Index

Aberdeen: 55

Abo: 73, 81

Acheson, Commander the Honourable Patrick: 305

Afirenko, Joseph Ilitch: 67

Agar, Lieutenant Augustus Willington Shelton: 8, 2644, 7284, 108132, 153179, 224262, 276284, 286, 298299, 304, 324, 327331, 336, 344, 346, 347

early life 9

Akulina: 199, 218219

Andrei Pervozvanni: 79, 124, 126, 171, 235, 246, 255, 339, 343

Anglo-Russian Bureau: 52, 53

Anson, Lieutenant: 31, 34

Archangel: 27, 55, 5960, 191

Astoria Hotel, Petrograd: 196

Athens: 57, 59

Aunt Natalia: 194, 205, 212, 267, 290291

‘B’ (secret agent): 21

Baden-Powell, Lord: 19

Bagshot: 286

Bailey, Ernest: 313

Bankau, Alexander: 211, 266

Beckett, Lieutenant W. N. T.: 37, 311

BECOS: 64

Beeley, Chief Motor Mechanic Hugh: 29, 31, 37, 42, 72, 8284, 108117, 121127, 131132, 160, 163168, 171, 177179, 225, 237, 259262, 276281, 287, 310, 322

Bell, Henry: 7576, 81, 119, 134, 150, 174, 326, 328

Bethell, Admiral: 20

Bielo’ostrov Bridge: 100

Biorko: 77, 80, 83, 110, 128, 170, 229, 231, 238, 239

Birkett, William E.: 51

Bodley, Sub Lieutenant Edward: 241, 248249, 253254, 342, 343

Borovsky, Vladimir: 51

Bowles, Leading Seaman Herbert J.: 245

Boyce, Commander Ernest: 3, 6, 7, 289

Boy Scouts: 55, 313

Brade, Lieutenant Commander Frank: 240, 241, 248250, 342

Bremner, Lieutenant William ‘Bill’: 31, 34, 232, 234, 241244, 249251, 255, 288,, 339, 342, 343

Brewerton, Flying Officer Eric: 228, 248249, 338

Bridgwater, Somerset: 4748

Broadbent: 113119, 127, 130, 160, 168, 317

Browning, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick: 5657, 59, 313

Brussells: 21, 23

Bruton, Captain C. W.: 1756, 224, 331, 336

Buchan, John: 24, 5355, 313

Burlesdon, Hampshire: 12, 299

Busby, John (ST-36): 226, 337

Byzewski: 21

Cade, Laura Ann: 143144, 189, 208, 291, 325

Camel, Sopwith: 230

Camper and Nicholsons: 36

Carr, Harry Lambton: 174, 330

Caterham School: 4950

Chapman, Lieutenant Richard: 240

Childers, Erskine: 298299

Churchill, Sir Winston: 23, 25, 288, 346

Clark, Commander: 171

Cleopatra, HMS: 77, 170, 317

Coastal Motor Boat (CMB): 9, 16, 310, 319

development: 3234

actions during the First World War 3739, 240

Kronstadt Raid: 232256, 336

numbers built: 311

lack of reverse gear: 341

CMB24A: 241, 244245, 255

CMB31: 238239, 241, 242, 245247, 251253, 342

CMB62BD: 240, 241, 248251, 255

CMB72: 241, 248250, 253254

CMB79A: 232, 241244, 249250, 255

CMB86: 240, 241242, 253254

CMB88BD: 241, 246247, 251253

[The letter after a CMB number indicated the type of engine.] Coast watchers: 19

Coates, Albert: 51, 312

Comintern: 196

Committee for the Relief of the British Community in Petrograd: 214

Constantinov, Vladimir: 226, 290, 337

Cowan, Admiral Walter: 76, 7880, 111, 168, 170, 173, 228, 229, 234, 235, 239, 255, 259, 292, 318

Cromie, Captain Francis: 16, 63, 64, 86, 87, 93, 96, 135, 196, 287, 300, 302, 303

