First British Soldier Executed for Desertion During WWI
SEPTEMBER 8, 1914, Chateau Combreaux, Tournan-en-Brie , France - Private Thomas James Highgate was a British soldier during the early days of the First World War, and the first British soldier to be convicted of desertion and executed during that war. Posthumous pardons for over 300 such soldiers were announced in August 2006, including Highgate.
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