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Shot at Dawn: Executions in World War One by Authority of the British Army Act (Hardcover)

by Julian Putkowski (Author), Julian Sykes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (14 Sep 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0850522951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0850522952
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 332,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Containing details of all World War I executions carried out under the authority of the British Army Act, this book includes the names, ranks and regiments of those shot by firing squad, together with their offences, trials, execution details and burial places, where known. The text is illustrated with photographs and unit badges to aid the researcher. The authors set out to demonstrate what they consider to be the ineptitude, ignorance and unfairness of the British court martial system at the time, and how frequently condemned men were proved to have been formerly brave soldiers who had simply cracked under the pressure of trench warfare. Contending that they were judicially killed as a lesson to other soldiers in order to discourage acts of gross insubordination, desertion and cowardice, the authors present eye-witness accounts which show how, in many cases, the condemned men went to their deaths with great courage and dignity. Evidence is also provided of instances in which next-of-kin were hoodwinked into believing that their men had died in action - a system of cover-up which, it is claimed, still exists today.

Some men, the murderers and rapists, even by today's standards probably deserved their end, but the accounts of others, who were unrepresented - and in some cases in their late teens and early twenties - make harrowing reading.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate and disappointing, 11 Feb 2005
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This review is from: Shot at Dawn: Executions in World War One by Authority of the British Army Act (Hardcover)
I bought this book, as it was sold as a new and updated version, but despite the court martial documents having been available for some years some basic errors are uncorrected, e.g. stating that Oyns was shot for desertion, whereas he was really shot for murder. On following up some of the references quoted I found that some have been taken out of context and used selectively to represent the authors' views. This sad episode of history appears to be used to make a political point, instead of presenting an unbiased account.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Invaluable aid in tracing the fate of these unfortunates., 10 Feb 2001
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This excellent publication was used by my wife and I in our self-imposed quest to visit the grave or commemoration site of every soldier and sailor executed on the Western Front during WW1.We found the book invaluable as we first of all covered the salient at Ieper and then worked our way southwards ending up in the City of Paris itself.The book was carried with us at all times and we read out the various reports at each graveside.Without the aid of this book we would have had an impossible task but we finally managed to locate them all eventually even finding the two lads executed in Paris and later re-interred in a second cemetery.Well Done the two authors for this excellent book.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Damn Useful, 28 April 2004
This is an excellent reference item and has helped my research intoseveral soldiers and their fate. It shows that at the start of the 20thCentury there was little chance for those suffering from "Shell Shock". Nodoubt there were those who chose to desert from the army and were shot ascowards. There were however those who without doubt were suffering frommental health issues and who should have been recognised as such. It is atragic loss of life, to be shot by your own side when clearly they wereill. The Government continues to deny pardons for these men, no doubt dueto the poor records kept at the time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent history of some very sad episodes
This is an excellent book illustrating as it does a very dark period of our history. It will be of great interest to those who lost family members in this way
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