubaix, 104

Rouen, 248

Routes across the Channel, 84-86, 90, 94, 117, 120, 122, 125, 127, 139

Roux. Lieutenant de Vasseau, 243

Royal Air Force (RAF), 9, 17, 20, 24, 37, 38, 46-58, 90, 117, 127, 133-35, 200, 219-22, 250; 19th Fighter Squadron, 57, 220-21, See also Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh

Royal Daffodil, 85

Royal Dragoon Guards, 168; 4th/7th Battalion, 239

Royal Eagle, 129

Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, 110

Royal Kent Yeomanry, 146

Royal Lancers Regiment, 12th Battalion, 22, 105, 166

Royal Marines. 67, 81, 168

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 89, 224

Royal Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 74

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment, 9th Battalion, 13, 278

Royal Ocean Racing Club, 157

Royal Sovereign, 259

Royal Sussex Regiment, 4th Battalion, 103; 5th Battalion, 53, 76

Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 6

Royal Ulster Rifles, 2nd Battalion, 205-6

Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 106

Rundstedt, General Colonel Gerd von, 3, 6, 15, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 60, 150, 209

Russell, Chief Cook Thomas R., 48, 116

Ryder, Major, 74

Ryegate II, 159, 163, 278

Sabre, 87, 116, 113, 246, 268

St. Abbes, 216-19

Saint Eloi, Church of, 30

Saint-Omer, 13, 30, 61, 69

Saint Pierre-Brouck, 27

Saint Pol, 13, 135

St. Seiriol, 223

Saladin, 87, 144

Salamander, 216-17

Salisbury, Signalman K. A., 11

Sandford, Private TW., 65

Saunders, Stoker A. D., 87

Savorgnan de Brazza, 244

Schaal, General Lieutenant Ferdinand, 64, 65

Scheve, Major Fritz von, 132

Schmidt, Georg. 267-68

Schmundt, Colonel, 32

Schneider, Augustin, 194

Schneider, Fernand, 194

Schnellboote (German speedboats), 119-21, 127, 169; S 21, 120; S 23, 120; S 30, 121

Schniewind, Vice-Admiral Otto, 119

Scotia. 222

Secteur Fortifié des Flandres, 234, 255

Sedan, 2, 3

Seine, River, 26, 150

Sequacity, 84

Servins, 51, 52

Shattock, Gunner R., 8

Shaw, Ted, 159, 163, 174, 278

Sheerness, 48, 90, 156; 157, 159, 190, 245

Shikari, 246, 260, 261

Shipping Federation, the, 159

Silver Queen, 163, 164

Siroco, 169

Skipjack, 216-18

SKL (German Naval War Command), 119

Skoots, 44-45, 86, 196

Skylark, 160, 193

Small Vessels Pool, 40-41, 46, 88-89, 156-57

Smith, Basil A., 156, 163

Smyth, Brigadier John O., 186-87

Snelgar, Sergeant George, 49

Snowden, Second Lieutenant D.C., 83, 84

Sola, Raphael de, 158

Solent, 89

Soloman, Sub-Lieutenant Michael, 197, 242-44, 251

Somali, 47

Somerset, Brigadier, 148

Somerville, Vice-Admiral Sir John, 90

Somme, River, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 209, 256, 273

Southampton, 44, 89, 126

Southend Britannia, 160

Spears, Major-General Sir Edward, 178, 179

“Special tows,” 208, 210

Speedwell, 215, 251

Spitfire (British plane), 57, 133-34, 195, 220, See also RAF

Spycker, 78, 249, 255

Stanley, Staff Sergeant Gordon, 51, 52

Stanley, Jeanne Michez, 41, 52

Steenbecque, 13, 278

Steenwerck, 109

Stephens, Private Bob, 35

Stephenson, Lieutenant-Colonel E. L., 73

Stephenson, Commodore Gilbert Owen, 162, 166, 184

Stone, Private Bill, 53

Stopford, Lieutenant James, 43

Stowell, Sub-Lieutenant H. W., 94

Stratton. Private Bill. 13, 187

Stuka (German plane), 3, 8, 10, 29, 34, 35, 51, 52, 55, 57, 64-66, 94, 107, 132-40, 161, 169, 189, 212, 214-17, 219, 228, 242, 254, 273, See also Dive bombing; Luftwaffe

Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, 219

Sugar, Private Sam, 124

Sun IV, 195, 257

Sundowner, 226-27

Sutton, Brigadier George William, 145

Swallow, 160, 194, 259

Swayne, Brigadier J. C., 175, 176, 178

Sykes, Captain E. H., 165

Tanks: British, 19, 21, 61; French, 3, 22, 34, 110; German, 2, 3, 13, 15, 20, 26, 34, 64, 66, 107, 118, 133, 150, 234, See also Panzers

Tarry, acting Second Mate John, 45, 192

Taylor, Commodore A. H., 159, 245, 249, 258, 259

Taylor, Driver Gordon A., 51

Taylor, 2nd Lieutenant R. C., 12, 169

Tennant, Captain William C: sent to Dunkirk, 92-97; decision to use eastern mole, 97-99, 115; shore parties, 112, 130, 182, 188-89, 219, 241, 252; communications, 142, 152; stops daylight evacuation, 229-30; returns to England, 247

Teteghem, 249, 255

Thames estuary, 44, 89, 127, 156, 159, 193

Thames, River, 88, 156, 278

Thoma, Colonel Wilhelm Ritter von, 30

Thuiller, Lieutenant-Colonel H. S., 246

Tidey, Private Fred, 74

Tilbury, 158, 194

Tilbury Dredging Company, 45, 46, 192

Tilly, 85, 116

Titanic, 226

Tollesbury, 156

Toomey, Private Jack, 128

Tough Brothers Boatyard, 88, 156

Tough, Douglas, 88

Toulouse-Lautrec, Commander Gui de, 169

Tournai, 11, 35

Tresckow, Lieutenant-Colonel von, 32

Trippe, Corporal, 51

Triton, 160, 162, 196

Trotter, Lieutenant J., 199

Troup, Commander H. R., 249, 259

Truffaut, Captain Georges. 102-3

Twente, 141

Tynwald, 223, 241, 248, 259

“Useless Mouths.” 19, 41, 55, 86

Utterson Kelso, Brigadier J. E, 145

U-Boats, 122, 127, U 62, 122

Vanquisher, 144, 153

Venomous, 190, 246-47

Venty, 90, 224

Vervins, 1

Vincennes, 20, 100

Vinera, 216-17

Vivacious, 153

VTB 25 (French torpedo boat), 259, 268

VTB 26, 259

Wahagnies, 16

Waitzbauer, Corporal Hans, 249

Wake, Sub-Lieutenant Roger. 242-43, 247, 251

Wakeful, 88, 99, 120-25, 144

Wake-Walker, Rear-Admiral Frederic, 152-53, 171-73, 177, 184-85, 188, 216, 224, 239-40, 245, 251-52, 257-59

Walker, Private W. S., 50

Walter, Colour Sergeant Fred, 65, 66

War Office, 16, 17, 24, 37, 41, 62, 101, 11, 143, 153, 176, 180

Warner, Private Bill, 35, 116

Warner, Major David, 146

Watkin, Lance Bombardier Noel, 6

Watou, 103, 148

Watts, Captain O. M., 157-58, 194, 197

Waverley, 141

Weather, 272

Webb, Sergeant E. C., 235

Webb, Captain Lemon, 156

Welsh Guards. 50, 147

Wemple. Lieutenant-Commander J. S., 184

Westropp, Colonel Lionel H. M., 167

Westward Ho, 222, 249

Weygand, General Maxime, 19, 21, 33, 62, 76, 78, 90-92, 100, 110, 174, 177-79, 181, 183, 229, 252, 275-76

“Weygand Plan,” 19-23

Whitehall, 217

White Wing, 245

Whitfield, Colonel G. H. P., 95

Whitshed, 235, 257

Wietersheim, General Gustav von, 151

Williams. Sub-Lieutenant William Ronald, 161, 189

Wilson, Major, 7

Winchelsea, 235, 247

Windsor, 212, 224, 278

Wolfhound, 94, 98

Woodcock, Mrs. S., 270

Worcester, 173, 222, 226, 228-29

Worcestershire Regiment, 8th Battalion, 147

Wormhout, 106

Worthing, 242

Worthington, Lieutenant Greville, 278

Wounded, evacuation of, 237, 241-42, 246, 263

“Wrens” (Women’s Royal Naval Service), 43

Wright, Lance Corporal E. S., 1-2

Wright, Signalman Leslie W., 66-08

Wuthmann, Colonel Rolf, 209

Yewdale, 84

Yorke, Private Percy, 186

Yorkshire Lass, 248

Ypres, 19, 20, 23, 100, 104

Yser, 160, 104

Zimmermann, Lieutenant Wilhelm, 120-21

Zuydcoote, 95, 139, 219