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AAbortus Fever 172Achani 227Adamant 280Addison, Dr J B 7, 17, 87aeroplane 51African Stationary Hospital 242Afrikaans 121Ainsworth Bridge 83, 153Ainsworth, John 40aircraft 69Aitken, Maj-Gen Arthur 188Alexander, Capt 225Alexandra College for Girls 263ambulance 132ambulance unit 47, 53, 70, 71, 77amputations 139Anatomy, Prof 280Anderson, Cpl Jock 47, 201, 203, 227,

231, 239, 247Angling society 160Anse Boudin 14Anthrax 28Antimony 171Appleby, Maj 43Arab Corps 147Arab fort 127Arboretum 151Archaeological research 128Arensen, Shel xviiiArnott, Capt 247Askaris 52, 81Assistant surgeon 41Association Football 168Athi Plain 29, 169

athletics 168Attar of Roses 143Auchinleck, Cecile 277Auchinleck, Dr Hugh 261, 263, 277Auchinleck, Rev Alexander 261, 262,

266Auchinleck, Sydney 262Avenue Hotel 154ayahs 129

BBacca 14bacillary dysentery 87Baden Powell, Lady 277Baie St Anne 13, 275Bajuni Islands 146Balfour, Lt-Col Andrew 242Baluchis 54bamboo pole 139banda 47, 56, 67Barnes, Capt 223, 226Barton, Vic 142base hospitals 56bayonets 52bees 24Beeston, Jimmy 156Beho Chini 236Belgian Congo 111, 196Bentley, Jim 103, 113, 117, 119Beriberi 83, 87Berridge ’s Hotel 109bicycles 41big-game hunting 159Bigge, Arthur 265Bilali, Moosa 227

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On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

Bilharzia 171Bird Island 15Bismuth 139Blackwater Fever 34, 130Blackwell, Grace 167Blixen, Karen 276Bloody Sunday 126Boag, Miss 118Bodleian Library xviiiBoer Colonies 264Boer, Dr de 129, 137Boer method 122Boer War 48Boffin bird 134Bois de Natte 16bolas 182Bombay 83, 87borrow pits 110Bourgault, Dr 193Bowen, C E L 195Bowring, Sir Charles 28boxing 167Boyes, John 27, 28Bradley, Dr John 16Brennan, Dr Charles 138brick-built hospital 60British Colonial Service 126British Field Ambulance 203British Guiana 280British India agents 83British Intelligence 50British Stationary Hospital 240Brocks Benefit 80Broeker, Capt Friedrich 198Brown, Capt 222Buike, Capt 203Buiko 58, 209Buki 175Bukoba 34, 39, 99Bukoba, Battle of 195Bunbury, Mr E C M 179, 180bungalow 43, 102Bura 47, 48, 200, 201burial 98Butere 42

butterflies 72, 180

CCaesar’s Lost Legion. 35Cairo 142Calcutta Battery 48, 53Calder, Lt 229Caledonian Society 154camel 148Cape Corps 243Carberry, Lady Maia 278Carmichael School 261carpets 132Carriers Hospital 242Casualty Clearing Station 90cataracts 139caterpillars 180Catholic 100Cearns 30cent pieces 36cheetah 111Chickenpox 242Chief Medical Officer 11Chikukwe 246Chitty, Mr 17Choppy family 16Christianity 100City of Winchester 188Civil war 126Clearkin, Dr Peter 97, 98, 99, 100Club 112Coastal Province 127, 151coastal steamer 76, 133Coconut Charlie 146collar bone 116Colonial Medical Service 6, 96, 127,

182, 183, 189, 192, 195, 276Colvile, Lady 83, 108, 218Combined Field Ambulance 203, 205,

208, 222condensed milk 80Connor, Mr 16Cooper, Madelon 280Cormack, Dr Robin 163Coryndon Museum 182

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Cousin 15Cousine 15Crawford, Capt 240, 242Creoles 11Crewe, Earl of 7Crewe, Gen Charles 196Crichton-Harris, Ann xixcrime detection 118crocodile 57Croix de Guerre 280Cromagnon Man 182Crouch, Capt 248Cunningham medal 280Curieuse 14Cusack, Michael, 262Customs House 148Customs Service 142

