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

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