Aare Valley, 294
Académie Ranson, 285
Agha Khan, 276
Alderson & MacKay Mining Company, 280
Alliance Française, 26
Amaron, Erroll, 100
Amiens strategy, 250–2
Amis du Soldat, Les, 154
Ancre Heights, 131
Anderson, Lieutenant General, 71
Anti-Submarine Division, 243
Appleby, General, 94
Archduke Ferdinand, 32
Arleux Wood, 175
Armistice 257–8
Army Service Corp, 106
Astor Estate, 265
Atelier, 288
Aubigny en Artois, 200
Avenol, Joseph, 274
Ayre, Robert, 287
Baghdad Railway, 242
Bailey Motor Company, 289
Balfour, Arthur, 181
Banff Summer School, 288
Barclay, Captain, 44
Barrette, Antonio, 278
Barton, Mary, 190
Battiscombe, Colonel, 76
Baylaucq, Jacques, Sylvie, and Philippe, 303
Bell, Captain, 111
Bellewaarde Ridge, 43
Biddolph, 145
Bieler, 1913 balance sheet, 28
Bieler, André: special personality, 15; Institut Technique de Montréal, 34; volunteers, 34–6; boot camps, 38–42; Front in 1915, 43, 46, 52–3; Somme in 1915, 63–70; Ypres salient, 86–8; Paris, 89–91; wounded in 1916, 102–5; convalescing, 135–6; August 1917 leave, 192–3; boys’ get together, 196–9; Topographical Section, 220–1; future prospects, 228; leave, March 1918, 232–3; working with General Currie, 234–7; General Currie’s assistant, 250–1; final days of war, 252–7; Armistice in bed, 260–1; convalescing in England, 262–7; professional challenges 1920–50, 284–9; St Christopher fresco, Maison Rose, 291–2
Bieler, Blanche: Calvinist upbringing, 296; admiration for her children, 14–17; Montreal activities, 18, 26, 50; reflections on the war, 92; pain of war, 122; war museum, 139; war relief, 154–6; visit to New York and Philadephia in 1917, 156–9; visit to Washington and Baltimore in 1917, 160–3; speaking at “Round Top,” 190; religious comment, 177; Balfour visit, 181; Philippe memorial, 203–6; Blanche votes, 226; Charles’s US tour, 239–40; praying for victory, 253; family tree, 300–1
Bieler, Charles: boys’ future, 4; English challenge, 17; registrar, Presbyterian College, 50; will in 1913, 27–9; advice to the boys, 140–1; Boston visit, 150; US speeches in 1918, 164; Borden’s speech, 177–8; family politics, 224–5; Christmas invitations in 1917, 227; trip to New York, 235–6; visitor from Switzerland, 253; early profession, 297; family tree, 300–1
Bieler, Ernest: studying in Paris, 296; Valais artist, 284; fresco, 285; family tree, 300–1
Bieler, Etienne: inspiring youth, 14–5; undergraduate physics, 34; volunteers, 34; boot camps, 38–43; Front in 1915, 43–5, 52, 54–6; training, 56–60, 73–6; Canadian Corps war diaries – artillery reports, xvi; lieutenant at the Front, 78–85; ammunition column, 93–6; artillery officer in 1916, 111–17, 121–2; final days at the Somme, 131–3; winter 1917, 139–45; battery, 147–9; last battle, 175–6; goes to hospital, 178–81; visitors, 181; goes home, 189–91; admiralty scientist, 244–8; thesis, 247; professional challenges 1920–29, 278–84; religious beliefs, 282
Bieler, François, 294
Bieler, Hélène (tante Hélène), 26
Bieler, Jacques: attractive Boy Scout, 17; talented builder, 27; home during war, 150, 182; Vimy launch, 182–4; professional challenges, 289–92
Bieler, Jean: good student, 14; law faculty, 34; volunteers, 34–5; departure, 38; Camiers hospital, 46–8; registrar’s office, 61–3; No. 3 General Hospital, 117–20; memorial to Philippe, 202–3; visit to Topographical Section, 222–4; leave in 1918, 231–2; new patients at hospital, 261–2; Khaki University, 267–9; professional challenges 1920–1950, 274–8
Bieler, Jeanette, 288
Bieler, Philippe Alfred: perfect gentleman, 16; volunteer threat, 50; departure, 91–3; Ypres Front, 105–11; Arras-Lens Front, 134–5; meets the Lemaires, 146; rest camp, 174; runner, 186–8; August 1917 leave, 193–6; Christ in Flanders, 200; Philippe is taken away, 200–1; obituaries, 207–9