DDak bungalow 28Dalrymple, Mr 17Dar-es-Salaam 187dark room 52Dartnell, Lt William 52Davidson, Lady 12, 274Davidson, Sir Walter 16, 275Delamere, Lord 107, 109, 114Delhi Gate 134Denis Island 15Derringer 27, 163Deventer, Gen Jaap van 204, 220, 224,

228, 253dhows 68, 132, 145Dietz lantern 103, 109, 132Diploma in Education 273dispenser 41, 177Distilled Water 107Distinguished Service Cross 280District Commissioner 53, 131, 134District Medical Officer 107Dogras 47, 96donkeys 41Dramfield, Dr 204dressing station 54, 88Driscoll, Col Jerry 48, 200, 235

Driscoll’s Scouts 48Drought, J J 31Drought’s Skin Corps, 31D’Summerz, Mr 13Dublin 126Dublin Metropolitan School of Art

277Dublin University Women Graduates

Association 272, 278Dublin Women’s Suffrage Association

268Duggan, G C 268dukas 57Duke and Duchess of York 146Duke of Gloucester 155Durup, Julien xviiiDutch woman 122Dyke, Gen 73, 251Dysentery 83, 96, 137

EEast African Campaign 31 Field Ambulance 43, 47, 123, 190 Medical Service 29, 52 Mounted Rifles 187, 195 Police Force 165 Protectorate 189, 192 Women’s League 277Eastern Telegraph Company 19Eastern Telegraph Quarters 9Eastman, George 159Edinburgh University 261Egyptian turquoise 36Eid-ul-Fitr 143Elburgon 180Eldoret 119Elephants 47Elephant tracks 131Emden 188Emin Pasha Gulf 39English, Lt W L 237English nurse 60, 65English Point 141Entebbe 34, 99

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On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

Equator 133Erfurt rifle 91Etonian 146Euphorbia Candelabra 69European farming 101 hospital 28, 30, 41, 127, 151, 155 midwife 116 nurse 30 Officers 141 settlers 27Evans, Lt Ward 49, 215Ewart, Maj-Gen Richard 245Exile 276

FFaridkot Sappers and Miners 188, 195farming accidents 116Fecitt, Harry xviiiFélicité Island 15Fellowship of the Royal College of

Surgeons Ireland 276Fendall, C P 188field dressing station 78field hospital 54Finch Hatton, Denys 83, 276Fonteine, Hugh La 198Food inspections 130Ford ambulance 131Ford car 107, 112, 122fort 58, 67Fort Jesus 26, 127four-inch guns 92Freeman’s Journal 262, 263Freemason 262French Foreign Legion 49Front Square 269Fusiliers, Royal Welch 165Fusiliers, 25th Royal 40, 48, 50, 72,

195, 201, 222, 235, 236

GGalloway, Rosemary 280Garland, 112Garrett, Capt 40

German airship 92 askaris 69, 91 doctor 60, 65 dressing station 71 East Africa 31, 47, 53, 76, 88, 92 hospitals 61 Intelligence 69 Officers 24, 52 pay officer 70 troops 31, 58 ghosts 128Gibb, Mr 97, 98Gilbert and Sullivan 167Gilgil 108, 109Girdwood, Col Robert 224, 244Giriama 139Girl Guides 277Goanese 97Gold Coast Rgt 77, 217, 236, 243Gonorrhoea 175Gonya 208gorilla 112Government House 18, 151Government Road 29Graham, Lt-Col Bertram 54Graham, Maj 88, 222, 223Grande Anse 13Great War Africa Association xviiGregory, Prof 40, 102Grigg, Sir Edward 154Guildford Castle 277Gurkhas 47, 96Gwalior Rifles 188

HHamisi, Headman 227, 229, 232, 234Handeni 65, 209Hannyngton, Gen James 209, 212,

217, 244Harcourt Hill 102Harcourt Street 263Harlequins 153Harris, Maj E T xix, 54, 199, 203, 204,

