McKay, Norman, xxiii
Mackensen, Field Marshal Freiherr Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von (Hector Macdonald), 175
Mackie brothers (First World War), 190
Mackintosh, Lieut. Ewart: ‘In Memoriam’ (poem), 285
Maclean, Fitzroy, 462
Maclean, Second Lieut. G.F., 388
McLeod, Private Alexander, 510
Macmillan, Harold (later 1st Earl of Stockton), 31–2
McNaughton, General Andrew, 110
McPherson, Hamish McGregor, 585
McPherson, Lieut. (of 24th Regiment), 411
MacPherson, Lieut. (of 45th Foot), 448
Macready, Sir Nevil, 470
Mader, Max, 414
Maer, Lieut. Colonel Matthew, 286
Maida (Calabria), battle of (1806), 329, 332
Mainwaring, Lieut. Colonel (of 51st Light Infantry), 399, 581
Maitland, Francis Hereward, 181, 251–2, 414, 518, 534
Major, Sir John, xxviii
major generals, 51
majors, 51
Malet, Captain Charles, 19
Mallinson, Allan: The Making of the British Army, xxx
Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of, 161
Menin Gate, Ypres, 384–5
Mercer, Captain Cavalié, 335, 337
Meredith, Brigadier General Thomas, 364
Meredyth, Lieut., xviii
Messines Ridge (World War I), 371
Metcalf, John, 296
Methodism, 238–40, 250
Mian Mir, Lahore, xix
Middlemore, Major (of 48th Regiment), 466
‘Milanollo’ (march), 481
Milbanke, Lieut. Colonel Sir John, VC, 108
Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester, 518
Military Service Acts: (1916), 319; (1917), xxvii
militia: officers, 96–100; origins and organisation, 89, 91, 94–6, 99–100; transfer to regular army, 100
Militia Acts (1661), 20; (1662), 94; (1757), 94–5, 97; (1793), 97
Miller, John, 297
Miller, William (‘Billy the Bugler’), 488
Millin, Piper Bill, 485
Milne, Captain (Cameron Highlanders), 189
Milne, J.W., 311
Minden, battle of (1759), 11, 140, 153
Mitchell, Andrew, 33
Mitton, Agnes (née McEvoy), 299
Mitton, Sergeant Walter, 298–9
Mohun, Charles, 5th Baron, 563
Mohun, John, 1st Baron, 92
Molard, Colonel (of 6th Light Infantry), 337
Mole, Sergeant Major Edward, 180, 457, 563
Mole, Private Edwin, 529
Molesworth, Major Edward, 164
Molesworth, Field Marshal Richard, 2nd Viscount, 164
Molesworth, Robert, 1st Viscount, 164
Molesworth, Captain Walter, 164
monarch: fights in battle, 16; power diminishes, 20; soldiers’ commitment to, 9–10; see also royal family
Monash, Lieut. General Sir John, 109
Monck, George see Albemarle, 1st Duke of
Mond, Sir Alfred, 189
Monmouth, James, Duke of, 16, 94, 129, 131, 133–4
Monro, General Sir Charles, 14, 21, 282
Monro, H.H. (‘Saki’), 313
Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, 224
Montagu, John, 2nd Duke of, 464
Montague, C.E., 406; Disenchantment, 317
Montcalm, Louis Joseph, Marquis de, 440
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard Law, 1st Viscount: commands BAOR, 222; and Lieut. Colonel Turner’s battalion losses, 221, 418; military policy, 120; opens new Aldershot barracks, 521; on Parachute Regiment, 368; proposes reducing foot guards, 17; Alamein to the Sangro, 45
Montgomery-Massingberd, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Amar, 211
Moore, Lieut. General Sir John, 39, 336, 367
Moran, Lord see Wilson, Charles
Mordaunt, Lieut. General Sir John, 509
Mornington, Garrett Wellesley, 1st Earl of, 146
Morris, Sergeant Tom, 304
Morshead, Lieut. General Sir Leslie, 343, 367
Mortimer, Captain Edward, 563
Morton, Lieut. General Sir Gerald, 554
Mountain, Sergeant Albert, VC, 272
Mousa, Baha, xix
moustaches, 469–71
Mowat, Farley, 407, 419
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: ‘Non piu andrai’, 481, 491
Muir, Kim, 415
Mulcahey, Private James, 308
Mullins, Marjorie, 351–2
Munro, Lieut. (of Blues), 564
Munro, Private Patrick, MP, 29
Munster, George Fitzclarence, Earl of, 17
Murphy, Lieut. George, 184
Murphy, Private (of West Riding), xxi
Murphy, Second Lieut. (Royal Welch Fusilers), 195
