The history of the Twentieth (Light) Division

by Valentine Erskine Inglefield

• Paine, Lieut.-Col. A. I., [82].
• Pargny, [228], [230], [232].
• Parker, Sergeant W. E., [105].
• Parkes, Lieut., [298].
• Parvillers, [250].
• Passchendaele, [144], [176].
• Patrols, night, [27], [28], [30], [31], [32], [52], [53], [215].
• Patten, Lieut., [235].
• Pavier, Lieut., [82].
• Peard, Captain J. N. C., [54].
• Pegler, Captain S. J., [154], [194], [206].
• Pemberton, Captain, [196], [259].
• Pennycuick, Captain J. A. C., [73].
• Pereira, Brig.-Gen. C. E., [73], [81].
• Péronne, [123], [177], [284].
• Péronne-Bapaume road, [123].
• Petillon, [10].
• Philpotts, Brig.-Gen. L. M., [74].
• Picantin, [8], [29].
• Pickard, Lieut., [149].
• Piennes, [256].
• Pilckem, [144], [147], [149], [158], [175].
• —— Ridge, [38], [42], [145], [148], [149], [152], [158], [166], [175].
• Pill boxes, [149], [153].
• Plateau ammunition dump, [117].
• Ploegsteert-Messines road, [60].
• Plumer, Sir Herbert, [8].
• Poelcapelle, [156], [174], [176].
• Poer, Major, [267].
• Poix, [263], [264].
• Pollock, Colonel, [9].
• Polygon Wood, [174], [215].
• Poperinghe, [40], [48], [52], [58], [60].
• Potte, [233].
• Potter, Lieut.-Col., [239].
• —— 2nd Lieut., [164].
• Pow, Corporal E., [277].
• Powel, Lance-Corporal, [160].
• Pozières, [63], [66].
• Pratt Street, [43].
• Prescott-Westcar, Lieut.-Col. W. V. L., [73].
• Preseau, [301].
• Priaulx, Lieut.-Col., [130], [186], [199], [206], [225], [229].
• Price-Williams, Major H., [214], [269].
• Prioleau, Lieut.-Col., [160].
• Proven, [147], [166].
• Puisieux, [119].
• Pulteney, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. P., [7].

• Quadrilateral, The, [91], [96], [139].
• Quarries, The, [68], [71], [72], [73], [75].
• Quartermaine, Lieut., [252].
• Quéant, [119], [139], [284], [286].
• Quevauvillers, [271].
• Quicquery, [232], [233], [234].

