Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII (34 page)

BOOK: Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
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Italy
40
,
154
,
161
,
173
,
225

7
,
310
,
343

5
,
346

61
,
362

73
,
374

Apennine Mountains
348

Bologna plain
348

9

Comacchio town
353

4
,
360
,
362

3
,
373

Faenza
348

Forli
348

Lake Comacchio
350

61
,
362

73
,
374

Lower Romagna
349

Po River
349

Ravenna
348
,
353

Sicily
161
,
173
,
220

2

Venice
370

James Bond
44
,
375

Janni (Cretan guide)
189
,
200

2

Japan
275

Jarrell, Porter ‘Joe’
229

31
,
238
,
248

50
,
259

60
,
289
,
344
,
354
,
370

jeeps
313

14
,
324
,
326

7
,
335

Jellicoe, George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
155

8
,
162
,
164
,
174
,
226
,
227
,
267
,
274
,
275
,
278
,
287
,
309

10
,
315
,
316
,
323
,
340

‘Jellicoe’ Inflatable Intruders
353

Jenkins, Sergeant
261

Jerusalem, Palestine (Mandatory)
168

70

Jews
341

Jones, Ray
5
,
9

18
,
162
,
165
,
173
,
175
,
185
,
188
,
192
,
193

4
,
197

200
,
203

7
,
209
,
212

13
,
220
,
221
,
288

Junkers Ju-87
1
,
11
,
15
,
17
,
18
,
40
,
187
,
191
,
196
,
199
,
242
,
246

8

Junkers Ju-88
1
,
4

5
,
15

17
,
187
,
191
,
195

6
,
197
,
204
,
303

4

Junkers transport aircraft
256

K Rations
6
,
183

Kalavrita, Greece
252

Kalymnos, Greece
240

Karfopoulos, Cheritoc
184

5

Kastelli Airbase, Crete
1

20
,
171
,
186

96
,
197

200
,
203

8
,
209

Kastelli Pediata, Crete
190

Kastro fort, Symi
235

6
,
241

2
,
244
,
245

6

Katsikis, Lieutenant
267

70

Kavala, Greece
329

Kemp, Peter
112
,
115

Kent
157

Kesselring, Albert
188

‘Killer School’, Jerusalem
168

70

Kingston, Sergeant
289
,
294

5
,
297

9
,
300

3
,
305

von Kleemann, Ulrich
246
,
251
,
256

7
,
269
,
278
,
282
,
283
,
286
,
305
,
306

8

Knights of St John
235

Kokinoxos Ridge, Crete
180

Konios, Vasilis
182

3

Krakow, Poland
341

Kubelwagen
19
,
346

Lagos, Nigeria
45
,
50
,
52
,
55
,
97
,
100
,
101

Lake Comacchio, Italy
350

61
,
362

73
,
374

Casone Agosta
355

7

Casone Caldiro
357

61
,
362
,
367
,
370

Lake, Peter
89

90
,
96

Lamonby, Kenneth
5
,
172
,
175
,
176
,
189
,
201
,
209
,
213
,
216
,
217
,
222

Lancashire Fusiliers
164

Lange, Adolf
287
,
290

Lanz, Albrecht
136

Lapraik, Jock
234
,
235
,
241
,
244
,
246
,
247
,
250
,
306

7

Las Jespellaire, Sark
141

Lassen, Anders
12
,
37
,
111
,
375

1941

sails into Funchal Harbour with
Maid Honour
24

5
,
29
,
31

apprehensive as suspected Vichy French ship approaches
35

makes ‘fish bombs’
50

arrives in Nigeria with
Maid Honour
51

given leading role in Operation Postmaster
60
,
64
,
67

boards and steals the
Duchessa d’Aosta
78
,
85
,
87

appointed as
Duchessa’s
Second Officer
91

2

raising of Jolly Roger on
Duchessa
93

receives officer’s commission
107

trains guerilla forces at Olokomeji, Nigeria; falls for local girl
107

8

attends March-Phillipps’ wedding
108

formation of Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF)
110

shares room with Ian Warren
112

1942

trains with SSRF
114

17

petitions War Office to allow use of bow and arrow
116

17

plans to use German disguise on raids after Operation Dryad
127

mission to Berhou
129

takes weekend’s leave during Operation Aquatint
130
,
134

death of Gus March-Phillipps
134

5

Operation Basalt on Sark
