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Shot at dawn : the fifteen Welshmen executed by the British Army in the First World War

King, Robert, 1947-2014
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Amid the carnage of the battles of World War I a small number of Welsh soldiers made the fateful decision to abscond from their units: under the Army Act, if found guilty of the offences they were charged with, they could suffer the ultimate penalty, to be shot at dawn. A handful of men serving in Welsh regiments absconded and despite mitigating circumstances and with derisory field trials, usually without representation or a 'soldier's friend' to speak on their behalf they were found guilty and sentenced to death by firing squad. This book documents the cases. In 2006 a motion was put forward to pardon those men, except in cases of murder. This was successful and 305 men, albeit nearly 100 years later, were exonerated.
Main title:
Shot at dawn : the fifteen Welshmen executed by the British Army in the First World War / Robert King.
Author:
King, Robert, 1947-
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2014.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780750956420 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.48940.48940.48 KING
Local class:
940.48
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Desertions -- Case studiesMilitary deserters -- Wales -- History -- 20th century -- Case studiesFiring squads (Execution) -- History -- 20th centuryWarfare and Defence
BRN:
1819732
Bookmark link:
https://rbwm.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1819732

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