Murderous Tommies : the courts martial of thirteen British soldiers executed for murder during the First World War / Mark Dunning and Julian Putkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunning, Mark (Lawyer), author.

Putkowski, Julian, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions and executioners--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Executions and executioners.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Great Britain.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Military offenses--Great Britain--History.

Military offenses.

Soldiers--Great Britain--Trials, litigation, etc.

Soldiers.

Murder--Great Britain--History.

Murder.

Murderers--Great Britain--History.

Murderers.

Great Britain.

World War (1914-1918).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much has been written about the soldiers executed during WW1 for military offenses, 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 publicizing 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

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Fearful Symmetry""; ""Chapter 1: Double Indemnity""; ""Chapter 2: Alec Has Done It""; ""Chapter 3: Seeing Shadows""; ""Chapter 4: The Wrong Man""; ""Chapter 5: Accidentally Inflicted""; ""Chapter 6: The Missing Kilt""; ""Chapter 7: A Rum Affair""; ""Chapter 8: Is Anyone Dead?""; ""Chapter 9: Murder in the Rue Racine""; ""Chapter 10: Accused Was Drunk""; ""Chapter 11: A Good Turn""; ""Chapter 12: Something Unexplained""

""Conclusion Worthy is the Lamb that was Slain""""Notes""; ""Appendices""; ""1 Courts-Martial Procedure""; ""2 Sites of Mourning""; ""3 Statistics: British Army Officers & Other Ranks Court-Martialled for Capital Offences other than Murder 1914-1918""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.

ISBN:

9781783378524

1783378522

OCLC:

854975019