Tag: Shot At Dawn

• A Tragic Tale from WWI

  One of the most heart-rending tributes at the National Memorial Arboretum is Shot At Dawn, which commemorates the men executed for cowardice or desertion during the First World War. Altogether more than 300 members of British and Commonwealth units were shot, with little or no chance to defend themselves. Many were suffering the effects of…

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  January 28, 2012

  Elizabeth Speller, First World War, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Shot At Dawn, The Return of Captain John Emmett