Cumming, Alastair: 12

Cumming, Captain Mansfield: 1117, 18, 1923, 40, 42, 56, 58, 118, 135, 159160, 168, 174, 226, 227, 228, 264, 282, 289, 299, 304308, 328, 346

CX report: 98, 321

Daily Chronicle: 52

Dayrell-Reed, Lieutenant Archibald: 234, 241, 244, 246248, 253, 255, 311

Defence of the Realm Act: 61

Dehli, HMS: 317

Dent, Mary: 286

Deryabinsky prison: 218

Dickinson, Lieutenant: 305

Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI): 11

Dmitri: 90, 142

Dobson, Commander Claude: 234, 236, 240, 241248, 251253, 255, 288, 339, 340, 343

Donald, Major David Grahame: 231, 232, 236, 288, 338

‘Dor’: 17, 120, 168, 286, 307

Dorsetshire, HMS: 286

Dragon, HMS: 128, 170

Dukes, Cuthbert: 47

Dukes, Edith Mary (née Pope): 4748

Dukes, Rev. Edwin Joshua: 4750

Dukes, Paul Henry: 46, 85103, 133157, 180223, 228, 236, 237, 264275, 2826, 321, 332333, 345346

early life: 4750

family: 311312

in Russia: 5153,

as civil servant: 5355

recruitment to MI6: 5659, 313

as ‘Captain McNeil’: 60

first journey into Russia: 6170

first journey out of Russia: 104107

second journey into Russia: 135

second journey out of Russia: 146150

third journey into Russia: 181185

Dunkley, Chief Motor Mechanic Henry J.: 251

Dzerzhinsky, Felix: 202, 204, 301

Earles, Henry: 215

Elagin lightship: 221, 336

Enigma: 286

Enschede, Holland: 51

Essipova, Anna: 51

Fairbrother, Flying Officer James: 253, 343

Fennia, SS: 43, 72

Fita: 105106

Fitzgerald, Diana: 285

Fletcher, Flight Lieutenant Albert William: 254

Foch, Lieutenant: 171

Foreign Office: 21, 24, 54, 170

Fort Ino: 118, 172

Fountovsky: 127128, 324

Francol: 108112, 128, 322

Freeman, May: 204

French, Captain Wilfred: 2637, 293, 298

Galler, L. M.: 339

Gatchina: 202, 203

Gavriil: 235, 241251, 255, 293, 339, 344

Gefter, A.: 217223, 227, 228, 237, 257, 260, 276281, 290, 319, 335, 336, 339, 344

Geller: 46, 302, 303

Gerngross: 214

Gibbes, Sidney: 51, 325

Gibson, George E.: 214, 219, 285, 291, 334335

Giddy, Lieutenant Osman: 244245, 288, 341, 344

Goff, Commander: 8, 40, 175, 304

Gol’dinger, Boris Borisovich: 87

Good, Ambrose: 43

Gorohovaya Street, No. 2: 6, 101, 200, 207, 301

Gough, General Hubert: 81, 171, 174, 336

Grace, Captain Edgar: 229230

Grey Horse fort: 130

Griffin, Sopwith: 230

Hall, Harold Trevenen: 1, 3, 6, 7, 108, 110, 113116, 121, 126, 130, 159160, 174179, 226229, 257, 282, 289, 302, 337

Hall, Admiral Reginald: 300

Hambledon, HMS: 286

Hampden, Lieutenant: 31, 34

Hampsheir, Sub Lieutenant John White: 29, 41, 42, 83, 109113, 121, 128131, 153, 161, 163168, 171, 173179, 225, 237, 287, 309, 322, 328, 337, 339

