Martyred by the Firing Squad
306 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed between 1914–1918. Offences included desertion, cowardice, and mutiny. Many of those executed were likely suffering from shell shock (now recognized as PTSD).
THE FIRING SQUAD
THE FIRING SQUAD . Lost in time, his mother’s words, When but an arms-held boy, Remembered sweet the lullabies, That brought the infant joy. . The years of boyhood, river stream, Wherever youth will pause and dream, To breathe their true love’s sonnet, verse, When posies fall from […]
THE FIRING SQUAD
THE FIRING SQUAD . Lost in time his mother’s words, When but an arms-held boy, Remembered sweet the lullabies, That brought the infant joy. . The years of boyhood, river stream, Wherever youth will pause and dream, To pen their true love’s sweet word verse, As posies fall […]
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