Scamps in Khaki: The criminal lives of home front deserters in WW1
In this presentation, Andrea Hetherington talks about how deserters sometimes turned to crime to support themselves whilst on the run within the UK.
This talk looks at the ranks of bigamists, fraudsters, thieves and murderers on the home front.
This is one of the lectures given at the WFA's AGM and Conference 2022
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