Committee on Skilled Men in the Services (chairman Sir William Beveridge), 390
Commons, House of: members serve in two World Wars, 27–33; mutiny acts, 21; power, 20; serving officers in, 24–7, 32–6, 39–40
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 384
company quartermaster sergeants (CQMS), 59–62
company sergeant majors (CSMs), 60, 62–4
Compton, Lieut. Colonel Sir Francis, 138
comradeship, 406–13
Condon, Private John, 278
Connolly, Sergeant Thomas, 288
conscription: adopted in First World War, 119, 302, 319–20; policy, xxvii; reintroduced (1939), 210; and Territorial Force, 108
constables’ lists (militia), 95
Contagious Diseases Act (1864), 585
Conway, Lieut. General Henry Seymour, 36, 509
Cook, Ensign, 272
Cooke, Lieut. John, 526
cooks and cooking, 530, 533, 567; see also food
Cooksey, Major Holland, 98
Cooper, Alfred Duff (later 1st Viscount Norwich), 199–201
Cooper, Revd David, 263
Cooper, Gladys, 190
Cooper, Sir Henry, 581
Cooper, Tommy, 363
Coppard, George, 278–9
Corker, Francis Llewellyn, 189
Cornish Trained Bands, 92–4
Cornwallis, Charles, 3rd Baron, 129
Cornwallis, Major General Charles, 1st Marquess, 322, 375, 509
corporals, 57–8
Corps of Army Music, 493
Corps of Drums, 482, 486–7
Coss, Edward: All for the King’s Shilling, 305
Costello, Sergeant Edward, 293, 333–4, 337
Cotes, Lieut. Colonel James, 142–3
Cotton, Sergeant Major Edward, 245
Cotton, Lieut. General Sir Stapleton (later Viscount Combermere), 39, 68
Coulson, Leslie, 192
counties: and raising militia, 93–5, 97; relations with regiments, 382, 386, 393, 403; and Territorial Force, 108; yeomanry, 102–5
County Associations, 108, 112, 115
Court, Colonel (of Foot Guards), 563
Coventry, George William, 5th Earl of (1758), 97
Cowans, General Sir John, 76
Coy, Lieut. Colonel John, 136
craftsman (rank), 69
Craftsman, The (news-sheet), 4
Craig, Norman, 212–13, 215, 405, 413
Crauford, Colonel Robert, 40, 338
Crauford, Thomas, 39
Crawford, Alexander, 126
Crawford and Balcarres, Lance Corporal David Alexander Lindsay, 27th Earl of, 192
Crawford, Lieut. Charles, 287
Creagh, General Sir Garrett O’Moore, 580
Creveld, Martin van, xxiii
cricket, 581
Crimean War (1854–5): army failings, 154; chaplains, 249; shortage of troops, 340, 376
crimes: xxi, 509; see also punishment
criminals: in army service, 302–5
Croft, Sir Henry Page, 44
Crohan, Lieut. Harry, 149
Cromwell, Oliver: direct military government, 4–5; preaching and praying, 239
Crooke, Colonel Unton, 7, 15
Crowther, Private John Vivian, 307
Crozier, Brigadier General Frank, 203, 256; A Brass Hat in No Man’s Land, 51
Crozier, Brigadier General James, 549
Culloden, battle of (1746), 11, 153
Cumberland, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of, 12
Cumberland, Prince William, Duke of, 11–12, 238, 326, 349
Cunningham, Lieut. Colonel (45th Foot), 84
Cureton, Brigadier General Charles Robert, 173
Curragh, Ireland: Edward Prince of Wales at, 13
Curragh Mutiny (1914), 43–4
Currie, Lieut. General Sir Arthur, 109, 470
Custer, General George, 488
Cuthbert, Colonel G.J., 554–5
Cuthbertson, Captain Bennett, 232, 272, 375
Cutteridge, Sergeant Major, 288
Cutts, Lieut. Colonel John (‘Salamander’), 134, 137
Dalgliesh, Worker, 353
Dalton, Ensign Edward Richard, 331
Dannatt, General Sir Richard, 47, 427, 429–32, 433, 437
Dansey, Captain William, 558
Dansie, Private (of DCLI), xxi
Dartmouth, George Legge, 1st Baron, 131, 134, 366
Dashwood, Lieut. Colonel Charles, 80
David I, King of Scotland, 91
Davies, Major General Francis, 169
Davies, Revd Stanley James (‘Sam’), 262
Davis, Kit (‘Mother Ross’), 348
Davis, Captain Mark, 553
