Oh Raggy shell shock did most certainly exist - but tell me was Harry Patch lying when he very clearly stated on the subject of Shell Shock:

"You were in that trench. That was your front line. You had to keep an eye on the German front line. You daren't leave. No. I suppose if you left, and some of them did, they were shot as cowards. That is another thing with shell shock – I never saw anyone with it, never experienced it.

Now that was the quote taken directly from the very link that you yourself supplied. Now if Harry Patch was telling the truth, i.e. NOT LYING - how on earth could he have ever seen an officer summarily execute someone suffering from Shell Shock - simple enough and a reasonable enough question - please provide an explanation as you obviously believe that Harry Patch saw what he by his own admission could not possibly have witnessed.

Please don't deflect Raggy the original version had Military Policemen lined up behind our lads in the trenches forcing them over the top at gunpoint - NEVER HAPPENED. Added to this fairytale was the tale of Military Policemen shooting those who didn't move fast enough (I wonder who decided what was quick enough?) and shot anybody returning to our lines - NEVER HAPPENED. But fear not Jim Carroll shifted the goalposts on this and Military Police changed to SPECIAL GROUPS OF MILITARY POLICEMEN waiting to find out how they knew where to go to to be effective in the exercise of this "special duty" - that explanation should prove amusing.

How I do enjoy watching you lot floundering about in all this mud and confusion of your own making and only succeeding in tying yourselves in knots.