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Shot at dawn WW1

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robertpplane

robertpplane Report 28 May 2008 17:53

If you are wondering whether one of your brickwall ancestors suffered this appalling fate, try:

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/factsandfigures/shotatdawnexecutions.xls

It is a downloadable Excel worksheet of executions under the Army Act during the Great War. Lists soldiers by name, rank, number, units, theatre of operation and where buried.

The Western Front Association is a non-political organisation dedicated to remembering those who fought in WW1. Their website is well worth a visit and has a heap of useful information:

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/