Davison, Kingsman Michael, 115
Dean, John Marshall, 57
deaths: from disease, 411
Decken, Major Johann Friedrich von der, 336
Defence, HMS, 28
Defence, Ministry of: administration, 24; formed (1963), 23
Defence Review (1957), 422
Defence Services Sixth Form College, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, 226
Dejean, Lieut. Colonel Louis, 153
de la Billière, General Sir Peter, 324
Delamere, Henry Booth, 2nd Baron (later 1st Earl of Warrington), 135
Delaval, John, 1st Baron, 96
Delavoye, Colonel (of 90th Foot), 193
Delhi: bugler at, 484; Nicholson at, 124–5
Denmark: troops at Blenheim, 324
Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of, 93, 109, 318, 384
Descury, Lieut. Colonel Simeon, 325
desertion: and billeting, 509–10; numbers, 511; officer, 510–11; punishment for, 280–2, 303, 511; and unpopular postings, 303
Destrubé, Private Pierre Jean, 386
Dettingen, battle of (1743), 11
Deverill, Field Marshal Sir Cyril, 209–10
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of, 141
Diana, Princess of Wales, 443
Dickinson, Frances, 153
Dickinson, Sergeant (of KOSB), 402
Dill, Field Marshal Sir John, 124, 211
Director of Army Education, 570–1
discipline: of boy soldiers, 276–7; and legislation, 21–2; and violence, xxi–xxii; see also punishment
disease: as killer of soldiers, 411
Dixon, Norman: On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, xxx
Döhla, Private Johann, 322
Donaldson, Private Joseph, 294
Donelan, Henry, 163
Donnellan, Lieut. Colonel Charles, 466
Doolan, CSM (Lancashire Fusiliers), 387
Dorrell, Lieut. Colonel George, VC, 195
Douglas, Colonel Lord George (later 1st Earl of Dumbarton), 477
Douglas, Keith, 217–18
Douglas-Hamilton, Lieut. Colonel Angus, 188–9
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec (later Baron Home of the Hirsel), 32
Dover Castle, 517
Dowdeswell, Lieut. Colonel Thomas, 98
Dowdeswell, William and Bridget, 98
Doyle, Father Willie, 257
dragoons, 369
Drake, ‘Captain’ Peter, 58, 364, 466
dress and equipment, 505–6; see also uniforms
drinking (alcoholic), 307–9, 499–500, 531–2, 534–7
Driscoll, Major James, 540
drum-majors, 473–4
drummers, 274, 440, 473–6, 482–4, 528
Drummer’s Handbook, The, 486–7
Drummond, Ensign Gavin, 151
Drummond Hay, Colonel Richardson, 193
duelling, 563–4
Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Chelsea, 275–6, 283
Dumbarton, George Douglas, Earl of, 21
Duncan, Christina, 174
Duncan, Jeff, 436
Dunkirk: Charles II’s troops in, 6–8
Dunlop, Lieut. Colonel J.K., 90
Dunn, Captain James, 279–80, 319, 451, 544, 549–50
Durcurzel, Private Bernard, 332
Duroure, Colonel Scipio, 327
du Vernet, Captain William, 140
Dyas, Captain Joseph, 124
Dyer, Sergeant-Drummer, 280
Dyer, Brigadier General or Colonel Reginald, 52–3
East India Company: army practices, 542–3; foreign soldiers in, 341; Irish forces, 246–7; regiments absorbed into British army, 371; see also India
Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School, Cheshire, 224, 571
Eden, Anthony (later 1st Earl of Avon), 31–2, 211
Edgehill, battle of (1642), 11
Edmondson, Robert, xxv
Educational and Training Services, 50
Edward VII, King, 13
Edward VIII, King (earlier Prince of Wales; later Duke of Windsor), 14–16
Eidis, John, 510
Elbe, Convention of the (1803), 336
Eliott, Sir Gilbert, 35
Elizabeth I, Queen, 113
Elizabeth II, Queen, 15
Elizabeth, Queen of George VI (later Queen Mother), 15–17
Ellison, Lieut. Colonel Cuthbert, 139
Ellison, Private Norman, 530
Elmore, Denis, 218
Emery, Joseph, 95
Emsdorf (battle honour, 1760), 441
Endowed Schools Act (1869), 156
engineers: officer appointments and promotions, 138; see also Army units: Royal Engineers