Hampsheir, Quartermaster Sergeant William: 113

Hampton Launch Works: 36

Harrogate, Yorkshire: 48, 50

Harvey, Able Seaman Charles A.: 245

Heligoland Bight: 240

Helsinki (Helsingfors): 28, 62, 75, 134, 171, 174, 224

Henslowe, Dorothy: 16, 40, 42, 283

Hill, George: 304, 307

Hoare, Sir Samuel: 23, 56

Holme, Major: 306

Holmes, Leading Seaman Sidney: 250

‘Houndsditch Murders’: 204

Howard, Sub Lieutenant Francis W.: 241242, 253254, 340, 343

Hull: 42

Hunt (RN officer): 42

Huva: 238, 241, 340

Igelboda, Sweden: 61

Ilitch, Sergei: 63

Indian Political Intelligence Department: 57

Ingria: 158, 215, 224225, 327, 330

Inonini Point: 239

Invisible ink: 12

Ivan Sergeivitch: 65, 90, 135, 143, 192

Jenner, Pilot Officer Frank: 254

Jones, Victor (ST-35): 226, 290, 337

Jutland, Battle of: 11

J. W. Brook & Co.: 36

Kalamatiano Xenophon: 204, 292, 333

Kamenostrovsky Prospekt: 91, 140

Kanegisser, Leonid: 2, 301

Kaplan, Fannia: 2, 301

Kazan Cathedral: 142

Kazanskaya: 90

Kell, Captain Vernon: 13, 18, 21

Kentish Town: 50

Kerensky: 5354

Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger: 78, 229

Klachonka: 205207, 213, 290

Knoblock, Edward: 12

Knox, Colonel: 61

Koivisto: 231, 232, 255, 339, 342, 344

Kolchak, Admiral: 201

Kostya: 266275

Kotlin Island: 27, 221, 232, 238, 241, 242, 253, 307

Krasnaya Gorka: 15, 119, 124, 126, 130, 157162, 169, 172, 202, 210, 215, 327, 338

Krestovsky Isalnd: 153

Kronstadt: 15, 27, 79, 110, 119, 137, 147, 171, 172, 202, 211, 220, 229, 232, 234, 241, 279, 307

Kronstadt Raid: see CMBs Kroslov: 237

Krylenko, Joseph: 138, 188

Kummer, Dr. E.: 51

La Dame Blanche: 24

Lakhta: 217

Landau, Henry: 57

Lapäas: 324

Lapin, Ernest: 335

Le May, Raleigh: 7577, 81, 109, 110, 119, 156, 159, 174179, 224, 226229, 282, 289, 317, 330331

Lenin, Vladimir: 2, 14, 53, 195, 202, 213, 301, 313

Le Page, Commander Andrew: 1, 301

Lindner, Ina: 286

Lissy Nos: 147

Liteiny Prospekt: 94

Little, Captain Charles: 7879

Lockhart, Robert Bruce: 302

Lombard, Revd. B. S.: 6

Lunarcharsky: 99

MCC: 56

MI1C: see MI6

MI5: 21

MI6 (SIS, MI1C): 11, 18,1925, 144, 170, 201, 202, 214, 215, 224225, 2889, 3056, 308, 316

MI8: 25, 309

MI9: 25, 309

Mackenzie, Compton: 57, 59, 314

Maclaren, Commander Andrew: 60

Maclean, Sub Lieutenant Hector: 250

Madon: 274

Maidstone, HMS: 109

Maldon: 18, 26

Malkov, Pavel: 301

Mannerheim, General: 28, 224225

Marenko, Serge: 197, 199, 200

Marenko, Shura: 141, 146, 191, 195, 197199, 218219, 291

Maria: 94, 99, 104, 136, 142

Mariinsky Opera: 5152

Markovitch, Alaxander Vasilievitch: 141, 195

Marsh, John: see Merritt Marshall, Midshipman Richard Nigel Onslow: 30, 83, 113118, 167, 174, 248, 257, 25962, 276281, 287, 339