Murray, General Sir George, 77
Murray, Major General James, 504
music, 473–7
mutinies, 21
mutiny acts, 21, 302, 500
Myatt, Revd Fran, 264
Myers, Lieut. General Sir William, 411
Myers, Brigadier Sir William James, 411
NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes), 539–41
Nantes, Edict of: revoked (1685), 133, 324
Napier, General Sir Charles James, 37–8
Napier, Colonel George, 37
Napier, George, jr, 37
Napier, General Sir Thomas, 38–9
Napier, General Sir William, 37–8, 158; History of the War in the Peninsula, 38
Napoleon I (Bonaparte), Emperor of the French, 333–4, 336
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (earlier Louis Napoleon), 97
Napoleonic Wars: and deserters, 303; militia raised in, 96, 98; see also Peninsular War
Nash, Richard (Beau), 563
National Registration Bill (1915), 318
National Rifle Association, 107
National Service: ends, 224; introduced, xxvii
National Service Act (1941), 354
National Service League, 108
Naval Canteen Service (NCS), 540
Neish, Lieut. Colonel, 84
Nelson, Major David, VC, 195
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, 1st Viscount, 12, 327, 498
Ness, Sergeant Major Annan, 190
New Model Army (Cromwellian), 6, 231–2, 439
New Zealand: buries unknown warrior, 343
Newbolt, Sir Henry, 310
Newburgh, Revd Robert, 233
Ney, Marshal Michel, 3334
Nicholson, Brigadier General John, 124–5
Nicholson, Colonel Walter, 258
nissen huts, 520
Noel, Lieut. (of 31st Regiment), 445
Nolan, Brigadier Eileen, 357
Nolan, Major John, 27
non-commissioned officers (NCOs): authority in barrack-rooms, 546; and bullying, 552–3, 571; Catholic, 248; commissioned as officers, 171–6, 180, 195–7, 201; from ‘junior leaders’ units, 283; stripes (chevrons), 471
Norfolk, Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of, 112
Norfolk, Lavinia, Duchess of, 113
Norman, CSM Dale, 62
Norman, Lieut. Henry, 82
North America: German auxiliaries in, 321–3; officers’ conditions in, 557–8
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO): staff system, 77–8
North, Frederick, Lord (later 2nd Earl of Guilford), 35
Northamptonshire: militia, 95–6
Northcote-Trevelyan report (1854), 23, 154
Northcroft, Percival, 202
Northern Ireland, xxviii–xxix, 222
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of, 101, 167
Norwood, Captain John, 317
Noyes, Revd Samuel, 236–7
Nugent von Westmeath, Laval, Graf, 126
numbers (soldier’s identity), 385–6
nurses, female, 350
Nye, General Sir Archibald, 283
Oakley
, Captain A.G., 453
O’Brien, Charles, 131
O’Connor, Major General Sir Luke, VC, 173
O’Connor, General Sir Richard, 124
O’Connor, T.P., 174
Oddo, Corporal Francis, 333
Odintz, Mark, 159, 171
O’Donnell, Cornet (deserter), 510
Officer Cadet Training Units (OCTUs), 212–15
officers: appointment by examination, 155; attachment to regiments, 226–7; attributes, 219–21; backgrounds, 120–1; behaviour and example-setting, 205–6; brevet promotion, 82–4; buying out, 141; cadet schools and training, 196–7, 199–201; cashiered, 140; in Charles II’s army, 125–31; class background, 159–68, 177–9, 201–4, 224–5; common language, 465; deserters, 510–11; dress and equipment, 66, 558–60, 562–3, 574; expenses, 180–2, 207–8; family continuity, 168–70; in First World War, 183–203; First World War casualties, 221; on half pay, 145–6; handle official funds, 64–5; and Ladies’ nights, 595–6; marriage and wives, 593–4, 596; messes and living conditions, 557–8, 564–9, 572–5, 596; militia, 96–9; national origins, 121–3; post-Second World War recuitment and training, 222–4; pre-First World War shortage, 182, 183; promotion from ranks, 73, 170–81, 195, 201; promotions, 40–1, 138, 143, 148–53; promotions between two World Wars, 209; publications, 44–6; ranks, 50–1; in Second World War, 210–11; selection process, 211–18; serve in foreign armies, 126–7; swords, 562; in Territorial Force, 109–11, 113–14; women, 353, 357; see also commissions
