Part 29

Reorganization of units and extension of front before the March Push, i. 252-253, 263; ii. 180

Requiem Mass for Irish Guards, i. 189

Retreat from Mons, the, i. 5-14

Reutel, i. 33, 229

Repton, 2nd Lieut. C. J. S., ii. 222

Rewards, _see_ Decorations

Reynolds, Capt. W. C. N., O.B.E., i. 3, 31; ii. 220, 224

Rheims, i. 284

Rhônelle River, i. 316, 322, 323, 324

Ribecourt, i. 241, 242, 252, 311; ii. 171, 176

Richebourg l’Avoué, i. 51, 54, 82, 83

Richebourg St. Vaast, i. 54

Riencourt, ii. 171

Riez Bailleul, i. 124

Riez de l’Erelle, i. 4

Rifle, the, the essential weapon, i. 137; ii. 133, 134, 135

Rifle Brigade, 9th, i. 169

Riley, Lieut. P. M., i. 245, 250, 274; ii. 222

Riordan, Sgt., D.C.M., i. 48, 169, 183; ii. 280

Ritchie, Lieut. (R.E.), ii. 18

Roberts, Lady Aileen, i. 1

Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, K. G., i. 1, 22-23, 45

Roberts, 2nd Lieut. J. T. P., i. 3

Robyns, 2nd Lieut. J. T., i. 55, 87, 88; ii. 220

Rochford, Pte. J., D.C.M., M.M., i. 225, 228; ii. 280, 282

Rocke, Lieut.-Col. C. E. A. S., D.S.O., i. 214, 334; ii. 89, 93, 98, 100, 101, 102, 221, 224

Rocket-lights, faults of, i. 89

Rocquigny, i. 197, 202, 207; ii. 131

Rodakowski, Capt. R. J. P., i. 87, 88, 129, 139, 145, 164, 177, 178, 203, 212, 218, 234; ii. 218

Roddy, Sgt., ii. 123

Rodgers, Drill-Sgt., Méd. Mil., i. 48; ii. 283

Rœux, i. 252, 253; ii. 182

Rogers, C.S.M., i. 45

Rond de la Reine, i. 11

Ross, Capt. H. (Scots Guards), ii. 134

Rosse, Major the Earl of, i. 68, 69, 81, 85; ii. 217, 220

Rouge Croix, ii. 32

Roulers, i. 28, 29, 32

Roussel Farm, i. 213

Rowan-Hamilton, Lieut. A. J., ii. 15, 24, 27, 219

Royal Canadian Regt., ii. 83

Royal Engineers, i. 9, 23, 62, 207, 219, 225; ii. 32, 50, 64, 76, 141

Royal Fusiliers, 24th, i. 319

Royal Irish Constabulary (late) in Irish Guards, i. 72; ii. 34

Royal Scots, i. 272

Royal Scots Fusiliers, i. 44, 113

Royal Warwickshire Regt., i. 41, 154

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, i. 41, 126; ii. 39

Roye, i. 262, 285

Rozoy, i. 14

Rue de Malines, Ypres, i. 141

Rue du Bacquerot, ii. 40, 61

Rue du Bois, i. 83

Rue Tilleloy, i. 125; ii. 39

Rugby Camp, i. 225-226, 234

Rugby football at Hornoy, i. 185

Rugby Road, ii. 61

Ruisseau Farm, i. 231

Russell, Pte., D.C.M., i. 48; ii. 280

Russia, collapse of, i. 249, 250, 253; ii. 179-180

Russian prisoner, escaped, ii. 113

“Russian saps,” ii. 61

Sailly-Labourse, i. 89, 109, 120; ii. 8, 14

Sailly-Saillisel, i. 161, 189, 195, 200, 205; ii. 112, 126, 128

Sains-en-Gohelle, i. 107

St. Denis, i. 26

St. Elie Avenue, i. 114

St. Floris, i. 130

St. Hilaire, i. 102

St. Hilaire-les-Cambrai, i. 313, 315, 319, 321, 322

St. Jean, i. 145

St. Julien, i. 224; ii. 47, 161

St. Kokebeele, i. 26

St. Léger, i. 288, 289, 290, 291-295, 296; ii. 187, 208

St. Léger Trees, i. 292, 293-294

St. Mard, i. 16

St. Omer, i. 26, 27, 45, 102, 147, 211

St. Patrick’s Day, i. 73, 137; ii. 66, 186

St. Pierre, i. 104; ii. 5-6

St. Pierre Divion, i. 196

St. Pierre Vaast, i. 161

St. Pierre Vaast Wood, i. 195, 199, 200, 203; ii. 119, 122, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130-131

