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Addiscombe Military College, 5 Baden-Powell, Lieutenant-General Sir Akers-Douglas Committee. See Committee Robert, 57, 68–9, 71–3, 90 on the Education and Training of Benfield, Lance-Corporal Tommy, 156 Officers (1902) Big-game hunting, 54, 71, 135 Aldershot, 8, 9, 22, 25, 26, 52, 53, 151, Blunt, Wilfred, 55 189, 243 Boer War, 32, 37, 50, 256 Aldershot Athletic Ground, 26 and army reform, 60–6 Alderson, Lieutenant-Colonel E.A., 43, 68 Bonney, Sergeant Richard, 28, 166–8 Amateur Athletic Association, 18, 157–9, Boxing, 7, 18–20, 28, 43, 47–8, 96, 108, 169, 177, 188, 221 118, 121, 122, 126, 137, 153, 221, Amateur Football Association, 159–62, 228, 239 176 amateurism in, 120 Amateurism, 47–8, 108, 118–19, 120, 182 Army Boxing Association, 120 Ansell, Colonel Sir Mike, 131, 132 in the First World War, 87, 89–90, 91, Applegarth, Willie, 101 103–6, 108–9 Armfield, Jimmy, 227 Imperial Services Boxing Association, Army Football Association, 21, 26, 46–7, 121, 187 49, 155, 190 in India, 34, 136 relationship with FA, 155–6, 160–2 in the navy, 121 supports football in public schools, in the RAF, 120, 122 1919, 162 Royal Navy and Army Boxing Army Gymnastic Staff. See Army Physical Association, 48 Training Corps in the Second World War, 187–8, 192, Army Physical Training Corps, 8, 16, 20, 195, 197 25, 49, 83, 102, 111, 135, 183–5, Britannia Shield, 229 197, 201, 204 British army Army Physical Training Staff. See Army battalions Physical Training Corps 1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Army School of Physical Training, 8, 184, Sherwood Foresters, 86, 94, 97 197 17th (1st Football) Battalion, Army Sport Control Board, 107, 112, Middlesex Regiment, 84, 87 113–15, 118–19, 127, 129, 182, 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion 199, 223, 229, 261 Sherwood Foresters, 101 Army Sport Control Board India, 135 2nd Middlesex Regiment, 179, Athletic News, 19, 84, 85, 93, 103, 162, 205–6 171 4th Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Athletics, 16–18, 25, 47, 84, 88, 101, 136, 221 137, 146, 157–9, 171, 175, 188–9, 5th (Territorial) Battalion 204, 207, 220, 221, 223, 224–6, Bedfordshire Regiment, 108 237, 239, 246, 251, 253 5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment, Army Athletic Meeting, 16–18, 83, 136 258

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British army (cont.) Cavalry, 42, 61–8, 75–9, 130–3 6th Royal Tank Regiment, 220–1 attempted reform of after Boer War, McCrae’s Battalion (16th Royal 75–6 Scots), 86 mechanisation of, 131–3 Divisions Charity matches, 151, 186–7 1st Armoured Division, 202–3 Charles, John, 239 7th Armoured Division, 132, 203 Churchill, Winston, 53, 56, 59, 69, 74 48th (South Midland) Division, 93–4 Civilian–military relations, 144–77, 221, 51st Highland Division, 179 260 Regiments and corps Clayton, Ronnie, 226 4th Hussars, 52, 53, 59, 60, 74 Close, Brian, 222 10th Hussars, 57, 69, 77, 78, 259 Clough, Brian, 226 11th Hussars, 55, 203–4, 205, 206 Colchester, 27, 149 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Committee