Officers’ Training Corps (OTC): established (1908), 184; and First World War, 184–6, 196
Ogle, Harry, 316
Oglethorpe, Lady Eleanor, 22
Oglethorpe, Theophilus, 132
Okey, Colonel John, 231
Oldham Pals Battalion (Manchester Regiment), 189, 344
Ompteda, Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von, 338–9
O’Neil, Captain Crook, xix
O’Neile, Felix, 287
O’Neill, Arthur, 27
O’Neill, Private Charles, 247
O’Neill, Lieut. Colonel John, 330–1
Options for Change defence review (1990), 112, 424, 429–30
Orange, William, Prince of, 338, 340
orphans (soldiers’), 598–9
Orrock, Captain John, 140, 148–50
O’Sullivan, Murphy, 502–3
Oughton, Colonel Sir Adolphus, 1563
Oughton, General Sir Adolphus (son), 152–4
‘Over the Hills and Far Away’ (song), 267–8, 296, 300
Owen, Revd John, 238–9, 242, 247
Oxford, Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of, 138
pace-sticks, 59
Painter, Thomas, 292
Pakenham, Major General Sir Edward, 39
Palmer, General Sir Arthur Power, 580
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 154–5
pals’ battalions (First World War), 189–90, 313–15, 344
Panmure, Fox Maule, 2nd Baron, 70
Parker, Sergeant Fred (‘Spider’), 314–15
Parks, Sergeant Ezekiel, 96
Parliament: Armed Forces Scheme (AFPS), 34; casualties in World Wars, 27–30; and control of army, 21–2; serving officers in, 24–6, 30; see also Commons, House of Parliament Act (1911), 20
Parliamentary Debates: Cobbett institutes, 26
Parnell, Charles Stewart, 166
Parry, Corporal (of KOSB), 402
Parry, Lieut. Colonel (Cheshire Regiment), 586
Paton, Colonel (formerly Private), 49
patriotism, 311
Patterson, Major General James, 271
Paulin, Tom, 50
Pausch, Captain Georg, 270
Payne, Anthony, 93
Payne, Donald, xix
Peachey, Bugle Major (Isle of Wight Rifles), 384, 488–9
Pearman, Sergeant John, 233, 528
Pearson, Lieut. Hugh, 140, 149–50, 177, 179
Pechel, Colonel Jacob de, 326
Pechel, Jeanne Elizabeth (née Boyd), 326
Pechel, Lieut. Colonel Sir Paul, 326
Pechel, Admiral Sir Richard Brooke, 326
Pechel, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel, 326
Pechel, Major General Sir Thomas Brooke, 326
Peebles, Captain John, xxiii, 12, 150–1, 322, 449–50
Peel, Lieut. (of 58th Regiment), 444–5
peerage (British): and army officers, 159
Peninsular War: chaplains in, 238–42; foreign troops in, 330, 333–5, 337–8; see also Wellington, Duke of
Pennefeather, General Sir John Lysaght, 499
Penny, Edward: painting of Wolfe’s death, 152; The Marquess of Granby Relieving a Sick Soldier (painting), 500
Pennycuick, Ensign Alexander, 411
Pennycuick, Brigadier John, 411
Pepys, Samuel, 54, 128, 130–1, 477
Percy, Lieut. Colonel A.G.W. Heber, 472
Percy Tenantry Volunteers, 101, 167
Perkins, Sergeant W.R., 26
Peterloo massacre (Manchester, 1819), 103
Peters, Lance Sergeant Alf, 472
Peters, Hugh, 231
Philby, Privates Ernest and Herbert, 385
Philips, Major D.A., 404
Pickford, Dorothy, 351
Picot, Geoffrey, 214, 216–19, 221, 392, 418
Picton, Lieut. General Sir Thomas, 152, 246, 334, 399
Pigot, Lieut. Colonel Robert, 85–6
pikes, 58
Pile, General Sir Frederick, 354
Pinkerton, Lance Corporal John, 187
Pinney, Major General Reginald, 532
pioneer and labour units, 344–5, 471
pipers, 474, 485, 487
Pitt, William, the elder (1st Earl of Chatham), 36, 152
Pitt, William, the younger, 40, 466
platoon: as unit, 408–9
Platt, Corporal (12th Lancers), 417
Player, Lieut. Colonel Donny, 217
Plunkett, Lieut. Colonel Freddy, 203
PMC (mess president), 565–6, 577
Pococke, Thomas, 298
Poles: in Chasseurs Britanniques, 332; lancers in Napoleon’s army, 333
policing (military), 543–4
Pollock, Bertram, Bishop of Norwich, 156
Ponsonby, General Sir Frederick Cavendish, 18
Ponsonby, Sir Frederick (‘Fritz’; later 1st Baron Sysonby), 18, 383
