English Soldiers Executed

[Guest Herr]

Hello all

I remember a documentary about I believe 3 English soldiers being executed by their own comrades because they had trenchfoot or some ridicolous reason like that on a Flemish graveyard.

I do wonder what the whole story was.

Also does anyone know where I can look through an online database of Belgian soldiers names ?

Thanks

Regards

Herr

[Marco]

Probably didn't happen. Can't recall anything like that in one of the Shot at Dawn books. Trenchfoot was a courtmartial offence but death penalty?

Executions always took place by 'comerades' unless you were caught as a British soldier hinding behind German lines in civy clothes, then it was the Germans that shot you.

Regards,

Marco

[Guest Herr]

I think now it was because the soldiers deserted their posts and were caught and shot.

[Malcolm]

Only place for Belgian War dead is

http://flanders.waxinteractive.com/flander...be/index_en.asp

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/4403/

Aye

Malcolm

[john w.]

Never heard of anything like that

John

[Guest Herr]

yes it was a documentary on TV , these young soldiers being executed on a Flemish graveyard for desertion.

Also read somewhere that during a period of time it was actually illegal to have trenchfoot among the British.

I only remember bits and pieces of it as I choose medical WWI as my end project in High School.