205

311

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Harris, Stanley 167Hatia 249Haughton medal 280Havildar, P S 47, 232, 242head in the sand 169Heale, Capt Arthur 199, 204, 205, 228Health Office 129Hell’s Gate 181Hemstead, Capt 40Heyer, Charlie 156high jump 168Hindustani 54hippos 37Hooper, Capt 229Horne, 134horses 41Hoskins, Gen Arthur 203, 220Hospital Hill 152hospital ship 124, 167Houseboys Club 143Hughes, Lt 229humpback bridge 70, 72Hunter, Lt 38Hunter, Maj-Gen George 233, 245hunting 168Hurling Club, Dublin 261Hussain, SAS Mohomed 204

IÎle aux Cerfs 16Imperial Service Corps 188Imperial War Museum xviiiIndia Bearer Company 205Indian Army 38, 43 Bazaar 98 Clearing Hospital 195 Dispenser 98 Expeditionary Force 24, 187 Field Ambulance 203 Medical Service 52, 54 Mountain Battery 188 Sub-Assistant Surgeon 134 troops 24, 73, 96, 247Influenza epidemic 99

Ingoma 84, 216internment 156Iodine 71Irish Figaro 265Irish Society 154Irish Times 268Island of Elephants 84isolation hospital 137Italian ship 134

JJacaranda trees 152Jackal 168Jack, Lt F J 250Jameson Raid 159, 264Japanese 37, 129Japanese River Fever 171Jellicoe, Ann 263Jenkins, Capt 40Jewell, Daphne xvii, 129, 277, 280Jewell, Dr John xvii, 275, 278, 280Jewell, Dr N P Bloody Sunday 276 Campaign 204, 205, 210, 214, 218,

222, 230, 236, 245, 251, 253 Colonial Medical Service 275, 276 Early years 3, 5, 272 Junior doctor 6 Memoir 280 Seychelles 192, 275Jewell, Norah 277, 280Jewell, Norman Limbury 275, 280Jewell, Thomas 3Jinja 34, 99Johnston, Col 196Johnston, Isabel 268Johnston, Joseph 262Johnston, Rhoda 262Johnston, Robert 262Juma 51Justice of the Peace 18jute 48Jutland, Battle of 67

312

On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

KKadir, SAS Abdul 41Kahe 57, 209Kakamega 42Kampala 34, 99kanzu 27Kartucol 249Kashmiri Doctor 47 People 96 Regiment 24 Rifles 47, 188, 209Kashmir, Maharajah of 47Kauntze, Dr W H 171Kavirondo Gulf 30, 96Kavirondos 35, 146, 166Kearton, Cherry 49, 52, 100, 201Keddie, Miss 103Kedong Valley 161Kelleher, Stephen 268Kelsall, Dr C 82Kenya Gazette 277Kenya Medical Service 139khaki cloth 73Kibata 79, 80, 216, 217Kibata Mission 77, 217Kiboko 43Kikuyu 119, 164, 166, 168Kikuyu, King of 28Kilifi 133Kilimanjaro 29, 43, 46, 50, 152, 204Kilindini 129, 146Kilwa Kisiwani 76, 216Kilwa Kivinji 76King Edward VIII 155King Ferdinand of Bulgaria 182King George VI 146King Prempeh of Ashanti 12King’s African Rifles 53, 90, 127, 165,

222, 236, 243Kinloch, Maj 48Kisii Dispensary 194Kismayu 133Kisumu 30, 96, 99, 194, 196Knight of the Campanile 280

Koehl, Capt 236Korogwe 58, 65, 209Korsah, P C 12Kraut, Maj Georg 209Königsberg 38, 70, 92, 188, 217

LLabour Corps 76, 87, 218La Digue 15, 19Lady Colvile ’s Home 101Lake Chala 57, 204 Elementeita 107, 108 Jipe 50 Magadi 129 Naivasha 182 Nakuru 102 Victoria 48lake flies 39lake steamers 96Lambert, Père 16Lamu 133, 145Latema and Reata 53Latema-Reata Nek 56, 204latrines 51Lawrence, Tom xviiiLeakey, Louis 182Legion d’Honneur 280Legion of Frontiersmen 48Legion of Merit (US) 280leopard 163Lettow-Vorbeck, Gen Paul von 70, 92,

