Road of Bones (69 page)

Daunt, Audrey 411

Daunt, Private Ivan 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 135, 179, 241–2, 243, 330, 355, 411

Davies, Gwilym 447

Davis, Captain Paul 83, 416

Dawson, Lieutenant Dennis 45, 182–3, 227, 228, 229

D-Day 281, 362, 368, 392

Defeat Into Victory
(Slim) 79n, 116–17, 168, 184n, 224n, 387n, 436

Dimapur 27, 29–30, 33, 35, 82, 116, 140, 154, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 179, 181, 182, 185, 186, 187, 218, 219, 249, 283, 351, 352–3, 365, 367, 368, 369, 371, 384, 386, 411

British command of 172–3, 187, 222, 224, 224n, 279, 386, 458
see also
Stopford, Lieutenant General Montagu

British mistakenly prioritise 222–3, 224, 224n, 275, 278, 279, 386

British reinforcements arrive in 170, 173, 176, 179, 181–2, 186–8, 231, 278, 285, 437, 272, 278, 285, 313, 317, 353

Burma refugees within 29, 30

false British intelligence concerning Japanese threat to 223

garrison defences 185

garrison situation, confused 187–9, 437

garrison strength 169, 170, 173, 176, 179, 181–2, 185, 218, 231, 427

Imphal road 82, 116, 140, 168, 288

Japanese cut roads to 82, 116, 140, 168, 255, 272, 275, 283, 288, 316, 350

Japanese failure to attack 279, 290, 291, 292, 339, 423

Japanese plan to capture 116, 140, 154, 168, 170, 184, 184n, 223

railhead at 27, 29, 30, 35, 223, 279

threat to extinguished 316, 368, 369

West Kent’s at 221, 223, 236, 240, 244, 355–61, 364

wounded taken to, Allied 182, 183, 218, 226, 268, 352, 364

disease and illness: Allied xvii, 13, 14, 24, 25, 27, 28, 76, 82, 160, 161, 218, 256, 266, 328, 338, 376, 411

Japanese xvii, 14, 114, 155, 291, 297, 388, 395, 396, 396n, 398, 399, 401, 420

Domei News Service 154–5

Dower, John 107, 420

Driscoll, Corporal G. W. xiv

Dunkirk 61–2, 98, 274, 359, 378, 379, 411

Earley, Lieutenant Desmond 401

Easten, Billie 63, 333, 410, 430

Easten, Captain (later Major) Donald 359

Arakan 134–5, 138

background 62

India, arrival in 68–9

Iraq 67

John Harman and 103–4, 128, 129, 255, 268–9, 340

joins army 62–3

jungle warfare, describes 134–5

Kohima, arrival at 242

Kohima, journey to 178, 240

Kohima, leaves 355

Kohima, siege of 247, 248, 249, 250, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265–6, 268, 269, 271, 303, 333, 340, 341, 343–4, 345, 346, 347, 348

Laverty, on competence of 98

North Africa 63–4

post-war life 410, 430–1

Saville, role in removal of 95

West Kent’s movement to Dimapur, attitude towards 221

wounded 271, 333, 341, 410

Edward VIII, King 1–2

Elwell, Captain Donald 329, 332

Evans, Wally 103, 127–8

Eves, Sergeant Jack 337

Fanning, Paddy 135

Faulkner, Janet 431

Faulkner, John 241, 242–3, 247–8, 254–5, 269, 305–6, 307, 341–3, 350, 353, 355, 431

Faulkner, Margery 254

First World War, 1914–1918 24, 31, 32, 34, 40, 52, 54, 59, 60, 83, 90, 97, 99, 132, 132n, 181, 183, 184, 225, 273, 340, 361, 380

FitzClarence, Geoffrey 416

Fitzpatrick, Captain Gerald 25, 26

Folgore Division 64

food/hunger
see
supply operations

Forsdyke, Eric 323

Foster, Reg 362

Foucar, Lieutenant Colonel Emile Charles 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 105

Foucar, Mollie 6

Franklin, Major Peter 257, 267, 302, 304, 329

From Kent to Kohima
(Clarke/Tillott) 434

Frost, Lance Corporal 20–1

Fujiwara, Lieutenant Colonel Iwaichi 86, 113–14, 147, 150, 215n, 235, 289, 326, 372, 392, 394, 395, 396

