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011: Summer 1984
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062: September 2001
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Discipline in the BEF: An analysis of executions in British Divisions 1914-1918
It is well recorded that despite a dubious disciplinary record, Australian troops were amongst the most effective of those available to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. [1] This observation is at odds with the example of the Guards Division which also had a favourable reputation, but whose discipline was strict.[2] It is therefore potentially use...
110: October 2017
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111: March 2018 Special Edition
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8 January 1917: PTE James Tongue
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Pte 11850 J. Tongue of the 1st King's Liverpool Regiment was executed after a trial for desertion, the execution taking place between 6.30 and 7.45 am at Brailly on 8 January 1917. 'The case is a bad one' wrote the commander of the Fifth Army. 'I am unable to concur in the view that a man who has been passed fit for General Service can be excuse...
ONLINE: The Court Martial of Willie Stones and the 'DLI 6'
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The presentation will be live and online. This is a recreation by WFA volunteers of the transcript of two courts martial. The first is the famous case of Willie Stones (who famously claimed he blocked the trench with his rifle to stop pursuing Germans) and the second is a "mass" court martial of six men from the DLI. These are delivered "back to...
The Shot At Dawn Memorial
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In May 2001 HRH the Duchess of Kent officially opened the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire, after a seven-year fundraising campaign in which many members of the WFA had been highly active. Some 150 acres of land had been gifted for the project at this time and more than 40,000 trees planted. In addition, a visitor centre and...
The King Crater Incident and the Courts Martial : November / December 1916
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The Bantam Division is the stuff of legend. Its correct military designation was 35th Division but it was associated with the eponymous fighting cock because its twelve infantry battalions were composed of short but robust, tough soldiers. They were raised in a blaze of publicity in 1914, embodied as a division in 1915, joined the British Expedi...
22 April 1915 : Pte Albert Troughton
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Albert Troughton was born 1891 Foleshill, West Midlands, England, the son of Nathaniel Troughton (a coal miner) and Ann Elizabeth (née Warner) At the 1901 Census that family lived at 59 Eden Street, Coventry At the time of the 1911 Census (and of their son’s death) Nathaniel, Ann and other members of the family lived at 14 Ash Grove, Stoney Sta...
Shot at Dawn - Myth and Reality Ian Stevenson
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Our local branch chairman Ian Stevenson will examine the Myths and Reality of those soldiers Shot at Dawn. 3,080 soldiers were sentenced to death under the Field General Courts Martial and 346 executions carried out. WFA members and non members alike are welcome to attend this controversial subject. We ask for a modest £4 on the door to def...
ONLINE: 'Firing Squads in the French Army in World War One' with John Reid
In France some wounds have never healed. Foremost among these issues is the “épineuse question des fusillés” (Jean-Yves Le Naour). At least 740 French soldiers were shot by their own comrades, after lamentably cursory legal proceedings, often to disguise the lethally incompetent campaigns of their superior officers. Successive French governments...
Military Justice during the Great War
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Military Justice during the Great War a talk by Prof. Lois Bibbings During the Great War (World War I), military justice was characterized by strict discipline, rapid trials, and often harsh punishments, especially in the early years of the war. Each army had its own legal system, but common features included: Field General Courts-Martial were u...