Raggy, some questions for you

1: How much of that "story" did you check?

2: North Staffordshire Regiment correct?

3: Volunteered and joined up in 1914 correct?

4: The alleged "summary execution" took place 18 months later correct? Which would put it sometime between January 1916 to June 1916.

There is a bit of a problem with that Raggy:
If you look at the Regimental History of the North Staffordshire Regiment (The four Battalions of the Regular Army; The six Battalions of the Territorial Army one of whom were in Ireland in 1916; + the other nine service, reserve and garrison Battalions of the North Staffordshire Regiment), none of them were involved in any attack, suicidal or otherwise, in France in that time frame. This would have been three months after the Battle of Loos in 1915 and before the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.

5: Any explanation why the soldier in question did not mention his best friend's name? Why he could not identify the officer?

6: This Officer asks what is wrong "Mate" then it's "Soldier"

7: Tell me Raggy do you always believe EVERYTHING you read in the newspapers, or just the articles that suit your POV? Don't you question anything??

This was after a cursory examination - I will go through it in more detail - pissing down with rain so it should give me something to do.