Bieler, Philippe Etienne (author), xii
Bieler, Raymonde, 276
Bieler, Samuel, 294
Bieler, Ted, 303
Bieler, Zoe, 292
Bieler family: European blend, xi; Geneva 1908, x; Clairière 1935, xii; decision to immigrate, 4–5; departure, 5–8; Montreal 1908–14, 10–17, 26–9; Clairière 1908–14, 17–26; war preparations, 32–6; Easter 1915, 39; receive Canadian nationality, 122; home at last, 269
Bieler–Merle d’Aubigné family tree, 300–1
Biggar, Captain, 121
Black, Paul, 57
Board of Invention and Research, 242
Booth, Ernest, 296
Borden, Sir Robert: war declaration enthusiasm, 32; speech, May 1917, 177, 180
Bourgoin, Henri, 226
Boy Scouts, 182
Boyle, Robert, 242
Bragg, Sir William, 242
Branett, Sister, 224
Brettell, Carol, 303
Bridges, Lieutenant General, 181
Bruneau, Sydney, 54
Bryn Mawr College, 159
Buisson, Fernand, 177
Buller, Lieutenant Colonel H.C., 100
Caius College, 278
Calder, Bill, 63
Calvin, Jean, 294
Camberwell Hospital, 179
Camblain l’Abbé, 223
Cambrai, 255
Campbell, Malcolm, 227
Canada Council, 288
Canadian Base Depot, le Havre, 72, 135
Canadian Corps Headquarters, 223
Canadian Field Artillery: 3rd Brigade, February to June 1916, 80–5, 93–6; 12th Brigade June 1916 to March 1917, 99, 112–3, 115, 125–6, 128–9, 132, 143–4, 147; 1st Brigade April 1917, 168, 173, 175
Canadian Fur Company, 289
Canadian Railway Regiment, xiv
Canal du Nord, 254
Canterbury, 41
Carhart, Charles, 10
Carlyle, Lady, 179
Carnegie Corporation, 288
Cavendish Laboratory, 242, 248
CCF party, 291
Champ-de-l’Air College, 14
Chisholm, 114
Churchill, Winston, 242
Clairière, La, 19
College de Genève, 295
Colombettes, les, 13
conscription in Canada, 177, 178
Corbett, Percy, 143
Corner of Blighty, 192
Courcelette, battle, 124–31 court martial, 81
Currie, General Sir Arthur: promoted C.O. 1st Division, 71; promoted by George V, 174; leads Passchendaele attack, 213; strongest Division, 231; Currie’s room, 236; named for Amiens, 250; most audacious plan, 254; Denain celebration, 256; Etienne obituary, 283–4
Currie, Madame, 279
Darrow, Addie and John, 10
Darwin, Charles, 296
de Butzow, Nathalie, 294
de Candolle, Augustin Pyramus, 276
de Chair, Admiral Dudley, 181 de Stael, Madame, 294
Department of Munition, 292
Deschamps, Mr, 194
Dominion Oilcloth Company, 289
Dorset, Vermont, 10
Dreyfus, Alfred, 298
Dunton, Tommy, 75
Dyer, General, 219
École des Beaux Arts, 285
École Militaire, 195
École Nicolet, 297
Edge, Broughton, 281
Edict of Nantes, 294
Église Libre Francaise, 4
Elliott, Claude, 298 entente cordiale, 250
Eve, A.S.: recruiter and Physics professor, 34; experiments with Rutherford, 242; recruited by BIR, 244; McGill faculty, 245
Faculté de Théologie de L’Académie de Lausanne, 295
Ferguson, Nial, 307
final days of the war, 252–5
First Battle of Arras, 166
Fisher, Admiral Jack, 242
Flechen, Captain, 220
Flexicourt, 69
Foch, Marshal: Haig accepts Foch, 230; questionable decisions, 235; military meeting, 250; Foch’s staff, 251; signs armistice, 258
Forsey, Eugene, 291
42nd Regiment, 215
Fowler sisters, 162
Francis, Doctor, 267
Fraser, Professor, 10
French education, 14
French embassy, 235
French Reformed Church, 272
French War Relief, 158
French, Field Marshal John, 71
Frezier, Paul, 272
Frise, 63
Fry, Harry, 118
Gaillard, J.L., 297
Gandhi, Mahatma, 274
Gault, Captain, 33
Geraldton, 283
Gide Levallois, rue de, 5
Godbout, Adélard, 278
Goebbels, Joseph, 274
Grandson, Michael, 307
Grange Tunnel, 167
Graveline, la, 297
Grellet, Jacques: Blanche writes, xiv; plants garden, 29; Christmas 1916, 138; boys’ visit, 201
Grey, Sir Edward, 32
Grosjean, Felix, 226
Gryon, 296
Guillancourt, 63
gun, 18-pounder, 137, 148, 149