93, 187, 221, 245, 246, 253Lewis, Charlotte 3Lewis, Colonna de Burgh 3Lewis, John Richard 3Lilley, Capt 194Lincol 245Lindi 88, 127, 221, 223Lindsay, Capt 237lion 48, 56, 109, 114, 160, 162, 181Litukulo 245Liwali 132Lloyd, A W xix, 49Lloyd, Mr 14

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locusts 180Londiani Hotel 120Lone Tree 169Lord Altrincham 154Lowlands, 52nd 90Lowther, Arthur 103Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 52,

188Lucy, Jack 160Lukaledi River 88Lukaledi Valley 88Lukuledi Mission 236Lumi River 53, 204lunatic asylum 16Luo 35, 36, 98, 166Lutembe 100

MMaasai 37, 102, 166, 168, 181Maasai spear 119Macintosh, Prof 5Mackay, Mr 17MacKinnon, Capt John 54Macmillan, Dr 214Mahaffy, Dr 268Mahé 12, 87Mahiwa 236Maitland, Fuller 131Makonde Plateau 92, 244Maktau 49, 201Malabar Hill 84Malaria 35, 42, 57, 58, 80, 82, 83, 87,

90, 96, 130, 137Malindi 131malnutrition 96Mannlicher-Schonauer 156Marianne 16Marshall, Capt 40Marsh, Capt 40Marsh, Pte 222Martin, Dr 7Mashoti Camp 199Masasi 91, 235, 252Masasi Mission 246Massey, Dr Tom 127, 139, 147

Mauser Company 156Mau Summit 103, 116, 180Mazeras 131Mbuyuni 201, 203McAteer, William xviiiMcCabe, Aiden xixMcCann, Lucy xviiiMcCartney, Dr Ernest 280McCartney, Michael xviiMcDermott, Lt-Col 251, 252McGillivray, Lt-Col W S 208, 211,

214, 215, 217, 218McKay, Col Jock 90McKie, Lt-Col John 245McLeod, Mr 17Measles 9, 11Medical Jurisprudence 261Medical Officer 38, 41, 43, 52, 73, 77,

101Medical orderlies 177Medical uniform 60Melbourne 9Member British Empire 280Menen-Gai 102, 107Messageries Maritime Steamship 9Metropole Hotel 27Mgeni, Asmani 235Military Cross 220Milne, Dr 29Milton, John 131Mingoyo 222, 223, 225miniature railway 90Mission church 79, 92 station 50, 69Missions Church of England 19 Protestant 176 Roman Catholic 19, 176Mkessa 214Mkwera, Battle of 243Mlimu, Ali 239Mohammed Ali 128Mohammedan 100Moller, Mr 107, 112

314

On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

Mombasa Cathedral 148 Club 26, 130 Harbour 127 Town 26, 127 Yacht Club 142Monitor naval craft 88monkey 81, 149monsoon 130, 132Morindat River 111Morne Seychellois 11Morogoro 68Moshi 57, 208mosquito 42mosquito control 130motor ambulances 56motorcycles 41Mount Kenya 152Mozambique 88Mpara 217Msumu, Salimu bin 225Mtama 240, 244M’tepe 145Mtua 238, 249, 252Muansa 195Muanza 34, 99Mukeri, Ephraimer 239mules 41Mumias 41Municipal Park 153Murimi, Pte Mwiti 198Muthaiga 83, 153Muthaiga Club 153Mvita 127Mwatate 201Mwiti 243

NNahungo 236Naidu, SAS G C 204Nairobi Club 153, 165 Hospital 196, 202 Municipal Park 83 Race Course 155

Naivasha 108, 109, 111Nakuru 100, 101, 102, 103, 107, 109,

112, 113, 122Nakuru Hospital 118, 171Namdeo 239Nandi 37, 152Nandi rebellion 37National Archives xviii, xix, 305Native dressers 41Native Hospital 30, 41, 97, 127, 130,

133, 134, 139Natural History Society 182Ndanda 244, 246, 252Neosalvarsan 138, 139Newsom, Arthur 17New Stanley Hotel 154Ngoma 142Nguru Hills 70Nicholls, Christine xvii, xviiiNicholson, Capt 142Nigerian Brigade 91 Field Ambulance 236 Rgt 236 Troops 96, 243 nightmare 128Nile 35, 100Nondescripts 153, 178Norfolk Hotel 154Norrie xxvii, 275Northampton Mercury 262Northey, Gen Sir Edward 88, 216,

