Bethell, Maj. Gen. Keppel 211, 229, 236
Bethencourt 614
Bethune 19, 463
Bewsher, Pte 87
Bezonvaux 24
Bickersteth, Lt Burgon 360, 390–91, 447, 506, 542, 615
Bickersteth, Revd Julian 172–3, 400, 476, 502, 504–5, 506–7, 510, 511–12, 513–14, 515, 520, 524, 559, 569
Bickersteth, Lt Ralph 400
Bickersteth, Revd Samuel 505–6
Biefvillers 494
Bigham, Pte Robert 361
Binding, Capt. Rudolf 51, 406
Birdwood, William 209, 210–11
Birley, Pte W.G. 246
Birr Cross-Roads 236
Biscoe, Lt Julian Tyndale 401
Bisley ranges 126, 132
Bisseker, F. D. 356
Black Watch Corner 271
Blacker, Capt. C. P. 284, 292–3, 302, 308–9, 318, 345, 355”6 368 385, 403, 473, 519–20, 525”6‘ 601 602, 605
Blair, Capt. H. 265
Blargies military prison (Amiens) 347
Blighty 495, 530, 631
blitzkrieg 375
blockhouses 261
Bloomfield, Pte George 296–7
Blunden, Lt Edmund 322, 538
Boer War (1899–1902) 26, 27, 33, 48, 79, 83, 89, 98, 101, 104, 105, 108, 113, 116, 119, 125, 127, 134, 161, 182, 190, 192, 194, 208, 214, 246, 266, 356, 377, 380, 390, 394, 435–6, 454, 466, 471, 507, 517, 587
Bois des Buttes, Chemin des Dames 397–8
Bois Grenier 295
Bolton, Pte 288, 289
Boltz, Corporal Clifford de 92
bombardment 404–6, 407
bombers 8–9, 385, 386–7, 389, 394
Bond, Brian: The Unquiet Western Front xvii
Bond, Corporal R. W. R. 520
Bongie, E. A. 45
Bonham-Carter, Brig. Gen. Charles 217
Boorer, Pte Herbert 320, 328
Booth, Lt W. M. 45
Bordon, Hampshire 80, 132
Boreham, RSM 289
Boulogne 191, 337, 479, 595, 610
Bourke, Joanna: A Brief History of Killing 382’
Bourlon Wood 65, 206, 430, 626
Bourne, John xxii
Bout-Deville 308
Bowlby, Sir Anthony 478
Bowring, Maj. E. L. 570
Bowyer, Quartermaster 236
box barrage 409, 549
box respirator 369, 421–2, 425
Boxer Rising (1900) 108
Brabazon, Lt Col Lord 77
Bradford 85, 96, 97
Bradford, George 208
Bradford, Brig. Gen. Roland Boys 208
Brancourt le Grand 448
Bray 316
braziers 318
Breeze, Corporal 578–9
Bretons 52
brevet promotion 201
Brian Born (Irish tune) 154–5
Bridges, Maj. Gen. Tom 162, 213, 437
British Army
amalgamation of regiments 104–5
armistice 613–18
artillery 57, 106, 110, 175, 183, 233–4, 261, 273, 278, 312, 321, 369, 371, 381, 395–417, 430
bathing 590–92
batmen and servants 359–62, 366, 497, 532
battalion orders 558
battalions 177–8, 275–9, 281
billets 349–54, 600
brigade staff 170, 171
brigades 176, 235–8, 275, 276, 278
brigadier general Royal Artillery (BGRA) 183
brigadiers and generals sacked 218–22
‘bullrings’ (base depots) 340–49
camps 336–50
‘Canaries’ (bullring staff) 341–2, 348
cavalry 110–11, 112, 121, 127, 163, 375, 379’ 435–50
‘chateau generalship’ 170
chief of general staff 189–90, 191
colonels 200
commander royal artillery (CRA) 175
commander royal engineers (CRE) 175
commanders 170–74
commissions 140–45, 146, 148, 159, 200–201, 356–8, 420, 580, 605, 606, 621, 622, 627
communications problems 34
company orders 557
compulsory transfers 91–3
concert parties 602–3
confined to barracks (CB) 557–8, 560
conscription 90, 106, 138, 156, 163, 334, 467–8
cooking 314–17
corps 182–4, 188, 226–7, 233–4
cyclist units 298–9
Daily Fighting Strength Returns 186, 187
decline in shooting standards 380
demobilisation 617–22
diversity in 75–6, 85–6, 222
divisional staff 170, 171
divisions 176–82, 188, 274–5, 276> 279
drunkenness, brawling and women 115–18
Effective Strength Returns 187
Field General Court Martial 561, 564
field punishments 87, 348, 558–61, 595
fines xxvii, 556–7
formation headquarters 169–70
gambling 599–601