• Radinghem, [12].
• Rainbow Trench, [102], [103], [104].
• Railway Wood, [48], [54], [56].
• Ramecourt, [235], [236].
• Ramsay, Captain Hon. C. F., [186].
• Ramsey, Lieut., [128].
• Rat House, [163], [166].
• Ravine, The, [205].
• Rawle, Captain J. W., [298].
• Rawlinson, General Sir H. S., [139], [210].
• Rawson, Regimental Sergeant-Major, [305].
• Redan Ridge, [61].
• Red Lamp Salient, [24].
• Reed, Lance-Corporal E., [134].
• Réthonvillers, [232], [234], [248].
• Revelon, [128], [204].
• Rheims, [279].
• Rhine, Advance to, [306].
• Ribécourt, [181], [185], [186], [188].
• Ricardo, Lieut.-Col. H. G., [13], [89], [150], [183].
• “Ricardo’s Group,” [24].
• Richards, Corporal, [57], [58].
• Riencourt, [134].
• Rifle Brigade, [2], [19], [20], [22], [25], [26], [28], [30], [31], [38], [39], [40], [42], [51], [52], [53], [58], [59], [68], [69], [73], [76], [77], [79], [82], [94], [95], [96], [97], [101], [104], [105], [112], [114], [117], [118], [123], [128], [129], [130], [131], [135], [140], [147], [148], [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [165], [166], [170], [171], [182], [185], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [192], [193], [194], [195], [198], [200], [201], [206], [207], [208], [216], [222], [223], [224], [225], [227], [228], [231], [233], [234], [252], [253], [254], [258], [259], [260], [261], [276], [283], [293], [305].
• Rifles, shortage of, [4].
• Riley, Lieut.-Col. H. L., [38], [82], [182], [219].
• Rixon, Lieut.-Col., [169].
• Robecq, [210].
• Roberts, Sergeant, [184].
• Robinson, Lieut.-Col. B. B., [74], [92], [93].
• —— 2nd Lieut., [171].
• Robson, Fitter, [269].
• Rocquigny, [123], [124], [125], [129], [136].
• Rogerson, Captain, [197].
• Roiglise, [237], [255], [256].
• Roisin, [302], [306].
• —— River, [302].
• Rolland, Lieut.-Col. A., [44], [141].
• Ross, Brig.-Gen. C., [10], [28].
• Rouge Bancs, [8], [23].
• Roupy, [220], [221], [225].
• Rouvrel, [257], [263].
• Rouvroy-en-Santerre, [252].
• Rouy-le-Grand, [218].
• Roy, Brig.-Gen. J. W. G., [10], [38], [46].
• Royal Army Medical Corps, [85], [86], [106], [164], [191].
• Royal Berkshire Regiment, [228].
• —— Engineers, [3], [4], [9], [10], [11], [14], [15], [24], [25], [41], [55], [56], [58], [60], [71], [74], [79], [83], [85], [93], [97], [100], [101], [105], [111], [116], [126], [128], [130], [134], [137], [148], [151], [155], [157], [158], [164], [173], [181], [190], [196], [203], [204], [224], [225], [226], [229], [232], [242], [277], [278], [280], [281], [282], [287], [290].
• —— Irish, [73], [78], [81], [82].
• Roye, [119], [122], [235], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253], [254], [255], [257], [259], [261].
• Rucker, Lieut. C. E. S., [30], [31].
• Rudd, 2nd Lieut., [58].
• Ruddle, 2nd Lieut., [96].
• Rue Bacquerot, [10].
• —— Biache, [14].
• —— du Bois, [8].
• —— Tilleloy, [8], [12], [20].
• Rumilly, [189], [190].
• Ruyaulcourt, [126], [128], [129], [133].

