The question was for Raggy Jim - He's a big boy and shouldn't need you to jump to his rescue.

Harry Patch never suffered from Shell Shock and he never saw anyone who did suffer from shell shock - Source Harry Patch himself in his own words.   I believe Harry when he says that I do not believe that he is lying - Do you and Raggy think he is lying in clearly stating the above fact?

Now if Harry is telling the truth there - then it becomes impossible by his own statements that he could have "witnessed" the summary execution of a soldier suffering from shell shock by an officer in a trench. He might have heard stories about it but if Harry Patch is telling the truth then he could not possibly have witnessed it.

By the way Jim can you dream up anything else that the British Goverment hasn't done that they haven't denied thereby proving beyond any doubt in your mind that they must therefore have done it?

Please indicate where anyone has formally accused the British Army of summary executions of their own soldiers THEN you might get an official response but I don't think that the Government is too fussed about what is discussed on a forum such as this or in the content of your tapes. Hey how about you, raggy, gnome and the Musktwats starting an action group, write a letter to the MOD copied to the Judge Advocate General and the Lord Chief Justice formally accusing the British Army of summarily executing British Soldiers then sit back and await the response. You could use your tapes and notes and produce them as "evidence".