gas, use of 419, 420, 423, 424–5
‘Geddes axe’ of army reductions 622
general officer commanding Royal
Artillery (GOC RA) 183
general staff see separate entry
GHQ see separate entry
Haldane’s reforms 107–8, 128–9
humour 533–5
importance of the Somme 47, 48
infantry 55, 90, 91, 94, 104, 111, 112, 121, 130, 156, 163, 174, 177, 230, 231, 264, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 299, 310, 311, 367, 368, 369, 371, 375, 379, 382, 393–6, 405, 407, 414, 420, 429, 431, 438, 441, 462–3, 570, 577
iron rations 318–ig language 491–503
leave 610–12
Lewis-gunners 8, 92
lice 589–90
machine-gunners 389–94
major general Royal Artillery (MGRA) 189
marksmanship 377–81
messes 354–6
militia and volunteers
Channel Islands 103
Ceylon Planters Corps 103
moustaches 355, 365, 366, 368–g, 394
mutinies 347–8
myth that generals remote from their men 211–17
NCOs 537, 538
nicknames 496–8
non-combatant element 273
officer corps 119–24
officers 572–82
officers brought out of retirement/rapidly promoted 194–8
pay xxvi-xxvii, 5, 82, 91, 136–7, 139, 156, 203, 310–11, 330, 419, 560, 593–4, 624
promotion 119, 199–208, 357
ration parties 288–g, 290, 322, 323
Ration Strength Returns 186
recruits’ training 109–12, 129, 158–9
reduction to the ranks 334, 558, 563
regimental medical officers 273, 467, 469–71, 475, 485, 567
regimental pride 112–15
reports and returns 184–8
sappers 245–6, 310, 451–65
sentry duty 301–3
sick parades 469
signalese 184, 494
signallers 410, 415, 534–5
singing 498–503, 602, 603
size of British Army 103–4, 106, 138, 194. 376
‘sleeping at post’ 302
smoking 326–8
stand-down 292, 293, 294
stand-to 284–5, 292, 293, 294, 295
statistics 90, 103, 104, 191
strikes (1918–ig) 347, 617
tactics xxi, xxii, 278
Trench Strength Returns 186, 187
trench warfare see separate entry
uniforms xxvi, 8, 106, 108–9, 112‘ 124, 147, 148, 157–8, 160, 225–6, 349, 365–8, 411, 436–7
venereal disease 483
war plan 26
wastage per annum 130
British Army units
Higher formations:
Northern Command 620
Western Command 196
/> 1st Army 33, 37, 193, 209, 222, 226, 420, 511
2nd Army xxi, 33, 54–5, 56, 59, 60–61, 155, 209, 214, 233, 236, 269, 369, 453, 458–9, 567
3rd Army 6, 21, 36, 40, 52, 64, 65, 67, 188, 198, 199, 209, 210, 231
4th Army 39–43, 45, 56, 69, 84, 188, 189, 209, 227, 238, 431
5th Army (previously Reserve Army) 40. 54, 55, 59, 61, 66, 67, 69, 189, 209, 215, 278, 414, 442, 604
I Corps 37, 438
II Corps 33, 371, 438
III Corps 216, 221, 222, 233, 442
IV Corps 36, 37, 216, 442, 443
V Corps 241
VI Corps 184
VIII Corps 234
IX Corps 221, 230
X Corps 226
XI Corps 37
XIII Corps 189, 232–3, 442, 446
XIV Corps 234, 450
XV Corps 442
1st Cavalry Division 443
3rd Cavalry Division 446
5th Cavalry Division 443
1st Division 439, 570
2nd Division 182
3rd Division 396
4th Division 174, 602
5th Division 177, 396
6th Division 174, 524
7th Division 10, 182, 205, 240, 439
8th Division 178, 216, 281, 439
9th Scottish Division 64, 148, 180, 181, 233, 256, 409
10th Division 153, 154, 195
11th Division 178
12th Division 181, 390
14th Division 193
15th Division 179
16th Irish Division 153, 154, 155, 178, 204
17th Division 221, 229, 232, 602
18th Division 180, 197, 393
19th Division 178, 181, 571
20th Division 57, 197
21st Division 6, 171, 176, 178, 197–8, 201, 207, 267, 274–5, 278
23rd Division 195, 607
24th Division 47, 176, 267, 606
25th Division 178, 221
27th Division 192
29th Division 180, 545, 586, 603
31st Division 84, 149, 305
