"You have been given the description of battle police executing stragglers and deserters

From a television series? Are you f**kin serious, do you honestly think something dreamed up by some bloody director of a TV series actually constitutes proof that such an event EVER took place you gullible clown.

"and you have ducked this by describing the veterans who gave these descriptions as "liars" and "attention seekers"

Likewise just because "Good old Charlie" said it happened does not make it so without some form of substantive proof.

Our prolific posting GUEST mate doesn't even believe that there ever was such a thing as "Battle Police" - I know that they did exist, I know why they existed and I know that no-one operating under the direct command and subject to the standing orders of the Assistant Provost Marshal was ever given authority to carry out summary executions of anybody in the British Army.

Now this is not a matter of opinion it is a matter of fact - well documented fact.

Now if you wish to persist in this MYTH then come up with some evidence of it ever happening (NOT works of fiction, not some unsubstantiated hearsay account that is impossible to verify - looking for real evidence here)