Soldiers

  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
–2

  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