245Northrup McMillan Library 278North Wall docks, Dublin 263Nurunyu, Battle of 228Nyangao 90, 236Nyanza 40, 100Nyika 46, 47Nyingao 244

OO’Brien, Sir Charles 26, 28, 87O’Gorman, Col Patrick 224, 226, 229,

236, 240, 244, 251, 256

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O’Gorman, Dr Charles 198, 200O’Grady, Gen Henry 80, 88, 221operating theatre 118, 151Orlando 36Ormsby, Sir Lambert 6ostrich 169otters 39, 100Oundle School 262Outram, George 49Owles, A W 178, 183ox-carts 42, 53, 121

PPadre 56Paice, Edward xixPalamcottah Light Infantry 188Pangani 68Pangani River 57, 210papyrus 37Pare, Harry 17, 19, 21Pare, Maurice 17Parenti 48Parsee 84Pathology laboratory 163Patience, Kevin xixPatterson, Col 48Pegasus 38, 188Percival, Blayney 159, 169Percival, Phil 159Persian Gulf 132, 145Peter Jacob 147photographer 52Pickwood, Rev 13Pike, Brig Gen William 242Pike Report 189, 190, 222Plague 40, 42pneumonia 96, 117Police Battalion 165Police Force 141pony, white 81Port Amelia 247Port Reitz 142Portuguese 11, 26, 127Portuguese East Africa 92, 93posho 178

Post Office Savings 140pottery 132Powell, Dr 192Power, Dr Michael 17Praslin 13, 77Praslin Forest 275Prince of Wales 155, 265Princess Alexandra of Denmark 263Princess Marie Louise 155Principal Medical Officer 28prisoner 138Professor 276prostitutes 37, 146, 152Protestant 100Provincial Commissioner 134Public Health, Diploma 124, 276puggarees 73Pugh, Capt John 43Punch magazine 49Purser, Olive 270Pusa 201Pywell, Capt 218, 221

Qquarantine 11, 97Quarantine Island 12Queen Mother 146Queen Victoria 265Quinine 60

RRailway Engineer 179Rainey, Paul 111rainy season 57Rajputs 188Ramzani 233Rat catching 129rats 42, 56Reading, Lady 278regimental band 165Reuter news 67revolver 117Reynolds, Capt R M 40rhino 161Rhodes, Cecil 159

316

On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

Rhodesian Rgt 206 2nd 54, 55 25th 52Rift Valley 102, 161, 180, 181Ritchie, Capt Archie 169robbery 141Robertson, Gen Wully 203Ross, Maj Charles 31, 195Ross’s Scouts 30, 195Rovuma River 88, 92, 245Royal Army Medical Corps 52Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

124, 261Royal Naval Air Service 201Royal Naval Staff College 280rubber plantation 67, 88Rufiji River 72, 77Rugby Football 142, 167, 168, 178,

272, 280Ruponda 241Ryan, Capt Martin 49

Ssafari 41Salaita 53Salaita Hill 203, 204Salkeld 134Salmon, Dr 268Same 209Samson, Anne xviiSandalwood Islands 87Sanitation Officer 51sappers 52Schaedel’s Farm 88, 90, 222, 223, 249,

252Scotch Ngoma 142Scott, Capt 226Selous, Frederick 49, 72Senior Medical Officer 127sepoy 57septicaemia 160Serengeti 203Serengeti Plains 49, 57settlers 116Seventh Day Adventist 100

Seychelles 11, 83Seychelles Labour Corps 83, 242Seychellois 76, 82, 87Sheppard, Brig Gen S H 210Shircore, Dr 139Shorthose, Lt-Col W T 194Signals Officer 66Sikh 123sim sim oil 133Singh, SAS Zorawar 47, 123, 202, 203,

225, 227, 239, 243, 246, 252Sinha, Capt 224Sinn Féin 263Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital 6, 272sisal 179Slade School of Fine Art 277slave trade 68Smallpox 137, 242Smedi, Juma 227Smellie, John xixSmith, Capt ‘Pug’ 38, 48Smith-Dorrien, Gen Sir Horace 198,