• Saillisel, [122].
• Sailly, [98], [108], [110], [113].
• Sailly-sur-la-Lys, [29].
• Sailly-Saillisel, [98], [108], [110], [113], [114], [116].
• St Julien, [174].
• —— Omer, [7].
• —— Pierre Divion, [118].
• —— —— Vaast, [114].
• —— —— —— Wood, [122], [123].
• —— Quentin, [119], [219], [221], [223], [288].
• —— —— Canal, [221], [237], [238].
• —— Simon, [219], [220], [237], [238], [239].
• —— Waast, [303].
• Salisbury Plain, [6].
• Sallaumines, [292], [293].
• —— Ridge, [273], [293].
• Salter, Sergeant-Major, [153].
• Sambre, [302].
• Sanctuary Wood, [50], [51], [144], [213].
• Sandilands, Lieut.-Col., [277].
• Sanderson, Major A. E., [227].
• Savy, [221].
• Sear, Captain W. G. L., [173].
• Serevillers, [257].
• Serre, [61], [62], [63], [119].
• Scarpe, River, [219], [284].
• Schreiboom, [156], [165], [166], [169], [170].
• Scott, Major A. C., [15].
• —— Major M. A. H., [74].
• Scottish Rifles, [216], [225], [229], [232], [233], [258], [277], [286], [293], [295], [297].
• Shaw, Lieut., [21].
• Sheepshanks, Lieut.-Col., [186], [216].
• Shepherd, Rifleman A. E., V.C. awarded to, [183], [184].
• Sherwood Foresters, [205].
• Shropshire Light Infantry (King’s), [2], [22], [26], [38], [50], [51], [56], [57], [83], [95], [97], [105], [116], [135], [156], [158], [160], [161], [162], [165], [182], [185], [200], [201], [214], [222], [223], [252], [253], [254], [258], [261], [293], [294], [295], [296], [297], [305].
• Shute, General C. D., [10], [69], [72], [73], [79], [94], [110].
• Signal Company, see [Divisional].
• Simcox, Lieut.-Col. J. G. T., [91], [105].
• Sixteen Poplars, [61].
• Skeele, Private H., [32].
• Slade, Captain A. H., [154].
• Smith, Lance-Corporal S., [295].
• —— Lieut.-Col. H. C. H., [216], [225].
• —— Major-Gen. W. Douglas, C.B., [44], [60], [71], [72], [80], [81], [82], [83], [84], [111], [114], [124], [150], [227], [233], [252], [271].
• —— 2nd Lieut. A. D. Thornton, [135].
• Smoke screens, [18], [26], [34], [58], [64], [148], [157], [159], [168], [170], [282], [287].
• Soissons, [279].
• Somerset Light Infantry, [2], [14], [45], [48], [49], [54], [74], [77], [78], [79], [82], [84], [91], [92], [93], [100], [101], [105], [112], [127], [133], [141], [156], [165], [166], [182], [183], [192], [193], [238], [239], [240], [241], [249], [280], [283], [293], [299].
• Somme, Battle of the, [65] et seq.
• —— Canal, [223], [224], [225], [228], [229], [238], [240], [241].
• —— River, [8], [61], [65], [71], [80], [217], [219], [221], [248], [257], [284].
• —— —— German offensive on, [218] et seq.
• Sorel, [178], [180], [203], [204], [208].
• —— le Grand, [128].
• Souchez, [273].
• —— River, [272], [273], [285], [293].
• Southampton, [7].
• Spargo, 2nd Lieut., [298].
• Steenbeek River, [145], [146], [148], [149], [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [159], [160], [162], [165], [173], [174], [175].
• —— Valley, [151].
• Steenwerck, [7], [59], [60].
• Stephens, Captain C. G., [126].
• Stericker, Lieut.-Col. A. W., [288].
• Steward, Captain, [229].
• Stillwell, Lieut.-Col. W. D., [144].
• Stonham, Lieut., [284].
• Storey, Major P. F., [73].
• Storr, Major, [182], [221].
• Story, Major, [224].
• Stratton, Major F. J. M., [86], [141].
• Stray Farm, [153], [168].
• Swaine, Major F. L. V., [73].
• Sweny, Brig.-Gen. W. F., [28], [50], [61].

• Tait, Captain, [254].
• Tanks, [90], [170], [181], [183], [185], [186], [187], [190].
• Tanner, Sergeant, [49].
• Tatt, Sergeant L, [117].
• Tawney, Lieut. R., [45].
• Taylor, Lance-Corporal, [287].
• ’t Goed ter Vesten Farm, [168], [169].
• Thiepval, [65], [84].
• Thiescourt, [263], [264].
• —— Massif, [264].
• Thompson, Corporal, [205].
• Toc, [7]; Valley, [99], [109].
• Tollit, Captain, [203].
• Toole, Sergeant, [24], [25].
• Torpedoes, [282], [287].
• Tor Top Tunnels, [213].
• Tournai, [300].
• Towers, Private J., V.C. awarded to, [295].
• Traill, Captain, [52].
• “Trap, The,” area, [75].
• Trefcon, [219], [221].
• Trenches, conditions in, [11], [24], [37], [39], [40], [44], [62], [68], [69], [106], [110], [112], [113], [115], [118], [138], [212], [213].
• Trench Mortars, use of, [43], [44], [52], [56], [63], [103], [155], [158], [183], [211], [215], [217], [228], [251], [258], [259], [277], [280], [281], [282], [286], [289], [296].
• —— Mortar Batteries, [217], [239], [252], [287], [289], [296], [298], [305].
• Trescault, [134], [135], [136], [137], [139].
• Treux, [106].
• Trônes Wood, [66], [73], [74], [77], [80], [81], [85], [90], [94].
• Troughton, Lieut.-Col., [153], [186], [187].
• Troyte-Bullock, Lieut.-Col. C. J., [74], [182], [193], [238], [241].
• Tugny, [220], [224], [237], [238], [239], [264].
• —— Bridge, [238].
• Turk’s Point Salient, [30].
• “Tyler’s Group,” [24].