on the Education and Training Guards, 131 of Officers (1902), 63–5 Army Service Corps (Grove Park), 85 Committee on the Expenses of Officers Black Watch, 17, 29, 35, 139, 155, 180 (1903), 65–6, 75 Brigade of Guards, 18, 46 Compton, Denis, 195 Durham Light Infantry, 28, 34, 37, Coote, Commander B. T., 104, 115, 116, 46, 70, 233–6, 259 174 East Surrey Regiment, 220 Corinthians, 22, 153, 160 East Yorkshire Regiment, 147 Couper, Colonel V. A., 25, 49, 161 Grenadier Guards, 7, 9, 52, 146, 172 Cricket, 24, 29, 31–2, 86, 122, 136, 189, Hampshire Regiment, 25, 180 222–3, 250 Highland Light Infantry, 44, 110 Cross-country running, 25, 43, 84, 224–5, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 7 241 Lancashire Fusiliers, 39 Cullis, Stan, 180, 185 Leicestershire Regiment, 19, 22, 23, Curtis, Captain E. G., 15, 35, 37 27, 34, 39, 40–1, 43, 87, 92, 100, 106, 135, 138–9, 153, 156, 174 De Lisle, General Sir Henry de Beauvoir, Northumberland Fusiliers, 34 70, 74–5 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Devonport, 23, 130, 152 Regiment), 22 Douglas, Admiral Sir Archibald, 44 Rifle Brigade, 28 Douglas, Keith, 182 Royal Artillery, 112, 130, 140 Douglas, Major-General C. W. H., 76, 77 Royal Irish Fusiliers, 17, 25, 27, 130, 144, 148, 158, 170, 171 Edgeworth-Johnstone, Captain Walter, 8, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25, 125 18 Royal Welch Fusiliers, 32, 35, 44 Egypt, 55, 86, 108, 132, 182, 191, 201 Sherwood Foresters, 33, 35, 42, 149 Exeter, Marquis of, 175 Somerset Light Infantry, 149 Welch Regiment, 23, 34, 39 FA Amateur Cup, 40, 147, 164–7 Women’s Royal Army Corps, 245–51 FA Cup, 10–12 British Expeditionary Force Sport Board, Ferris, Sergeant Sam, 175 107–8 Finlay, Group Captain Donald, 175, 239 British Olympic Association, 169, 170, Finney, Tom, 186, 192 175 First World War, 3, 80–92, 158, 180, 181, Brodrick, St John, 74–5 246, 255, 257 Burgess, Ron, 178, 185, 190 boxing in, 87, 89–90, 91, 103–6, 108–9 Busby, Matt, 185, 192 equestrian sport in, 78, 94, 253 football in, 80, 84–7, 88, 92–4, 98–101, Cairns, W. E., 36, 41, 53, 67 102, 107, 110 Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel R. B., 25, Physical and Bayonet Training Staff, 48, 90, 102, 103, 104–6, 115, 174 102–6 Carden Roe, Brigadier W., 130 rugby in, 85, 97, 100, 108 Cartwright, Tom, 222 sport at Scapa Flow, 91

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Fisher, Admiral Lord, 26 Hawarden, Sergeant Andrew, 209–14 Football, 8–12, 15, 16, 21–3, 40, 44–7, Henniker, Brigadier Sir Mark, 130, 135, 49, 123–4, 146–56, 159–68, 226–8, 139, 141 229–30, 231–6, 237–9, 242–3, 253, Hewson, Brian, 225–6 260, 263 Hill, Albert, 101 Army Cup, 22, 44, 46, 47, 83, 147, 152, Hockey, 32, 34, 137, 138, 247 155, 163–6, 190, 231–6, 252 Horrocks, Lieutenant-General Sir Brian, in the First World War, 80, 84–7, 88, 170 92–4, 98–101, 102, 107, 110 Humphries, Ernest, 33, 36 in India, 32, 34–5, 138 Hunting, 52–3, 67–8, 77–8, 79, 131, 132, in the navy, 29–31, 238 133, 142, 253 in the Second World War, 180, 184–6, in Egypt, 55 189–97, 200–7 in India, 54, 254 