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    Murderous Tommies
    Murderous Tommies
    Much has been written about the soldiers executed during WW1 for military offences, all of whom were conditionally pardoned in 2006. However, until now very little attention has been paid to the cases of men who were tried under the Army Act and executed for murder. The British Army has always been reticent about publicising courts martial and eighty years elapsed before the government was compelled to prematurely declassify the written proceedings of First World War capital courts martial. Even then, public attention tended to concentrate on cases involving soldiers who had been shot at dawn for offences other than homicide, and virtually nobody was inclined to seek a posthumous pardon or judicial review for the murderous Tommies. This meant neither the victims' nor the convicted men's families were able to discover details about the murder cases. Though readily identifiable online via much - visited war cemetery websites, until now there has been no readily accessible, historically reliable and balanced narrative about the activities and courts - martial of all the murderous Tommies of the Western Front. This book provides for a full account of the cases involving twelve soldiers and one officer whose homicidal misdeeds were committed in France and Flanders while hostilities were in progress.Drawing on contemporary records, this carefully researched work chronicles the circumstances in which each of these men either slaughtered one of their comrades or an unarmed civilian. It examines the murderer's motives and presents a balanced analysis of each case, including a detailed assessment of the extent to which each condemned man was granted a fair hearing by officers who sat in uneasy judgement as well as those involved in confirming the death sentences.
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    Book Author
    Mark Dunning and Julian Putkowski
    Genre History
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9781459688117
    Publisher
    Pen & Sword Books
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    Up to 20 business days (?)

    Publication Date
    13-Oct-2014

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