Shot at Dawn - British Army Executions World War One

Shot at Dawn: Executions in World War One by authority of the British Army Act

Author: Putkowski, Julian; Sykes, Julian

Published: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 1999.

5^th impression June 1993 of New and revised addition

302 pages

Description: New and revised addition written on front bottom corner of Dust Jacket, not price clipped.

Crease running horizontily around middle of DJ front and back.

Hard Cover  - Red cloth, gilt title. Book has slight shelfwear. Very Lightly marked at bottom corner pages.

Internally clean and bright.

Executions in WW1 by authority of the British Army Act.

Illustrated black/white plates. Numerous line drawings of Regimental Badges

Appendix includes:

Place of Burial or Commemoration of Executed Men,

Executions in Regimental or Unit order,

Executions on the Western Front and 'Other Theatres'.

Index includes Alphabetical list of all those executed

Questions about the 350 British and Empire soldiers executed during World War I have been raised in recent years. This is the first book to give full details of all those who were executed by firing squad during the First World war for 'cowardice', in one of the most shameful and inglorious events in British history.

The crimes ranged from desertion, mutiny, murder, etc. This is a review of some of those cases in an attempt to determine whether death was a suitable punishment, if justice was actually served, and if there were any mitigating circumstances that should have been considered.

The authors argue that given the research done into their case histories. Many of these men should be exonerated and their records cleared