136
,
138
,
139

45
,
146

8

awarded with Military Cross
152

4

knifes German sentry on Sark
13
,
143
,
153

1943

joins 1st SAS Regiment
155
,
157

9

punches George Jellicoe in Tel Aviv bar
157

training for Operation Albumen
161

3
,
166
,
172

4

sails on Motor Launch to Crete
175

6

meets with Gregorius Hnarakis, marches to Kastelli Airbase
179

83

rests in vineyard, searched for by German soldiers
184

6

Kastelli Airbase mission
1

20
,
186

94
,
196
,
197

200
,
203

7
,
209

lies low in cabbage field, helped by farmer
208
,
212

angered by German reprisals
212

13
,
225

helps Cretan partisans to escape German forces
214

15

capture of German sentries, firefight with German patrol
215

17

awarded bar for Military Cross
221

deaths of Geoffrey Appleyard, Graham Hayes and Kenneth Lamonby
221

2

formation of Levant Schooner Flotilla
226
,
228

9

capture of Symi
232
,
234

9

burns legs while sterilizing latrine, develops dysentery
237

8

adopts Pipo (Maltese terrier)
238

9

defence of Symi
241

6

returns to Symi after reoccupation by Italian troops
251

2

awarded third Military Cross
254

trims Pipo’s coat
259

Donald Grant joins raiding force
262

ambushes and kills Gestapo commander
263

1944

hoards gold sovereigns, drinking sessions in Beirut
259

60

sails to establish base in Gulf of Cos
258

65

raid on Halki
265
,
266

74

accidently shot by Sean O’Reilly
270

4

recovers in hospital in Alexandria
274

George Jellicoe’s wedding, loses Pipo
275

7

colleagues worry about him ‘crapping out’ from stress
286

raid on Santorini
286

92
,
293

305

awards Pipo SAS wings
306

liberation of Athens
310

15
,
330

Scrumforce mission begins, traverses minefield
315
,
316

17

gives biscuits to hungry children
318

confrontation between Wright, Holmes and Army Major
320

2

marches for Salonika, takes German prisoners en route
322

8

confrontation with ELAS leader
328

9

sneaks into Salonika with Mavrikis
330

2

sends ultimatum to the German commander in Salonika
333
,
334

liberation of Salonika
334

43

1945

arrives in Italy
346

8

Operation Roast on Lake Comacchio
351

61
,
362

8

death in Comacchio
368

73

posthumously awarded Victoria Cross
371
,
375

Laversuch, Victor
58

Lebanon
226

Beirut
258
,
260
,
275

7

Leigh Fermor, Patrick
178

9
,
183
,
214
,
217

Leros, Greek Islands
227
,
233
,
240
,
257

Les Casquets, Channel Islands
117

29

Levant Schooner Flotilla
226
,
228

9
,
233

4

Lewes bombs
6
,
9
,
10
,
171
,
188
,
192
,
195
,
196
,
197

8
,
200
,
201
,
206
,
207
,
280

Lewes, Jock
6

Lewis machineguns
22
,
34

Liberator long-range bomber
see
Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Likomba
41
,
52
,
53
,
64
,
66
,
69
,
73

7
,
78
,
80
,
82

3
,
85
,
87
,
88

9
,
91
,
96
,
100
,
103
,
107

Linton-on-Wharfe, Yorkshire
27

Lion of Leros
255
;
see also
Pipo

Lippett, Richard
53

5
,
61

3
,
69

70
,
72
,
82

3
,
90
,
95
,
96
,
98

100
,
104

6

Lisbon, Portugal
30

‘Little Pisser’ (Motor Torpedo Boat)
117

18
,
119

21
,
126
,
131
,
133
,
136
,
138
,
142
,
147
,
148

Log Book For Yachts
23

London, England

Baker Street
37

Hyde Park Hotel
111

Londos, Andre
312

Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)
154
,
166
,
230

Longe, Desmond
79
,
87
,
91

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