Poole, Lieut. (of 84th Regiment), 179
Popish Plot (1678), 133
Portsmouth: royal emblems, 54–5
posse comitatus, 93
Potter, Samuel: The Art of Beating the Drum, 483
Potts, Lieut. Robert, 151
practical jokes, 547–8
Presbyterian ministers: as chaplains, 243
Press Acts, 302
Pretty, Captain (of Ireton’s regiment), 231
prisons: xxi; see also punishment
private soldiers: rank and title, 57, 69
Probyn, General Sir Dighton, VC, 14
Procter, Douglas, 219
prostitutes, 583–5
Provisional Cavalry Act (1796), 102
provost services, 543–4
Prussia: officers, 158
public houses, 499–501, 506–8, 562
public schools: entrants into army, 156, 214, 223–6, 229; First World War casualties, 184–5; and OTC, 184; patriotism, 311
Puisan, Marquis de, 365
punishment: of ATS women, 354; of foreign troops, 332; for homosexuality, 589–90; of militiamen, 96; for murder, 583; unofficial and informal, 546–7, 550–6; of warrant officers, 64; of young soldiers, 285, 506–7; see also executions; flogging
Purvey, Captain Mark, 493
Pye, Colour Sergeant Frank, xvii, 60
quartermaster general, 75–7
quartermasters, 72–5
Queen’s Regulations, 45–6
Quennington, Michael Hicks-Beach, Viscount, 27
Quintinshill railway disaster (1915), 512
Rae, Lieut. (of Royal Scot, 7
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Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron, 77
Raglan, Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron, 164
Railton, Revd David, 258
railways: and troop movement, 512
raising for rank, 364
rank: badges and insignia of, 54, 56, 59, 61; brevet promotion, 82–3; designations, 50–8, 80; dual, 80–1; local, 85; and social status, 48–50; women’s, 353–4
ration packs, 532–3
rations: responsibility of quartermaster, 77; see also food
Ravensworth, Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of, 104
Rawding, Captain Freddie, 570–2
Rayment, Private Chris (‘Ray’), 494
recruitment: age limits, 272–4, 287; and attraction of uniforms, 292–3; and buying out and discharge, 289; and culture shock, 283; enlistment bounties, 293–6, 298; family resistance to, 299; in First World War, 271, 312–18; individual motives for, 119, 297–301; into army as whole, 390–1; into county regiments, 382; into departmental corps, 382; into Foot Guards and rifle regiments, 382; occupational and social backgrounds, 305–6; payments for, 287–8; and period of service, 378–80; physical requirements, 269–73; practice and procedures, 267–73, 287–91, 293–7; sources, xxv–xxvii; of unemployed and convicted criminals, 298, 302–6, 316–17
red coats, 439–40
Reddish, Arthur, 218
Redford, Second Lieut. Arthur, 281
Redmond, Sergeant (of 2/Royal Irish), 75
Redmond, Willie, 27–8
Reform Act (1832), 27
regimental days: celebrated, 453
Regimental Headquarters (RHQs), 427–8
regimental sergeant majors, 63–4, 66–7
regiments: amalgamations, 373–4, 381; bases and billeting, 504; and battalions, 374; Cardwell’s reforms, 373, 375–8; composition, 324; designations, 366; drummers, 475; and ‘Group System’, 421; marches (musical), 478–82; morale and pride, 398–405, 413–14, 418–19; nicknames, 460–2; post-1945 reductions, amalgamations and reforms, 420–37; seniority, 365; social background of officers, 160–1; system and reforms, xxviii, 374–83, 386, 393–403; uniforms and insignia, 363–4; see also Army units
Regular Commissions Board, Leighton Park, Wiltshire, 222
Reid, John, 33
Reid, General John, 478
Reserve Forces Act (1996), 89, 114
reservists, 378–9
Reynier, General, 329
Reynolds, Captain John, 566
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 467
Reynolds, Major General Mike, 424
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 44
Rich, Sir Robert, 475
Richard II, King, 500
Richards, Private Frank, 252, 388, 459–60, 532, 585
Richards, Colonel Solomon, 136
Richardson, Major General Frank, 398