Navy Cup, 30–1 United Services League (Portsmouth), Ibbotson, Derek, 224–5 27, 30, 147, 151 India, 7, 32–6, 37, 40, 54, 134–9, 141, Football Association, 155–6, 159–62, 194–5, 259, 260 167–8, 183–4 Indian Army, 35–6, 136–8, 140 Football teams Indian–British relations, 35–6, 71, 136–9 Army Crusaders, 230, 237–8 Inter-Allied Games, Paris (1919), 109 Bolton Wanderers, 182, 183, 185 Inter-Theatre of War Championships Mohun Bagan, 35, 138, 139, 195 (1919), 108, 109, 119 Plymouth Argyle, 151, 152, 166 Iraq, 122, 180 Royal Artillery (Portsmouth), 27, 163–8 Ireland, 25, 34, 40, 139, 149, 191 Royal Engineers, 9–12 Royal Marine Light Infantry (Gosport), Jack, Brigadier-General J. L., 85 147–8 Jackson, Major V.A., 113–15 Fowler, Roy, 226, 241 Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, 91 Fox, Colonel Malcolm, 18, 173 Fraser, Sergeant Major John, 33, 37, 69 Kentish, Brigadier General Reginald, 25, French, Field Marshal Sir John, 48, 62, 26, 27, 46, 49, 107, 113, 144, 161, 76, 145 170 French army, 100, 108, 123–4, 191 Kentish Cup, 123–4, 229–30 Fuller, Major-General J.F.C., 139 Keyes, Admiral Sir Roger, 134 Funding, 28–9, 127–30 Kinahan, Captain C.E., 27 Kipling, Rudyard, 59 Gambling, 7, 47, 53, 55, 94, 112, 214 Kirke, General Sir Walter, 182 German army, 43, 68, 69, 215 Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord, 38 German navy, 43, 116 Knight-Bruce, J. H. W., 18, 28, 43, 96 Goslin, Harry, 182, 183 Korea, 242 Gosport, 147–8 Gough, General Sir Hubert, 55, 57, 102 Lansdowne, Lord, 62–3 Greig, Captain J.G., 24 Lascelles, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony, Grenfell, Lieutenant-Commander F.H., 220, 259 173 Lawton, Tommy, 185, 190 Liddell Hart, Sir Basil, 131, 132, 142 Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, 62, 75, Lloyd’s Weekly News, 172–3 76, 77, 86, 105, 106, 131, 169 Lonsdale, Steve, 201 Haldane, Lord, 77 Lorenz, Konrad, 255 Hammersley, Major Frederick, 8 Hampshire Football Association, 149–51 Malta, 7, 26, 116, 130, 177 Harington, General Sir Charles, 27, 80, Marindin, Major Francis, 10, 22 94, 114, 115, 127, 169 Marling, Percival, 52 Harrison, Eric, 253–4 Martel, General Sir Giffard Le Quesne, Hart, Sergeant Jack, 136 48, 121–2 Hartley, Colonel B. C., 115 Masculinity, 72–3, 90, 121, 256

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United States Army, 3, 90, 109, 257 Williams, Bleddyn, 182 Williamson, Audrey, 251 Vaughan, Major General John, 77, 91, Wilson, Lieutenant General Sir James, 259 230, 263 Wilson, Lieutenant W.C., 23, 153 Wakefield, W.W., 109, 118, 153 Windrum, Sergeant Major Frederick, 28, Wallis, Lieutenant Colonel Clive, 220 166–8 Wand-Tetley, Brigadier T.H., 158, 192, Winterbottom, Sir Walter, 184, 230 204 Wolfenden Committee, 223, 229 Ward, Arthur, 196, 200, 202–3, 204 Wolseley, Field Marshal Lord, 18, 62, 63 Ward, Sir Edward, 38, 145 Women’s services, 245–51 Ward, Tim, 190 Wood, Field Marshal Sir Evelyn, 18, 52, Wardrop, Major A.E., 56–7, 71–3 62, 63, 66 Wellington, Duke of, 13 Wooderson, Sydney, 188 Wells, ‘Bombardier’ Billy, 20, 34, 103 Wynyard, Captain Edward, 24