Gade, Felix 100, 102, 432

Gaidiliu 41, 41n, 51–2

Gandhi, Mohandas K.41, 43, 43n, 69, 70, 87, 440

Gatpoh, Reverend L. 409

Giffard, General Sir George 169, 170–1, 170n, 173, 180, 184n, 223n, 416, 436

Gilani, Lieutenant M. A. 132

Glover, Captain F.R. 301

Goodwin, Private Peter 60, 65

Gordon, Private George 378, 379

Goschen, Brigadier Willie 380

Graham, Captain Gordon 43, 374, 380, 386n

Grant, Major Ian Lyall 88

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 109, 117n

Greatly, Private Tom 266, 429

Greenwood, Captain (later Major) Walter 182, 183, 229, 283, 302, 303, 304

Grocock, Deryck 324

Grover, Lieutenant Colonel David 386

Grover, Major General John xx, 284, 458

appearance 174

Dimapur, ordered to 173, 185, 186, 272, 273, 275

fired 384–7

Kohima offensive 378, 380, 381, 383, 387n, 439

Kohima Ridge, plan to retake 339–40

mistakes 313, 338, 384–7

Nagas, opinion of 295

overstates likelihood of quick breakthrough to Kohima 313, 386

relief of Kohima 278, 313, 338

slow to enact orders 278, 313, 338, 365–8, 377, 384–7

Stopford and 278, 365–8, 377, 384–7

Guadalcanal, battle of, 1942–3 146, 146n, 151, 163, 167, 288, 318

Gurung, Lieutenant D.B. 216

Ha-Go, Operation 104

Haines, Company Sergeant Major Bill 266, 341, 347–8, 354

Hall, Private Nobby 268, 270

Halnan, Captain Keith 72, 275–6, 314

Harman, Amy Ruth 100

Harman, Diana 100, 433

Harman, Lance Corporal John 99–104, 127–9, 138, 240, 254–5, 265, 268–9, 269n, 340, 361, 432–3, 458

Harman, Martin Coles 100, 101, 102, 103, 432–3

Harwood, Company Sergeant Major 137m 263, 312, 332

Hawkins, Brigadier Victor 186, 274, 276, 285, 313, 314, 354, 365, 381

Hayllar, Lieutenant Bruce 188–9, 225–6, 228, 230, 234, 249, 250, 257, 298, 300, 345–6, 351, 358–9, 448

Heath, Private T. J. 126

Hemingway, Ernest 321

Hewitt, Private W. 22

Hill, Fred 42

Hirakubo, Lieutenant Masao 149–50, 166–7, 168, 204, 233, 238, 320–1, 371, 374–5, 418–19, 445–6, 447, 448, 459–60

Hirayama, Lieutenant Yoshiteru xviii, 147–8, 151, 164, 196–7, 198, 199–200, 207–8, 286, 375–6, 402, 420–1

Hirohito, Emperor xvi, 109n, 117, 150, 371

Hiroshima, Japan 418–19

Hitler, Adolf 4, 58, 62, 123, 238

Hogg, Lieutenant Tom 66, 67, 93, 96, 135, 136, 177–8, 220, 221, 242, 243, 310, 311, 338, 348, 355, 410

Hong Kong 5, 10, 84n

Hope-Thomson, M.R.J. ‘Tim’ 193, 194, 199, 201, 203, 204, 206, 209–10, 211

Hopkinson, Lieutenant Colonel Paul 194, 195, 197, 200–1, 205, 206

Howell, Private Charlie 358

Hudson, Lieutenant John 189

Humine 396–7, 398

Hussein, Khaddam 89

Hutton, Lieutenant General T. J. 12–13

Imai, Yukihiko 155, 167, 196, 208, 238, 377, 391

Imperial Japanese Army
see
Japanese Army, Imperial

Imperial Way 109n, 110

Imphal xviii–xix, xx, 27, 31, 53, 115–16, 119, 120, 140, 141, 147, 156, 157, 165, 165n, 170, 180, 181, 209, 210, 212, 238, 278, 280, 290, 325, 369, 384, 389, 415

battle/siege of xviiii–xix, xx, 172, 189, 236, 278, 289, 368, 369, 384–5, 387n, 396, 415, 441n

breakthrough to, Allied 384

British plan to withdraw from and lure Japanese onto Imphal Plain 157, 175, 235, 387n

Burma, troops arrive in on retreat from 27

cut off by Japanese 235, 236

defences 194, 212

Dimapur Road 82, 116, 140, 168, 288

garrison strength 175n, 212

Japanese failure to prioritise 291, 316–17, 319, 370, 371, 389–91, 392, 393–4, 395