• Urvillers, [219].

• Valenciennes, [300], [301].
• Vallulart Wood, [125], [126].
• Vaux, [221], [222].
• Vendegies, [301], [302], [304].
• “Verey Lights,” [111], [120].
• Verlaines, [227].
• Verlorenhoek, [48], [54].
• Vignacourt, [110].
• Villers, [257], [258], [259].
• —— au Bois, [273].
• —— au Flos, [123].
• —— Bretonneux, [265], [266], [267], [268], [271].
• —— Châtel, [272].
• —— Guislains, [178], [179], [200], [201], [203].
• —— Plouich, [134], [138], [180], [181], [182], [189], [193], [196], [198], [200], [202], [203], [205], [206], [208].
• Villeselve, [242], [243], [244], [245], [246].
• Vimy Ridge, [144], [272], [275].
• Vince, Lieut.-Col. A. N., [74], [92], [182], [237], [240].
• Vincent, Lieut., [303].
• Vlamertinghe, [40], [52], [56].
• Voyennes, [225], [226], [229].

• Wain, Captain R. W. L., [185].
• Walker, Lance-Corporal, [57].
• Wallington, Captain, [169].
• Ward, Brig.-Gen. H. D. O., [285].
• —— Lance-Corporal C., [14].
• Wargnies le Grand, [301], [304].
• —— le Petit, [304].
• Warlencourt, [119].
• Warre, Lieut. F. W., [31].
• Warvillers, [252], [253].
• Warwick Farm, [48].
• Waterloo, Battle of, [36].
• Waterlot Farm, [85], [91], [94].
• Waters, Captain, [289].
• Watts, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. E., [257].
• Webb, Lance-Sergeant F. W., [56].
• Wedge, 2nd Lieut., [281].
• —— Wood, [71], [72], [78], [79], [80], [81].
• Welch, Lieut.-Col., [182], [222], [223], [253], [258].
• Welsh Ridge, [181], [194], [196], [197], [199], [200], [205].
• West, Lieut.-Col. A. H. D., [89].
• Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry, [34], [47].
• Westoutre, [212].
• Wez Macquart, [8].
• White, Lieut.-Col. E. D., [73], [78].
• —— Captain G., [128].
• Whitmore, C. S. M., [276].
• Whyte, Major Preston, [14].
• Wieltje, [48], [55], [144].
• —— Farm, [43].
• —— Salient, [58].
• Willerval Sector, [292].
• Williams, Captain, [207].
• —— Major E. H. Watkins, [244].
• Wilson, Brig.-Gen. F. A., [89], [109], [176].
• Wimpey, Sergeant E. G., [32].
• Winchester road, [18], [21].
• Winnipeg road, [289].
• Wireless section, [137], [199], [200].
• Wisques, [9].
• Witley, [5].
• Woking, [4].
• Wood, Lieut.-Col. E. A., D.S.O., [56], [83].
• Woollcombe, Lieut.-Gen. Sir C. L., [139].
• Wright, Lieut., [105].
• Wytschaete, [60], [144], [271].

• Yates, Rifleman, [97].
• Young, Rifleman, [287].
• Ypres, [15], [37], [50], [60], [144], [155], [210], [211], [212], [271].
• — Canal, [145].
• — Salient, [12], [36]et. seq., [88], [143], [144], [178], [271].
• Ypres-Staden railway, [151], [156], [167], [174].
• —— Third Battle of, [143] et seq.
• Ypres-Zonnebeke road, [49].
• Yser Canal, [147].
• Ytres, [125], [126], [127], [129], [136].
• Y Wood, [48].

• Zillebeke, [214].
• Zonnebeke, [144], [174], [176].