"Not exactly true is it Jim - such summary executions would have been impossible to keep quiet"
Ermm - they weren't - they were common knowledge among the soldiery and talked about on a regular basis
That they weren't reported publicly was totally due to fact that the government took total control of the press.
"Once more you are running on rumour,"
Nope - i have pointed out that TALK OF the executions was so well known that they could be used in a BBC drama, WITHOUT ONE WORD OF PROTEST - NOT ONE
When Philip Donellan made his filed documentary, 'Gone For a Soldier' for television, the Beeb was inundated with protests which lasted for weeks - questions were asked in Parliament.
Yet here, a summary execution was carried out without a single word of protest - that's how F**in stupid you can get.
I asked you to provide a denial that they happened - they have been mentioned often enough
You provide none so we can only assume that you and your pet monkey are mounting a defence of them off your own bat.
I have provided two statements - one form a veteran, another from the grandson of a veteran - that they took place - you are totally unable to provide examples of them being denied - in fact YOU ARE MAKING IT UP ON BEHALF OF THE ESTABLISHMENT - WHO THE **** DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF?
"NO-ONE who deserted in the UK was ever shot for desertion"
306 British soldiers were shot for desertion "In many cases, soldiers were clearly suffering from shellshock but officers showed no compassion for fear that their comrades would have disobeyed orders and refused to go "over the top" (Guardian 16 August 2006)
The fact that it may be true that none may have been actually executed in Britain is totally immaterial - the play was a work of fiction and never pretended to be anything else - but the fact that SUMMARY EXECUTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE PLAY WITHOUT A SINGLE LETTER OF PROTEST - NOT EVEN FROM COLONEL BLIMPS LIKE YOU PAIR indicates that it was fairly widely accepted.
I ask again - where are your official denials that they took place - reports of them have been made publicly - even by that "liar" Harry Patch - Britain's last WW1 veteran.
You really have made this up off your own bat - haven't you?
Pair of clowns, or what??
Jiom Carroll