203Smith, Dr I M S 204Smith Mackenzie Company 277Smuts, Gen Jan 53, 198, 203, 209, 216,

220snakes 91soda 129, 132Soeurs de Cluny 16Somali 188Somaliland, Italian 133Someren, Dr V G van 182South African General Hospital 82South African Medical Corps 88South African Medical Service 52South Africans 70, 72, 96South Africa War 264Soy Sambu 107, 108, 109Spencer, C E 194Sports Club 141St Andrew’s College 3Stephens, Arthur 101, 277Stewart, Gen James 39, 187, 195, 196St George ’s Society 154

317

Index

St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital 280St Piran’s Preparatory School 276stretcher-bearers 53, 71, 91Sub-assistant surgeon 41, 177submariner 280Sudanese 166suicide 34, 98Surgical Specialist 151Suswa 180Suter, Rev 55Sutton-Page, Capt Parker 49Swahili 81, 98Sweeney, Maj 40Sweeney, Pat xixSwimming Club 141Sybil 38, 195

TTafel, Capt Theodor 245Taita Hills 50Tandamuti 222Tanga 24, 57, 58, 187, 188, 196Tanga-Moshi railway 57Taroba 26Taru Desert 29Tate, Col 245Taveta 52, 53, 187, 198Taveta German Hospital 205taxidermist 163Taylor, Col 222, 226, 228, 229Teita Hills 48, 57Tembo 43, 46, 47, 196, 199Tembo Peak 46Theatre Royal 166The Hill 178Thomasset, Hans 17, 19Thomson, Lucinda 268thorn bushes 46Thorneycroft, Capt 194Thornley, Capt George 38, 195throwing club 119Tick Fever 102Tighe, Gen Michael 203Till, Pte W 237, 239Tombeur, Gen Charles 196

Torrs Hotel 154tortoises 15tractor 112Transfusion service 278Traynor, Declan xixTrench, Archbp Richard 263trench coat 81tribal laws 175Trinity College Dublin 5, 7, 261, 263,

269, 278 Elizabethan Society 270 Engineering School 269 Experimental Sciences 269 Honours Logic 270 Moderatorship 270Tennis Club, 272trolley line 227, 230trolleys 130Tsavo 46, 198Tsavo River 43Tsetse fly 82tubercular gland 175Tuberculosis 101Tucker 179Turi 180Turtles, Hawksbill 15Typhus 171

UUganda Marine 38, 40Uganda Railway 48, 102, 177, 180Ulster Scots 261Uluguru Mountains 69uniforms 73, 76

Vvaccination 137, 138Varvill, Capt Bernard 233, 239Vasco da Gama Street 147Vasco de Gama’s pillar 132Vaughan-Williams, Dr H W 189veranda 127Verbi, Vladimir 50Vernon, Leslie 277

318

On Call in Africa – in War and Peace

veterinarian 172veterinary camp 91Victoria Club 19Victoria Cross 52Victoria Harbour 11Victoria Nyanza 30, 40Voi 52, 198Voluntary Aid Detachment 155Voortrekkers 121

WWahle, Gen Kurt 92, 224Wakamba 166Wallace, Edgar 167Walshe, Mary 43Wami River 69, 214Wanderobo 119War Diary 195ward-maids 151War Memorial to the African Askaris

278Wataveta 57Wavell Memorial 147whirlwind 130whistle 53white hunters 159Wilde, Pte 226Williamson, Mr 17Willson, James xviii, xixWilson, Capt C J 247, 253Wilson, Dr 6Winfrey, Sir Richard 154Winifred 38, 39, 40, 48, 99, 100, 195witch doctors 15, 140, 175W’Kengie 203Women’s Royal Naval Service 280Women’s Royal Voluntary Service 278Woods, Sir Robert 6Woolnough, Eric xvii, 280Wright, L C 131Wright, Rev Frederick 43Wülfingen, Capt Wilhelm von 194

XX-ray 118, 151

YYaws 138Young, Alfred Karney 17Young, Lt 248Young, Tommy 103

ZZanzibaris 47Zebra 107Zeppelin 244Ziegler, Cpl Ben 47, 202, 203, 231,

232, 233Ziwani 223