St. Pol, i. 155, 327; ii. 91, 169, 186

St. Pol Fervent, ii. 186

St. Python, i. 313, 315-321

St. Quentin, i. 6

St. Quentin Canal, i. 309, 310

St. Simeon, i. 15

St. Sylvestre, ii. 63

“Salient, the,” i. 27. _See_ Ypres

Sambre Canal, i. 321

Sanctuary Wood, ii. 82

Sandpits Camp, i. 192, 199

Sanvic, i. 3

Sart-St. Laurent, i. 330

Sassoon, Capt. R. E., M.C., ii. 13, 14, 147, 153, 156, 157, 169, 172, 176, 178, 220, 225, 227

Sauchy-Cauchy, i. 300

Sauchy-Lestrée, i. 300

Saulty, i. 271, 277

Saunders Keep, i. 304

Savage, Pte., ii. 117

Scabbard Alley and Support, i. 254

Scanlon, a/C.Q.M.S. J., i. 129

Scarpe River, posts on, i. 253-259, 268, 274; ii. 182-184

Schwaben Redoubt, the, i. 156, 195

Schweder, Lieut. K. E., ii. 222

Scots Guards, i. 57 1st Batt.: Loos, ii. 10, 11; Ypres, ii. 90; the Somme, ii. 96, 100, 108; on Yser Canal, i. 222, 227; Rancourt, ii. 128, 129; Ypres, Boesinghe the Broembeek, ii. 143, 146, 147, 149, 161, 167, 168; Bourlon Wood, i. 241; ii. 173, 177; in March Push, i. 264; in 1918 offensive, i. 297, 299, 302, 303, 304, 313, 323 2nd Batt., football with, i. 250; Laventie, ii. 36; Ginchy, i. 171; the Broembeek, ii. 165; Bourlon Wood, ii. 172; in 1918 offensive, i. 299

Scott, Capt. Lord Francis, D.S.O. (Grenadier Guards attached), i. 19, 37, 48

Scouts, Special Battalion, i. 280

Selle River, i. 314, 315, 316, 318

Senegalese motor-bus drivers, i. 185; ii. 108

Sensée River valley, i. 289, 300; ii. 187, 188

Sentier Farm, ii. 153, 154

Sequehart, i. 310

Seranvillers, i. 311

Sergison-Brooke, Brig.-Gen., C.M.G., D.S.O., ii. 184

Serre, i. 154, 157, 158, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202

Servais, i. 10

Settrington, Lieut. Lord, ii. 199, 219, 223

Shaftesbury Avenue, ii. 183

Shark Support Trench, i. 299

Shears, Lieut. E. H., i. 203, 214; ii. 218

Sheridan, Cpl., i. 17

Sherwood Foresters, i. 156; ii. 21

Shields, Capt. H. J. S. (R.A.M.C.), i. 2, 11, 34, 35; ii. 218

Shrewsbury Forest, i. 222

Siegfried Line, the, i. 197

Signal Farm, ii. 153

Silver Street, i. 305, 306, 307

Simencourt, ii. 179, 180

Skipton Road, Ypres, i. 148; ii. 84

Sleep, Irish Guardsman’s couplet on, i. 74

Smith, Cpl., ii. 80

Smith, Lieut. F. S. L., M.C., i. 169, 181, 192, 314, 324; ii. 199, 222, 225, 229-230

Smith, Capt. M. B. (Brigade-Major), i. 178

Smith-Dorrien, General Sir H., G.C.B., i. 8

Snipers: German, i. 19, 148, 149; Irish Guards, their reports, i. 145

Soissons, i. 6

Solder economy campaign, its results, i. 299

Solesmes, i. 6, 313, 315

Somerset Light Infantry, i. 159

Somme, The: (1916) preparations for, i. 147, 151-152; ii. 91; the position on, i. 150-151, 161-162; the battle, i. 154, 157-158, 161 _sqq._; ii. 92 _sqq._ (1917) i. 235-251; ii. 170 _sqq._, 179 (1918) March Push and recovery on, i. 261, 262-263, 267, 283; ii. 187-190, 206