Marten, Captain F. A.: 128

Marx: 326

Maynard, Frank: 36

McBean, Lieutenant Russell: 234, 238239, 245247, 293

‘McNeil, Captain’: 60, 215

Melnikov: 6366, 8693, 95, 135, 138, 316

Merritt, John: 64, 8688, 9295, 9798, 214, 290, 316, 319, 320, 321

Merritt, Lydia: 97, 101107, 321

Milashevich, N.: 328

Military Intelligence Directorate (MID): 19, 20

Morley, Sub Lieutenant Norman: 246248

Moscow: 101

Muir, Hugh: 228

Murmansk:199

Napier, Lieutenant Laurence E. S.: 241242, 244245, 341

Nathan, Robert: 5759, 314

National Centre: 265

Naval Intelligence Department (NID): 9, 19, 24, 26, 300

Neklyudov, Nikolai: 330

Nevsky Prospekt: 88, 93

Newcastle: 59

New Statesman: 61

New York: 57

Okhta station: 98, 104, 187

Oleg: 79, 1627, 172, 225, 329, 330

Operation ‘D.B.’: 338

Operation ‘R.K.’: 229

Operation ‘V II’: 340

Operation ‘Z.O.’: 305

Oranienbaum: 15, 169, 330

Orlov, Kolya: 197198

Orlov, Sonia: 199201, 218219, 291

Osea Island: 8, 10, 26, 31, 231, 293

Pallux, SS: 42, 74, 81

Pamiat Azova: 235, 243, 255, 339

Paris Peace Conference: 25

Partridge & Cooper Ltd: 311

Pegler, Motor Mechanic Richard John: 30, 42, 81, 109110, 287, 310

‘People’s Warehouses’: 197

Peters, Iakov, Kristoforovich: 203207, 264265, 292, 333

Petrograd: 5153, 66, 86, 88

Petrograd Soviet: 216

Petropavlovsk: 79, 124, 126, 161, 171, 235, 247, 255, 318, 343

Petrovskaya: 219, 267, 285

Piotrovsky, Valdimir: 266

Piper, Chief Motor Mechanic Albert Victor: 30, 42, 81, 83, 109114, 121, 129, 1601, 167, 174, 262, 287

Platt’s Eyot: 34, 293, 310

Policeman, the: 94, 100, 101, 136, 144, 145, 208, 325

Poole, General: 60

Post Office Wireless Department: 226

Prince Arthur, HMS: 55

Prokofiev, Sergei: 51

Queensborough: 35

Raiaoki: 66

Randall, Captain: 252253

Ransome, Arthur: 52, 6162, 315

Rasputin: 51

Rautta: 181

Razdielnaya: 219

Red Cross: 55, 218, 336

Red Terror: 7, 14, 47, 86, 134

Regnart, Major Cyrus aka ‘Roy’: 21, 308, 309

Reichel, Arthur: 172173, 327

Reilly, Lieutenant Sidney: 13, 14, 23, 59, 303, 304, 314, 317, 331

Reval: 76, 110, 171, 174, 230, 232

Reynish, Chief Motor Mechanic Benjamin: 245

Rhine deployment: 27

Riga: 27, 51, 273

Rivett-Carnac, Lieutenant James: 77

Robinson, Commander Eric: 305

Room 40: 24

Rotterdam: 50, 57

Rouse, Harriet: 50, Royal Aero Club: 12

Royal Automobile Club: 9, 305

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS): 10, 231

Rozanov, V. N.: 265

Rurik: 236

Rutherford, Margaret: 285

Rykov: 195, 216

Sabir: 1, 3, 300, 302

Salter Brothers: 36

Samson, Colonel Rhys: 59

Sarin, Commandant: 117120, 126, 157158, 162, 1689, 323, 327

Scale, Major John Dymoke: 46, 61, 63, 70, 75, 77, 80, 134, 150, 202, 224, 227, 275, 282, 315, 324, 346