Haig, Field Marshal, Sir Douglas: named CO of British Army, 71; disagreement on Allied strategy, 98; Somme is planned, 124; strong Somme attack in September, 127; Vimy to distract Nivelle plan, 138; Haig and Lloyd George confident, 151; congratulates Vimy success, 174; clear Flemish coast, 212; accepts Foch’s leadership, 230; convinces Foch about Amiens, 250
Haldane, Robert, 295
Halle aux Draps, 87
Hambro, Carl, 274
Hardy, Captain John, Frances, 296
Haverford College, 158
Hayes, Ralph, 191
Henri IV, 294
Herriot, Edouard, 274
Hindenberg Line, 174
Hitler, Adolf, 276
Hobart, George, 118
Hodder-Williams, Ralph, 307
Hughes, Sam, 33 hundred-days map, 249
Huxley, Aldous, 296
Hyde, Walter, 111
hydrophones, 243
ice flotilla, 158
Imperial Geophysical Survey, 281
Infantry Brigade, 7th, 71
influenza, 240
Inns of Court, London, 268
Institut Agricole du Canton de Vaud, 294
International Club, 291
International Committee of Sunday Schools, 158
International Paper Company, 289
Irvine, Captain, 100
Isele, Representative, 253
Jacques Cartier Square, 9
Jellicoe, Admiral, 243
Joffre, Marshal: supreme commander, 71; strategy disagreement, 98; Verdun losses, 124; parade New York, 161
Johnston, 268
Kaiser Wilhelm II, 242
Keppel, E.P., 288
King George V, 174
King, Louis, 244
Kirkwall, 245
Kitto, Lieutenant, 128
l’intérieur Moderne, 288
La Folie Wood, 168
Ladouceur, Madame, 138
Lafleur, Maitre, 24
Lan, Captain, 223
Lanson, Professor, 159
Laroze, Mr, 191
Lauder, Harry, 225
Laurel, 29
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 32, 178, 225, 226
League for Social Reconstruction, 291
Lemaitre, Reverend, 146
Lenin, 186
Lesage, Jean, 278
Lester, Bill, 52
Lester, Sean, 277
Liberation of Denain, 255–7
Lipsett, Major General, 131, 255
Lloyd George, David: better-run war, 138; victory strategy, 151; no to Passchendaele, 212; elected in 1916, 243; convoys initiated, 244
Ludendorff, General Erich, 138, 229, 254
Luther, Martin, 294
Lycée Carnot, 297
Lys River, 52
MacDonald, Ramsay, 274
Macdonell, Lady, 269
MacNaughton, John, 225
Maeterlinck, 140
Maison Blanche, 5
Maison Charboneau, 10
Malan, César, 295
Manhattan Project, 278
Martin. Lieutenant, 44
Masse, Pastor, 17
Masson, Greg, 191
Mathewson: Arthur, 57, 278; C.K., 118; Sergeant, H., 57
McAll Mission, 154
McClean, Sergeant, 55
McDougall, Captain, 44
McFarland, Commisioner, 161
McGill Physics Department, 269
McGill University: Charles considers three jobs at McGill, 4; Etienne’s unprecedented McGill entrance, 27; mobilization centre, 34; Balfour convocation 1917, 181; Rutherford at McGill, 242; McGill Physics faculty, 245; Sir William Osler, 267; Jean LLB in July 1919, 269; Chancellor assists Etienne scholarship, 278; Etienne PhD in 1923, 280; memorial service, 283
McKeeken, 68
Meetcheele Ridge, 217 memorial church, Lens, 271–2
Merle d’Aubigné: Charles, (Oncle Charles), xi; Guy (cousin Guy), 140; Emile (cousin Emile), 145; Maurice (cousin), 232; Louisette, (cousin), 233; Aimé Robert, 294; ancestors, 294–5, 296; Jean Henri, 295; Henri (cousin Henri), 296
Merle d’Aubigné, Julia: move to Paris, xi; goodbye, 6; mosquitoes, 24; Charles’s will, 28–9; Etienne’s leave, 140; portrait, 153; war relief, 154; Philippe’s leave, 194; Philippe’s obituary, 209; welcome home, 269
Meunier, Jeanette (tante Jeanette), 288
Millen, Laddie, 86
Millette, Father, 22–3
Molson, Captain, 33
Monod, Pastor Victor, 154
Mont Sorrel, 98
Moody, Dwight, 296
Morrow, John, 20
Mosley, Jim, 63
Mothersill, Lieutenant B.J., 208
Motta, Guiseppe, 274
Mullins, Sergeant, 217
Murray, Mrs Russell, 239
Nansen, Dr Fridtjof, 275
National Gallery, 288
NDP party, 291
Neuilly protestant church, 194
Neuville–St Vaast, 172
New York Times, 240
Nicols, Doctor, 226
Nicholson, Colonel G.W.L., 307
Nicholson, Gordon, 75
Nivelle offensive, 138
Nivelle, General Robert: end of the war, 138; leaders concerned, 151; Vimy assistance, 166; missed opportunity, 174; Pétain becomes commander, 175