32nd Division 205, 222, 602
33rd Division 146, 177, 178, 219, 440
34th Division 174, 176, 195, 197
36th (Ulster) Division 154, 155, 177, 178
38th (Welsh) Division 150–52, 217, 226, 241, 275, 347, 628
46th (North Midland) Division 230, 231
47th (London) Division 216
48th (South Midland) Division 276
51st (Highland) Division 136, 178, 180, 181–2, 184, 212, 227–8, 229, 290, 429, 478
55th (West Lancashire) Division 196
56th (London) Division 41, 145, 230, 607
58th (2/is[ London) Division 607
66th Division 194, 208
Guards Division 37, 65, 86, 180, 181, 182, 308, 391, 557, 626
Household Division 78
Cavalry:
2nd Dragoon Guards (Royal Scots Greys) 108, 438
3rd Dragoon Guards 446
4th Dragoon Guards 162, 197, 437–8, 443, 449
5th Dragoon Guards 111, 493
7th Dragoon Guards 440, 441, 443
Household Cavalry 77, 161
3rd Hussars 450, 628
10th Hussars 445
11th Hussars 115–16, 161
13th Hussars 179
14th Hussars 379
18th Hussars 76, 118
19th Hussars 447, 448
20th Hussars 449
King Edward’s Horse 78, 142
9th Lancers 197, 437–8, 44g
12th Lancers 436, 438
17th Lancers 194
19th Lancers 445
Life Guards, 1st Battalion 263
Northumberland Hussars 87, 128, 135, 625
1st Battalion 439
Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 128
Royal Horse Guards 114–15
South Irish Horse 445
Yeomanry:
Bedfordshire Yeomanry 164, 356
Berkshire Yeomanry 105, 128
Essex Yeomanry 161
Hampshire Yeomanry 62, 91
Hertfordshire Yeomanry 127
Imperial Yeomanry 105, 127
Kent Yeomanry 46
Middlesex Yeomanry 127–8
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 18
Shropshire Yeomanry 91
Suffolk Yeomanry 128, 136, 193
Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry 46
Artillery:
Royal Artillery 47, 64, 121, 122, 131, 229, 396, 411, 417, 452, 615
Royal Horse Artillery xxvi, 109, 157, 396, 438, 441, 625
Royal Field Artillery 23, 86, 156, 157, 158, 296, 396, 398, 405, 417, 524, 564, 565, 574, 615–16
4th North Riding Howitzer Brigade 133–134
Royal Garrison Artillery 10, 156, 370, 371.396
21st Siege Battery 159
108th Heavy Battery 77
156th Heavy Battery 164
Royal Marine Artillery 156
Engineers:
Royal Engineers 20, 91, 122, 156, 162, 180, 245, 247, 282, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 336, 419, 456, 461, 4633
20th Fortress Company 457
171st Tunnelling Company 457, 459
175th Tunnelling Company 458
250th Company 419
Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners 456
No. 3 Field Survey Company 453
Railway Operating Division 311
Signal Service 452
Special Brigade 419, 422, 425
Special Companies 419
Infantry:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 76, 148, 247
1st Battalion 136, 279
10th Battalion 179
Bedfordshire Regiment 15, 59, 86, 116
1st Battalion 607
3rd Battalion 123
4th Battalion 242
Border Regiment, 11th Battalion 470
Brigade of Guards 124, 587, 617
Cameron Highlanders 349
1st Battalion 159, 279
5th Battalion 148, 149
6th Battalion 147
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) xxvi, 123, 159, 161, 207, 239, 281, 349, 366, 629
1st Battalion 257, 281, 291, 358
2nd Battalion 366–7, 575
5th Battalion 76, 131, 148, 520
Cheshire Regiment 91
11th Battalion 193, 566
Coldstream Guards 77, 78, 133, 184, 204, 226, 280, 338, 496
2nd Battalion 284, 355, 356
3rd Battalion 366
4th Battalion 19, 308, 310, 355
Connaught Rangers 115, 153, 392, 519–520
6th Battalion 204, 586
Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 281, 282–3, 397–8
Dorsetshire Regiment 46, 310, 418–19, 627