Schultz: 82

Secret Intelligence Service (SIS): see MI6

Secret Service Bureau: see MI6

Security, HMS: 42

Serpukhovsky: 204

Sestro, River: 66

Sevastyanov, Captain V.: 235, 244

Sharp, Clifford: 61, 315

Shchepkin, N. N.: 265

Shelepina, Evgenia Petrovna: 6162

Ship Strutter: 230

Short Seaplanes: 230

Shteininger: 265

Shura: see Marenko

Sidinsari: 231

‘Siege of Sidney Street’: 204

Sinclair, Admiral ‘Quex’: 16

Sindall, Sub Lieutenant Edgar Robert: 30, 41, 42, 81, 83, 112, 114117, 121, 126, 130, 160162, 167, 171, 174, 176, 228, 233, 248, 258, 262, 284, 287, 347

Smith, Able Seaman William: 251

Smolensk Cemetery: 180, 195

S.O.E.: 289

Sokolov, Peter: 76, 8182, 108, 114116, 120124, 131132, 153157, 174, 176, 211, 226, 257, 264275, 283, 290, 317

‘Spencer, Captain’: 58

Stalin, Josef: 7, 172, 330

Steckelmann: 1, 3, 300, 302

Steele, Lieutenant Gordon: 246248, 251253, 255, 288

Stepanova: 9092, 142

Stiers Point: 173

St Isaac’s Cathedral: 101

Stockholm: 6061, 134

St Petersburg: see Petrograd Strunseva: 200201

Stuart, Commander C. G.: 82

Sykes, Percy: 40

‘TG’ (secret agent): 21, 22

Tauride Palace: 53

Terschelling Island: 240

Terrioki: 77, 109, 113, 150, 181, 192, 257, 317

Thatcher, Chief Motor Mechanic Francis: 251

The Thirty-Nine Steps: 53

The Times: 228

Thomson, Sir Basil: 315

Thornhill, Colonel C. J. M.: 60

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac: 9, 31, 305, 310

Thornycroft, Tom: 33, 34, 305

Thornycroft, John: 305

Thornycroft, Blanche: 305

Thwaites, Major General Sir William: 24

Thwaites, Norman: 307

Tolboukin lighthouse: 124

Tom Bunn & Co.: 36

Train watching networks: 24, 309

Trotsky, Leon: 2, 53, 54, 61, 99, 195, 201, 202, 318

Turner: 129

Turner, Moses: 48

Two-pooders: 269

Tyrwhitt, Admiral: 240

Union for the Regeneration of Russia: 265

United Shipping Company: 214

Uritsky, Moses: 2, 194, 301

Usborne, Sub Lieutenant Thomas R. G.: 243, 250

Vanessa, HMS: 77, 80

Vanity, HMS: 171, 174, 331

Varia: 90, 142

Vasili Island: 154, 216

Vera: 89, 136

Veroline: 120126, 130132, 177, 238, 254, 259, 276281, 323

Versatile, HMS: 109, 111

Viborg: 6364

Victoria Street, 64: 20

Villa Sakharov: 157, 327

Vindictive, HMS: 228, 229230, 232, 238, 338

Volkovo Cemetery: 85

Vorovsky, V. V.: 61

Voyager, HMS: 8184, 108110, 113, 319

Wagner, Frances: 303

Walne, Pilot Officer Samuel: 253

Walpole, Hugh: 52

Wardrop, John: 55

War Office Secret Service: 24

Warsaw: 51, 60

Water on the Brain: 57

Welman, Lieutenant Commander Eric: 37

Whitehall Place: 18, 26, 305

Wight, Sub Lieutenant R. L.: 254

Will and Packham: 36

Williamson, General: 309

Wyatt: 315

Yaroslavl: 64, 316

Yates, Lieutenant Commander Francis: 240, 242, 253

YMCA: 55, 313

Yoga: 285

Young: 129

Yudenich, General: 158, 202, 203, 208, 215, 224225, 265, 302, 327, 336

Yudin: 200

‘Z’ Organisation: 289

Zagordny Prospekt: 267

Zeebrugge: 10, 229, 305

Zinoviev, Grigory: 2, 53, 54, 99, 195, 196, 202, 216, 312, 332

Zorinsky, Captain: 89, 9597, 100, 133141, 190, 192, 207, 267, 325

Zorinsky, Elena: 95