Sorée, i. 330

Sorinne-la-Longue, i. 330

Souchez, i. 109, 112

Soucy, i. 10, 11

Soupir, i. 16-17, 18-25; spies in, i. 20, 22

South African Infantry Regt., 1st, ii. 178

South Moated Grange, ii. 31

South Staffordshire Regt., i. 41, 71; 2nd, i. 104; 8th, i. 187

South Wales Borderers, i. 42, 44

Spafford, Lieut. E. B., i. 278

“Spanish fever,” outbreak of, i. 276, 278, 330; ii. 205

Specialization in the Army, i. 199, 223; ii. 105, 107, 133

Spectrum Trench, ii. 109

Spies, German, i. 20, 22, 29, 68, 127

Sports, Brigade, Divisional, etc., i. 277, 278; ii. 65, 90, 135, 186, 205-207

Sprat Post, i. 299

Stacpoole, 2nd Lieut. F. G. de, i. 236, 256, 266; ii. 222

Stafford Alley, i. 304

Stafford-King-Harman, Lieut. E. C., i. 40, 41; ii. 217

Stavelot, ii. 212

Steenbeek River, i. 220; ii. 143, 152, 153, 154, 158

Steenstraate, i. 213

Steenvoorde, i. 132; ii. 83

Stevens, Capt. W. B., i. 87, 88, 105; ii. 14, 220

Stewart, 2nd Lieut. J. M., i. 52, 75; ii. 218

Stirling Camp, i. 260

Stirling Castle, i. 222

Stokes, 2nd Lieut. A. S., i. 257, 265; ii. 222

Stoney, 2nd Lieut. T. S. V., i. 228, 234; ii. 218

Stove-explosion, Father Knapp’s, ii. 124

Straker, Lieut. L. S., i. 43, 50, 54, 81, 85, 88, 90; ii. 221

Stuff Redoubt, the, i. 195

Sussex Regt., i. 44

Swearing, rare in Irish regiments, i. 135

Synge, Lieut. A. F., ii. 169, 176, 219

Synge, Capt. F. P. H., M.C., ii. 26, 27, 30, 88, 144, 151, 219, 221, 225

Tait, Pte., i. 287

Tallents, Capt. S. G., O.B.E., i. 58, 81, 84, 85; ii. 220, 224, 231

Tallents, Major T. F., M.C., ii. 24, 25, 27, 221, 225

Tanks, the first, i. 160-161; ii. 94

Taped assembly lines, depressing effect of, i. 231; ii. 165

Tatinghem, ii. 6

Taylor, Pte. G., M.M., i. 183; ii. 283

Taylor, Miss Laurette, ii. 46

Taylor, 2nd Lieut. R. E., i. 310, 314

Telescopic-sighted rifle, the Earl of Kingston’s, i. 55-56

Temporary rank, first grants of, i. 105

Tennant, Lieut. M. (Scots Guards), ii. 99, 102

Terny, i. 10

Territorial Regiments reach the line, i. 75, 76, 77

Thérouanne, i. 237

Thiembronne, i. 104, 105, 107

Thiepval, i. 156, 161, 195, 262

Thompson, Capt. G. K., M.C., i. 236, 245, 250, 290; ii. 222, 225

Tilleloy road, i. 125; ii. 39

Timoney, Pte., ii. 206

Tindall, 2nd Lieut. A. A., ii. 199, 222

Tisdall, Capt. C. A., i. 3, 11; ii. 217

Tisdall, Lieut. C. R., M.C., i. 146, 173; ii. 218, 225, 226-227

Todd, 2nd Lieut. G. T., i. 314

Toher, Sgt.-Major, i. 306

Tomkins, 2nd Lieut. A. G., ii. 93, 95, 102, 219

Touquin, i. 15

Tournai, i. 321

Towland, Pte., ii. 90

Trefusis, Brig.-Gen. Hon. J. F. H., D.S.O., i. 19, 44, 49, 69, 81, 85, 87, 94, 98, 100, 111, 334; ii. 217, 224

Trench construction, early, i. 18, 22, 23-24; drainage system (1915), ii. 41-42

Trench feet, i. 55, 56; ii. 31-32

Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Guards, i. 303, 305, 306

Trench-relief system, early, i. 18-19, 20, 23

Trenel, i. 16

Trescault, i. 242, 243; ii. 171, 172

Trônes Wood, i. 157, 163, 169; ii. 103, 104, 105, 108, 109, 113, 131, 179

Troy, Pte., M.M., i. 184; ii. 283

Tunnelling Companies, R.E., 170th and 176th, i. 104

Tupigny, i. 8

Tylden-Wright, 2nd Lieut. G. M., i. 310

Vadencourt, i. 4, 6, 8

Vailly-sur-Aisne, i. 23, 24

Vaire Wood, i. 282

Valenciennes, i. 321

Van der Noot, Lieut. G. E. F., i. 245, 250, 310, 314; ii. 222

Van der Noot, Lieut. H. E., i. 310, 314; ii. 222

Vanston, Lance-Cpl. J., M.M., i. 224; ii. 283

Vauchelles-les-Authies, i. 155

Vaudricourt, ii. 20

Vaughan, 2nd Lieut. K. C., ii. 92, 95, 102, 219

Vaughan-Morgan, Lieut. G. E. C., ii. 151, 221

Veldhoek, i. 33, 44-45

Vendeuil, i. 9

Vendhuille, i. 248, 253, 309

Vénérolles, i. 8

Verdun, i. 131-132, 139, 143, 150, 198; ii. 70, 74

Vermelles, i. 57, 106-107, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116-117, 121; ii. 8, 10, 12, 15, 27