1st Battalion 90, 252, 357
5th Battalion 627
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 6th Battalion 145
Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment 105
Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 10th Battalion 160
Durham Light Infantry 83, 384
2nd Battalion 89, 205
9th Battalion 208
18th Battalion (1st County) 149
19th Battalion 569
East Lancashire Regiment
2nd Battalion 530
11th Battalion (Accrington) 75, 82–5, 87, 149, 366, 379, 380, 384, 560, 628, 629
East Surrey Regiment 113, 133, 254, 270, 366, 541
1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment
loth Battalion (1st Hull) 149
11th Battalion (2nd Hull) 149
12th Battalion (3rd Hull) 149
13th Battalion (4th Hull) 149
Essex Regiment 76, 116, 566
7th Battalion 156
12th Battalion 116, 156
13th Battalion 146
Gloucestershire Regiment 63, 496
1st Battalion 76, 104
2nd Battalion 104
2nd/5th Battalion 268
5th Battalion 605
&nbs
p; 6th (Territorial) Battalion 140
Gordon Highlanders 297, 536
4th Battalion 348
6th Battalion 544
Grenadier Guards 45, 77–9, 86, 87, 124, 133, 171, 204, 241, 255, 320,
1st Battalion 46, 523
2nd Battalion 46
3rd Battalion 144
Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion 104
2nd Battalion 104
Highland Light Infantry 108, 602
17th Battalion 205
Honourable Artillery Company 125, 131, 208, 348
Irish Guards 46, 72, 133, 338, 519
King’s African Rifles 201
King’s Own Royal Regiment, tst/4th Battalion 218
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 16, 83, 387
2nd Battalion 264, 400
12th Battalion 149
King’s Regiment (Liverpool) 42
1st/10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish) 470
12th Battalion 58–9
King’s Royal Rifle Corps 143, 347,
9th Battalion 193
12th Battalion 57, 58
16th Battalion (Church Lads’ Battalion) 146
21st Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) 627
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 132, l33
4th Battalion 421
6th Battalion 57–8
Lancashire Fusiliers 93, 544, 607
1st Battalion 368, 458
2nd/8th Battalion 66
3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion 129
10th Battalion 93, 262
11th Battalion 236, 533
16th Battalion 336, 388
18th Battalion 573
Leinster Regiment, 7th Battalion 153
London Regiment 131–3, 208
1st/15th Battalion 92
1st/16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 41, 157, 549
1st/20th Battalion 603
2/2nd Battalion 145
2nd/16th Battalion 298
2nd/20th Battalion 303
5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) 15, 131–2, 208, 209, 544, 549
8th Battalion 254
11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)
12th Battalion 145
13th Battalion (Kensington) 131
14th Battalion (London Scottish) 46, 131, 136, 146–7, 298, 315, 316, 386, 508, 524, 552, 565, 592, 601
15th (County of London) Battalion (Civil Service Rifles) 131, 534
21st Battalion 246
22nd Battalion 132
24th Battalion (The Queens) 132–3
25th Battalion 254, 459, 492
28th Battalion (Artists’ Rifles) 131, 143
Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment 76, 359
5th Battalion 196
Manchester Regiment 72, 145, 193
2nd Battalion 383
22nd Battalion 6, 10
New Army battalions 48
Middlesex Regiment 46, 133, 543
16th Battalion 146
17th Battalion (1st Football Battalion) 146
18th Battalion (1st Public Works) 146
Norfolk Regiment 149, 154, 310
1st Battalion 92
2nd/6th Battalion (Cyclist) 92, 157–8
North Staffordshire Regiment, ist/
6th Battalion 471
Northamptonshire Regiment 93, 119