England, John Henry, 189
ensigns, 50, 80, 443–4
entertainment, 535
Entwistle, RQMS Frank, 344
equipment (personal) see dress and equipment
Ervin, Private: xxiv
Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount, 14
Essame, Major General Hubert, 76, 202
Etaples (France), 386–7
Eton College: casualties in First World War, 184; generals from, 228; OTC, 184
Eustace, General William Cornwallis, 330
Evans, George de Lacy, 40–1, 154
Evans, Hospital Mate, 72
Evans, Second Lieut. Hywl Llewellyn, 206
Evelyn, Captain Glanville, 594
Evelyn, John, 79, 136
‘Ever Readies’ (TA), 114
Ewald, Captain Johann, 322–3
Ewing, Annabelle, 435–6
executions, 280–2, 295, 308, 389; see also punishment
Executive Committee of Army Board (ECAB), 23
Expeditionary Force Canteens (World War I), 539
Eyre, Lieut. Thomas, 140
Fabian Society, 45
Fairborne, Admiral Sir Palmes, 127
Fairborne, Colonel Stafford, 127
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron, 5
Falklands War (1982), 222, 263, 540
Famars, battle of (1793), 481
families: provide officers, 168–70
Fantom, Captain Carlo, 321
‘Farmer’s Boy, The’ (song), 479
Farquhar, George: The Recruiting Officer, 267–8, 293, 296
Farrar-Hockley, General Sir Anthony, 412, 589
Farrell, Charles, 208, 221
Fawcett, Lieut. Colonel (of 55th Foot), 564
Fawcett, General Sir William, 49
Featherstone colliery riot (1893), 503
Featherstone, Donald, 419
Featherstone, Major Justin, 62
Fenianism, 245
Fenner, Tom, 202
Fenton, K.J., 318
Ferguson, Major Patrick, 407–8
Fergusson, Major Bernard (later Baron Ballantrae), 394–6, 420–1, 432
Fettiplace, Sir John, 98
Fettiplace, Lieut. Colonel Robert (born Bushell), 98
Feversham, Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of, 31
Feversham, George Sondes, 1st Earl of, 129–30, 132
field marshals, 51
fifes and fifers, 474
fighting: among soldiers, 548
Fijians: in British regiments, 429
Findlater, Piper George, VC, 485
Fine Cell Work (charity), 447
Finn, Major General Harry, 181–2
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), 350, 353
Fitzclarence, Brigadier General Charles, VC, 17–18, 385
Fitzclarence, Edward, 17
Fitzgibbon, Hospital Apprentice Andrew, VC, 275
Fitzpatrick, Lieut. Colonel T.W., 75
flags see colours
flank companies, 60
Flaxman, Private (of Leicesters), 537
Fleming, Ian, 28
Fleming, Major Valentine, 28
Fletcher, Thomas, Dean of Down, 141
flogging: Cobbett opposes, 26; as punishment, xxi, 247, 308, 509
Flood, Lieut. Francis, 144–5
Flood, Warden, 144
Flynn, Drummer Thomas, VC, 275
Foghell, Lewis, 332
Foljambe, Dora, 9
Foljambe, Francis, 43
Fonblanque, Edward Barrington de, 161
food: provision and cooking of, 507–8, 529–32
football, 581
footballers: serve in First World War, 314–15
Forbes-Mitchell, Sergeant (of 93rd Regiment), 253
Foreign Levies: raised, 336
foreign soldiers: in British army, 321–4, 328–40, 346–7
Forss, Francis Stephen Arthur, 185–6
Fortescue, Sir John, 138
Foster, Lieut. Colonel Kingsley, 452
Fowke, Lieut. General Sir George, 71
Foy, Count Maximilien, 337
France: alliance with Britain (1904), 183; aristocratization of army officers, 158; invasion threat (1850s), 97, 106–7; soldiers in British service, 328–31
Francis, Sergeant (12th Lancers), 417
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1), 155, 377
Frank, Ensign George, 339
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, 478
Fraser, General Sir David, 123
Fraser, Ian, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, 30
Fraser, Colour Sergeant John, 246, 520, 528, 578
Fraser, Cornet Sir William, 490
Fred Karno’s Army, 457
Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia, 158
Frederick William I, King of Prussia, 158
freemasonry, 579–80
French, David: Raising Churchill’s Army, 111
French, Field-Marshal Sir John (later 1st Earl), 19, 42, 44, 100, 104, 319
French language: soldiers’ renderings, 456
Fulton Committee report (1968), 23
fusilier (rank), 69
fusiliers, 366
fyrd (Anglo-Saxon army), 90–1
Gage, Lieut. General Thomas, 85
Gallipoli campaign (1915), 108
Galway, Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny and 1st Viscount, 325
Gamble, Revd John, 237
Game Act (1670), 103
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma), 343
Garnier, M., 223
Garrick, David, 327
Garrod, R.G., 293, 527
Gartside, RSM Arnold, 344
Geddes, Major General Sir Eric, 110, 207
Geidt, Christopher, 19
general officers: regimental backgrounds, 228–9; in Territorial Army, 109–10
General Service Corps, 210, 390
General Staff Officers (GSOs), 77–8
George II, King, 11, 145, 326
George III, King, 36, 139, 336
George IV, King (earlier Prince Regent), 12, 564
George V, King, 14, 42
George VI, King (‘Bertie’), 15, 17
George, Prince of Denmark, 135
Gerard, Charles, 1st Baron, 129
German army: private soldier ranks and designations, 68–9; victory in Franco-Prussian war, 155
German soldiers: serve in British army, 321–41
Germany: as adversary in First World War, 183; officer selection, 214; Territorial Army troops in, 111
Gibbon, Edward, 99
Gibbon, William Henry, 341
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Gibbs, General Sir Roland, 229
Gibraltar: as battle honour, 335–6, 376, 441
Gifford, Major Edric Frederick, 3rd Baron, VC, 164
Gilbert, Arthur, 305
Giles, W.B., 102, 106
Gill, Toby, 475
Gillingham, Lieut., 159
Gillray, James, 101
Gilpin, Colonel Richard, 597
gin-shops, 500
Gladstone, William (grandson of W.E.
Gladstone), 28
Glasshouse, the see Aldershot: Military Detention Barracks
Gleeson, Father Francis, 233–4
Gleig, Lieut. George, 241, 248–50, 337, 559
Glover, Richard: Peninsula Preparation, 305
Godden, Arthur, 133
Godfrey, Amyas, 551
Godfrey, Captain Charles, 131
Godolphin, Colonel William, 92–3
Goffman, Stanley, 515
Gold, Melkar, 321
Goligher, General Hugh Garvin, 53
Goodman, Lance Corporal Doreen, 356
Goodson, Percy, 202
Goodwillie, Sergeant, 62
Gordon, Alexander, 4th Duke, and Jane, Duchess of (‘Bonnie Jean’), 288
Gordon Relief Expedition (1884–5), 254
Gordon, Colonel William, VC, 84–5
Gordon-Alexander, Lieut. (of 93rd Highlanders), 308, 442
Gore family, 169
Gormanston, Eileen, Lady (née Butler), 166
Gough, Field Marshal Hugh, 1st Viscount, 38, 124, 253, 411
Gould, Sergeant Bill, 310
Gow, Dr Charles, 187
Gower, Corporal Si, 286
Gowing, Sergeant Major Timothy, 300, 306
Grafton, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of, 16, 128
Graham, Stephen, 255, 463
Grahame, Christine, xxv
Granby, John Manners, Marquess of, 467, 500
Grant, Lieut. Archibald, 143
Grant, Lieut. General Sir James Hope, 250
Grant, Sir James, of Grant, 287
Grattan, Lieut. William, 330, 475
graves see burials; cemeteries
Graves, Robert, 188, 234, 256, 549
Gray, Frank, 319
Green, Britannia, 153
Green, Captain (formerly Private), 49
Green, Charles, 153
Green, General Sir Charles, 153
Green, Lieut. Christopher (formerly Sergeant Major), 153
Green, Lieut. Nicholas, 153
Green, William (of Lutterworth), xxiv
Gregg, Joseph, xxvi
Gregory, Adrian, 316
grenadier companies (‘tow-rows’), 59–60
Grenville, Sir Bevil, 92–3, 101, 130
Grenville, John see Bath, Earl of
Griffiths, Lieutenant Charles, 477
guardsman (rank), 69
Guest, Lieut. General Joseph, 171
Gurkhas, 346–7
Guthrie, George, 295–6
Guy, Lance Corporal Charles, 385