Vernon, Capt. C. A. J., M.C., i. 278, 280, 281, 294, 299, 315, 320; ii. 223, 225, 232

Verquigneul, ii. 14

Verquin, i. 118, 119, 120

Vertain, i. 318, 320

Verte Rue, ii. 196, 197, 198

Vesey, Lieut.-Col. Hon. T. E., i. 3, 39, 185, 187; ii. 3, 11, 14, 220

Vieille Chapelle, i. 53, 54

Vielsalm, i. 331

Vierhoek, i. 270; ii. 191, 194

Vieux-Berquin, i. 270; ii. 63, 191-200, 201, 206

Vieux-Moulin, ii. 193

Vieux Reng, ii. 211

Ville-sous-Corbie, i. 199; ii. 124-125

Villeneuve, i. 14-15

Villers-au-Bois, ii. 184

Villers-Bretonneux, i. 271; ii. 206

Villers-Brulin, i. 270; ii. 186

Villers-Cotterêts, i. 6, 10-12, 283-284; ii. 94, 207

Villers Hill, i. 246

Villers-Pol, i. 323

Villers-St. Gertrude, i. 331

Villers Sire-Nicole, i. 329

Villiers-sur-Marne, i. 16

Vimy Ridge, i. 109, 112-113, 206; ii. 184

Vivières, i. 11

Vlamertinghe, i. 26, 137-138; ii. 73, 83, 84

Voyles, C.S.M., i. 129, 147, 164

Wagnies-le-Petit, i. 324

Wales, H.R.H. the Prince of, i. 68, 74, 91, 93, 124-125

Walker, Major C. A. S., i. 2, 19, 44, 50

Walker, Lieut. T. K., i. 105, 111, 144; ii. 218

Walkrantz Trench, ii. 139

Walshe, Pte., ii. 86

Walters, Lieut. G. Y. L., ii. 102, 219

Wancourt, i. 261

Wanquetin, ii. 180

Ward, Lieut. J. N., i. 159, 250, 268, 272, 290, 294; ii. 218, 221

Ward, Major H. F., ii. 154, 160

Warley, i. 88, 101, 136, 175, 184; ii. 1, 54

Warlus, i. 252

Warning of resumption of hostilities at Rancourt, ii. 122-123

Wassigny, i. 3

Watson, Lieut. (R.A.M.C.), i. 17

Watson, Capt. B. B., O.B.E., ii. 29, 224

Watten, i. 236

Weather, the, as an ally of the Germans, i. 198, 217, 222-223, 269, 316, 321

Webber, Major R. S., i. 42, 43; ii. 220

Weeks, Drill-Sgt. G., i. 129

Welford Reserve Trench, i. 254

Wells, 2nd Lieut. A. L., i. 234; ii. 218

Welsh Guards, i. 219, 242, 299, 307; ii. 39, 154, 167, 176, 184

Welsh Regt. 9th, ii. 62-63

West Face Trench, ii. 22, 23, 24

West Indies battalion, boxing competition with, ii. 157

West Lane Trench, ii. 79

West Riding Regt., 2/5th, ii. 173-174

West Yorkshire Regt., 15th, ii. 186

Westhoek, i. 222

Whearty, Pte., M.M., i. 184; ii. 283

White, Pte. J., M.M., i. 183; ii. 283

White flag, German abuse of, i. 17

White House Trench, i. 76, 78

Whitefoord, Lieut. L. C., i. 87, 88, 129, 164, 168, 169, 173; ii. 218

Whittaker, Lieut. (Brigade Bombing Officer), ii. 117

Wieltje, i. 142, 145-146; ii. 75

Wieltje Trench, ii. 75

Wijden Drift road, i. 226

“Wild West Show,” Irish Guards’, ii. 164

Willerval-Bailleul sector, ii. 185

Williams, 2nd Lieut. D. R., i. 274; ii. 222

Williams, Lieut. G. V., M.C., i. 153, 168, 183; ii. 221, 225

Wilson, C.S.M. J. B. (13th East Yorks), ii. 117

Wilson, 2nd Lieut. T. B., ii. 146, 219

Winchester Farm, ii. 40

Winchester House, ii. 43, 60

Winchester Road, ii. 31, 41, 55

Windy Corner, i. 75

Winspear, Drill-Sgt. A. (2nd Lieut. Connaught Rangers), i. 35

Wismes, ii. 6

Wisques, ii. 6

Witts, Capt. F. H., D.S.O., M.C., i. 50, 51, 87, 88, 105; ii. 29, 94, 220, 224, 225

