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F | G | H | I | J
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Aa Canal, 27, 29, 30, 36, 69, See also “Canal Line”
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
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
Anthony, 87
Antiaircraft guns, 80-81
Archdale, Major O. A., 92
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 R. C., 129
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
Champon, General, 175
Chandler, Gunner Mowbrav, 138-40
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
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
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
Cox, Lieutenant Ian, 129, 140, 155
Cranz, General Lieutenant Friedrich-Carl, 266, 267
Cras, Lieutenant Hervé, 269
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
Dean, Commander Brian, 116, 268
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
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
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 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
“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
Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 7
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
Field Security Police, 54, 123
Fieseler Storch (German observation plane), 9
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 1st Battalion, 49
Fifth Columnists, 10-11
Fisher, Commander Ralph Lindsay, 120-25
Folkestone, 126, 193, 222, 244
Foremost 101, 192
Fort Mardyck, 200
Fort Philippe, 151
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
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
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
Gotto, Commander Renfrew, 246
Grand Quartier Général, 20
Gravelines, 30, 33, 69, 78, 151, 168, 176, 189, 267
Green Howards: 5th Battalion, 234, 236, 239, 246; 6th Battalion, 33
Gregson-Ellis, Colonel Philip, 36
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
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
Hawes, Sergeant S. S., 124
Hazebrouck, 16, 49, 70, 74, 107, 108
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
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
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
Jaguar (British), 86, 87, 130, 137, 144
James, Admiral Sir William, 272
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, 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’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
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
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
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
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
Mackenzie, Lieutenant Angus, 247
Mackie, Captain R. W., 140-41
MacLeod, Leading Seaman Murdo, 217
Mahnert, Corporal Hans, 135
Maintenon (French Naval Headquarters), 91, 92
Malcolm, 87, 88, 129, 140, 155, 160, 168, 196, 224, 228, 248, 253, 257, 258, 260, 268
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
Mare, 227-28
Maréchal Foch, 268
Margate, 89, 156, 224, 269, 271
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
Meredith, Corporal Harold, 196
Messerschmidt (German plane): Me 109, 57, 84, 132-35, 212, 220; Me 110, 132-35, 220, 221
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
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
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
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
Osborne, Major-General E. A., 49, 109, 110
Osborne, William, 89
O’Shea, Father Cockle, 262-63
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
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
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
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
River Emergency Service, 88
Robinson, Commander Charles, 124
Rommel, General Major Erwin, 13
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 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
St. Abbes, 216-19
Saint Eloi, Church of, 30
Saint Pierre-Brouck, 27
St. Seiriol, 223
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
Sequacity, 84
Shattock, Gunner R., 8
Sheerness, 48, 90, 156; 157, 159, 190, 245
Shipping Federation, the, 159
Siroco, 169
Skipjack, 216-18
SKL (German Naval War Command), 119
Small Vessels Pool, 40-41, 46, 88-89, 156-57
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
Southend Britannia, 160
Spears, Major-General Sir Edward, 178, 179
Spitfire (British plane), 57, 133-34, 195, 220, See also RAF
Stanley, Staff Sergeant Gordon, 51, 52
Stanley, Jeanne Michez, 41, 52
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
Sundowner, 226-27
Sutton, Brigadier George William, 145
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
Thames estuary, 44, 89, 127, 156, 159, 193
Thoma, Colonel Wilhelm Ritter von, 30
Thuiller, Lieutenant-Colonel H. S., 246
Tidey, Private Fred, 74
Tilbury Dredging Company, 45, 46, 192
Titanic, 226
Tollesbury, 156
Toomey, Private Jack, 128
Tough Brothers Boatyard, 88, 156
Tough, Douglas, 88
Toulouse-Lautrec, Commander Gui de, 169
Tresckow, Lieutenant-Colonel von, 32
Trippe, Corporal, 51
Trotter, Lieutenant J., 199
Troup, Commander H. R., 249, 259
Truffaut, Captain Georges. 102-3
Twente, 141
“Useless Mouths.” 19, 41, 55, 86
Utterson Kelso, Brigadier J. E, 145
Vervins, 1
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
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, Major David, 146
Watkin, Lance Bombardier Noel, 6
Watts, Captain O. M., 157-58, 194, 197
Waverley, 141
Weather, 272
Webb, Sergeant E. C., 235
Webb, Captain Lemon, 156
Wemple. Lieutenant-Commander J. S., 184
Westropp, Colonel Lionel H. M., 167
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
Wietersheim, General Gustav von, 151
Williams. Sub-Lieutenant William Ronald, 161, 189
Wilson, Major, 7
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
Zimmermann, Lieutenant Wilhelm, 120-21