Genealogy Projects tagged with desertion on the Geni Family Tree

World War One - Shot at Dawn

Shot at Dawn - World War One306 British Army and Commonwealth soldiers executed after courts-martial for desertion and other capital offences during World War I. They received no medal, are never mentioned in memorial services and their grieving families received no pensionOf the ±200,000 men who had a court-martial during the First World War, 20,000 were found guilty of offences carrying the d...