No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill), 46, 118, 176, 264
No. 6 General Hospital, Kirkdale, 266
Nottbeck, Miss de, 14
Olympic, RMS, 93
Oratoire, 297
Osler, Sir William, 267
Ottoman empire, 242
Palliser, 141
Papineau, Major Talbot, 217
Passchendaele, battle of, 211–19
Penrose-Fitzgerald, Admiral: Etienne visits, 56; China station commander, 58
Pershing, General, 250
Pétain, Marshal, 250
Pfeiffer, Walter, 226
Pfender, Reverend, 195
Pine Hill, 27
Poincaré, President, 262
Pointe-aux-Trembles School, 12
Poperinghe, 219
Powters Camp, 14
Presbyterian College, 12
Prince of Wales, HRH, 255
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry: regiment is created, 33; Princess Patricia inspects the regiment, 31; arrival at the Front in 1915, 43; Etienne visits in March 1916, 84; regiment’s role at Sanctuary Wood, 100; Courcelette Battle, 127; Princess Patricia visits at Christmas 1916, 138; regiment’s reputation at Vimy, 174; companionship along the way, 198; brave as the bravest, 207; down from the Passchendaele ridge, 218; regiment’s deathless glory, 219; brothers recuperating in January 1919, 263
Princeton University, 244
Provost, Monsieur, 7
Q-boat procedure, 243
Quakers, 157
Queen’s University, xiv, 44, 225, 288, 289
Ravebeek River, 213
Red Bird Ski Club, 292
Red Cross, headquarters, 222
Reformation, 294
Réveil movement, 295
Robertson, Lieutenant, 59
Rochedieu, Charles, 227
Rolle, 295
Rosen, Charles, 284
Ross Barracks, 76
Roth, Alfred, 298
Roussel, Mr., 59
Rumania, 122
Rutherford, Bulmer, 239
Rutherford, Sir Ernest: McGill professor in 1898, 242; Board of Invention and Research in 1915, 242; recruits three McGill colleagues, 244; research at Cavendish Laboratory in 1920s, 278; Rutherford in his lab, 279; Etienne obituary, 283
Sanctuary Wood, Battle of, 97–102
Sarcus, Foch headquarters, 251
Sauvé, Paul, 278
Scapa Flow, 245
Scarpe, Battle of, 253
Scheffelin, Mr, 157
Scott, Canon, 88
Scott, Frank, 291
Scrimger, Doctor, 10
Shorncliffe Camp, 51
Simon, Sir John, 274
16 Island Lake, 17
Societé Missionaire des Dames Françaises, 18
Somme march, 132–33
Sorensen, Nathalie, 303
“Soul of France, The,” 155
Speer, Robert, 163
Spring Offensive 229–31
Spring-Rice, Cecil, 181
St Lawrence River, 10
St Pierre Cathedral, 296
Stanstead College, 16
Ste-Famille, 287
Stevenson, Mrs Cornelius, 158
Stewart-Forbes, Sergeant, 44
Stewart, Malcolm, 63
Strong, family, 164
Student Christian Movement, 291
Sulzer, Doctor, 235
Sunday, Billy, 160
Symonds, Doctor, 184
tanks: Courcelette battle, 128; Amiens battle, 251
Taylor, A.J.P., 307
Taylor, Bruce, 225
Tenbrook, Captain, 217
Thomas, Albert, 274
Tractor Corps, 232
Trevin, Lieutenant, 55
U-boat threat, 241–3
U-boat UB-16, 246
Uncle Sam, 167
University Company: 1st, 43; 2nd, 55
Valenciennes, 257
Vallotton, Benjamin, 227
Vandervelde, 140
Vanier, Major Georges, 253
Vimy battle, 165–75
Violette, 21
Wallace, R.C., 288
war breaks out, 32
Watson, H.J., 281
Watson, Sergeant, 224
Wells (Ithaca, NY, family), 156
Welsh, Mrs, 227
Wemyss Bay Experimental Station, 246
West-Sandling Camp, 93
Western Front map, 79
Westmount High School, 233
Westmount, 13
Wilson, President Woodrow: Germans relations broken, 152; conscription improves army, 157; declares war, 166; Germany seeks armistice, 255; Germany accepts armistice, 257
Windsor Hotel: highly recommended, 23; Balfour banquet 181; bread and sugar in 1918, 236
Wood, Walter and Julia, 10
Woodstock Summer School, 284
Woodsworth, J.S., 291
Wright, Crawford, 289
YMCA: huge Camiers facility, 48; concerts at convalescent camp, 104; Christmas in Arras, 135; concert at Camberwell, 180; palace on rue Montaigne, 195; builds soldiers’ homes, 232
Ypres Salient map, 77