Woesten, i. 213

Woodcock, Pte. T., V.C., ii. 162, 279

Woodhouse, Major P. R., D.S.O., M.C. (R.A.M.C.), i. 129, 141, 144, 233, 234, 256, 257, 268, 272; ii. 221, 225, 226

Woodroffe, 2nd Lieut. N. L., i. 2, 38, 41; ii. 218

Worcestershire Regt., i. 14, 23, 33-34, 54, 69

Wordley, Lieut. S. S., ii. 176, 222

Wormhoudt, i. 136-137, ii. 63, 80

Wreford, Lieut. J. M. R., ii. 222

Wurtembergers, raid by the, ii. 159-160, 161, 167

Wylie, Sgt., i. 190

Wynter, Lieut. C. D., i. 69, 81, 86, 88, 105; ii. 10, 14, 219

Wytschaete, i. 50, 210, 211

Yerburgh, Capt. R. G. C., O.B.E., i. 58, 81, 86, 88, 111, 117, 129, 185, 189; ii. 224, 226

Yorkshire Regt., i. 187; ii. 187-188

Young, Major (R.A.), ii. 42

Young, Major G. E. S., i. 65, 81, 85, 204, 205, 207; ii. 113, 116, 217, 220

Younge, Pte. A., D.C.M., i. 146, 147; ii. 280

Ypres and the Salient, i. 26 (1914) First Battle, i. 27-48; ii. 31, 58 (1915) Second Battle, i. 79-80, 82 (1916) i. 132-134, 137-146, 147-150, 152-154; ii. 67, 68, 69, 70 _sqq._, 82-83, 85-91 (1917) i. 210, 211; Third Battle, i. 211-223, 224, 225, 226, 228-235; ii. 135, 138, 139, 140 _sqq._ (1918) i. 269, 282, 309

Ypres-Staden railway, fighting round, i. 217, 219, 220, 221, 226, 229, 231, 232

Yser Canal, fighting on, i. 213, 223; ii. 84, 88, 89, 90, 136, 140, 141, 143, 146 _sqq._

Ytres, i. 206

Zandvoorde, i. 28, 32, 36

Zeebrugge, i. 25

Zero hour arrangements, German officer’s questions on, ii. 149

Zigomala, Lieut. J. C., M.B.E., i. 250, 266; ii. 83, 95, 219, 221

Zillebeke, i. 32, 38, 41

Zonnebeke, i. 28, 29, 30, 31

Zouave Wood, ii. 82

THE END

FOOTNOTES:

[1] This was pure prophecy. Captain, as he was then, Alexander was credited with a taste for strange and Muscovitish headgear, which he possibly gratified later as a general commanding weird armies in Poland during the spasms of reconstruction that followed the Armistice.

[2] In those peaceful days when the Division was “fattening” for the fight, Greer had kept a sympathetic eye on Sassoon, who had gone down very sick some time before Greer came to command the 2nd Battalion, and was convalescing in the Entrenching Battalion where his heart was not. Greer, who had a keen eye for good officers, said of him: “He writes me pitiful letters protesting that he is now completely fit, and asking that he should be allowed to come up to this Battalion.... He is a stout-hearted savage, and a life-sentence with the Entrenching Battalion would certainly be an awful prospect.” So Sassoon was rescued, and Greer’s faith in his “stout-hearted savage” abundantly justified.

[3] On this basis, as is noted in the history of the 1st Battalion, a Fourth Brigade of the Guards Division was created by the lopped off battalions: viz., the 4th Grenadiers, 3rd Coldstream, and 2nd Irish Guards, which as a brigade was attached to the thirty-first Division, Thirteenth Corps (Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson).

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

Pg 14: ‘Sailly-Lebourse’ replaced by ‘Sailly-Labourse’. Pg 107: ‘the Divison returned’ replaced by ‘the Division returned’. Pg 224: ‘10.6.29’ replaced by ‘10.6.19’. Pg 239: ‘5110, Pte., d. in w.’ replaced by ‘5110, Pte., d. of w.’. Pg 247: ‘Kapanagh, Patrick, 3509’ replaced by ‘Kavanagh, Patrick, 3509’. Pg 274: ‘9253’ occurs twice; one perhaps should be 9258.