Japanese plan to attack 115–20, 140–1, 156, 157

Kohima road 29, 33, 80, 80n, 221, 226, 235, 282, 288, 365, 366, 384, 394, 455

non-combatants in 198

order to withdraw from mistimed, British 157, 175, 235, 387n

reinforcements arrive at, British Army 278, 389

siege/blockade broken 368, 384–5, 387n

supply problems 236, 278, 368

V Force in 49, 165, 189

Imphal Plain xx, 31, 141, 147, 157, 175, 235, 292

India: battles in
see under individual
area, battle, campaign or place name

British Empire in (Raj) xix, xx, 5, 77, 174, 282, 408, 427–8, 442, 448

British use of nationals in intelligence gathering 36, 46–50, 52–6, 184n, 189–91, 212, 223, 293, 295–6, 364–5

effect of Kohima upon xix, 427–8

Independence 409, 410, 427, 442

Japanese advance into 111–20, 140, 148, 163–6, 173, 176, 193, 194, 195, 196, 209, 291

Japanese attempts to turn people against British xix, xx, 85–7, 85n, 116, 156, 158, 160, 230, 237, 239, 296, 402

Japanese spies in 111, 146, 156, 157, 158

Japanese withdrawal from xvii, 3984, 389–91, 396, 410–17

Naga people and
see
Naga people

nationalism 41, 43, 43n, 69, 70, 72, 84, 85n, 85, 87–8, 385, 409, 427

partition 442

retreating British troops arrive from Burma in 26–8, 29–30
see also under individual area
or place name

Indian Air Force 133

Indian Army xvii, 184, 385

barracks life 89

battle readiness 76

battles
see
under individual area, battle, campaign or nation name

in Burma 5, 9, 12, 12n, 13, 17, 18, 19

Churchill’s mistrust of 84–5

importance to British Army of 84–5

INA and xx, 85–7, 85n, 116, 156, 160, 230, 237, 239, 296, 402

Indian nationalism and xx, 85–7, 85n, 116, 156, 160, 230, 237, 239, 296, 402

‘josh’ groups 87, 160

loyalty/desertion of troops 17, 84–8, 84n, 85n, 87, 90, 116, 160, 230, 237, 239, 267, 353, 360–1

morale 76, 87, 160

officer corps, transformation of 88

pay 88

proportion of 14th Army 84

recruitment 76

reform of 88–9

refugees from units overrun by Japanese 292

retreat from Burma into India 14–17, 18, 21, 23, 29, 30–1

Singapore, fall of and 84, 85

units
see
British/Burmese/Indian/Nepalese Army units
see also
British Army

Indian Civil Service 32, 190, 282

Indian National Army (INA) (Japanese) xx, 85–7, 85n, 116, 156, 160, 230, 230n, 237, 239, 296, 402

Infanti, Lance Corporal Frank 96, 136, 137, 297, 301–2, 328, 360, 418

intelligence: Allies xx, 1–5, 25, 36, 46–50, 52–6, 93, 112–13, 156, 157, 157n, 158, 165–6, 169, 184n, 189–92, 212, 223, 293, 295–6, 364–5

Burma Intelligence Corps 157n

Chindits xx, 25, 46, 93, 112–13, 112n, 114, 149, 156, 165–6, 165n, 170n, 171, 180, 278, 316, 368, 399, 401, 401n, 411, 459

Force 131 47n

Force 136 157n

goes astray 194, 194n, 201

INA, Japanese use of 86–7

ISLD (Inter-Services Liasion Department) 157n

Japanese Army 3, 4, 9, 86–7, 111, 112–14, 146, 147, 156, 157, 158, 316, 325–6

Japanese plans 156, 157n, 166, 169, 184–5, 194

Japanese spies in Burma 3, 4, 9

Japanese spies in India 111, 146, 156, 157, 158

Japanese troop strength 194, 194n, 201, 212, 223

Japanese use of Chindit 112–14

Naga gathering of 36, 46–50, 52–6, 158, 184n, 189–91, 212, 223, 293, 295–6, 364–5

Special Operations Executive (SOE) 47n, 157n

Ultra code breakers 157n

V Force 47–50, 47n, 52, 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 156, 157n, 161, 165, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 194n, 195, 212, 214, 229, 293, 296, 364, 365, 401, 406, 409

Z Force 47n, 157n, 194n

Ismay, General ‘Pug’ 369